Handing over
In 2017, I was attending FOSDEM when GNOME announced that I was to become the new Executive Director of the Foundation. Now, nearly 5 years later, I’ve decided the timing is right for me...
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Further investments in desktop Linux
This was originally posted on the GNOME Foundation news feed The GNOME Foundation was supported during 2020-2021 by a grant from Endless Network which funded the Community Engagement Challenge, strategy consultancy with the board,...
GNOME relationship with GNU and the FSF
On Saturday, I wrote an email to the FSF asking them to cancel my membership. Other people who I greatly respect are doing the same. This came after the president of the FSF made...
GNOME ED Update – April/May
It’s time for another update on what the GNOME Foundation has been up to, this time in April and May. Events We’ve been to a number of events in the last couple of months....
GNOME ED Update – February
Another update is now due from what we’ve been doing at the Foundation, and we’ve been busy! As you may have seen, we’ve hired three excellent people over the past couple of months. Kristi...
GNOME ED Update – September
We’ve now moved my reporting to the board to a monthly basis, so this blog should get updated monthly too! So here’s what I’ve been up to in September. Recruitment Recruitment continues for our...
ED Update – Week 14
Last weekend, I was at LibrePlanet 2018, the FSF’s annual conference where I gave a talk about Free Software desktops and their continued importance. The videos are currently being uploaded, and there were some...
GNOME ED Update – Week 12
New release! In case you haven’t seen it yet, there’s a new GNOME release – 3.24! The release is the result of 6 months’ work by the GNOME community. The new release is a...
GNOME ED update – Week 10
Conferences After quite a bit of work, we finally have the sponsorship brochure produced for GUADEC and GNOME.Asia. Huge thanks to everyone who helped, I’m really pleased with the result. Again, if you or your company...
GNOME ED update – Week 9
As mentioned in my previous post, I’ll be posting regularly with an update on what I’ve been up to as the GNOME Executive Director, and highlighting some cool stuff around the project! If you...