Hi Karen, Thank you so much for all your hard work for the GNOME Foundation! I have been so fortunate to have a chance to work closely with you and learn from you. You've been a mentor, an inspiration, and a friend! Thank you for helping grow the OPW to include many organizations beyond GNOME! I'm so glad our collaboration on it will continue.
You have made a great impact on GNOME and on the way we see our mission of creating a free desktop environment. Because this impact will remain, you are in fact doubling it by now offering your vision and support to the Software Freedom Conservancy. We are lucky to have you involved with both organizations! Best wishes, Marina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Sandler" <ka...@gnome.org> To: foundation-list@gnome.org Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 11:56:45 AM Subject: New challenge Hi Foundation members, I've posted some news on my blog. Working as the GNOME Foundation Executive Director has been an incredible experience for me and GNOME has made some impressive progress in my time at the Foundation. I'm proud of where the GNOME community is and think it's time for me to hand the reins over to someone new. Today I am announcing my new position as the Software Freedom Conservancy Executive Director. As many of you know, I have been volunteering with Conservancy for some time, having co-founded it when I was at SFLC. It is an important organization where I think I can make a difference, and GNOME is in good hands. The current board of directors continues to impress me with their commitment and varied skillset and I know they will continue to lead the organization well. There's a more detailed discussion of this change on my blog at gnomg.org but of course, I have no intention of leaving GNOME. I plan to announce my candidacy for the board when the call comes out, I'll stay on as pro bono counsel, and of course I'll continue volunteering in other ways. The Conservancy has also agreed to partner with GNOME, so that I can help to run the Outreach Program for Women with Marina. I'm excited for my new role and am glad I can continue to work with you in so many ways. karen _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
