Many of us are housed in Universities. If there is anyway I can help out
let me know. Our group here at UofT is all about accessibility and
education.
I would be interested in using the money to create something like the
google summer of code but with a strong GNOME accessibility focus. We
nee
9:13 AM
>To: Foundation-List
>Subject: Mellon awards update
>
>
>Hi,
>
>A long time ago, I put out a call for Mellon award submissions -
>Federico answered the call, and we were candidates.
>
>However, other people put a lot of thought into theirs and when the
>w
Hi,
A long time ago, I put out a call for Mellon award submissions -
Federico answered the call, and we were candidates.
However, other people put a lot of thought into theirs and when the
winners were announced, it's unsurprising that universities grab all the
prizes:
http://rit.mellon.org/awar
On 4 Aug 2006, at 16:49, Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
>
> GNOME was the first such project to make a concerted effort in the
> areas of usability, accessibility, and internationalization.
> Usability means that we keep people in mind when designing our
> software. Accessibility means that physi
Dear Foundation members,
I'm pleased to inform you that the Board has nominated GNOME for the
Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration:
http://rit.mellon.org/awards
The submission looks as follows:
The GNOME Foundation would like to nominate the GNOME Project for
participati
NOME Project for
participation in the 2006 Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration.
GNOME is a project to create a desktop environment for personal
computers based entirely on free software. GNOME was the first such
project to make a concerted effort in the areas of usability,
accessibi
Thanks for this Federico.
Federico Mena Quintero wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 17:37 +0200, Dave Neary wrote:
>> We just need to figure out how the GNOME project provides a direct and
>> demonstrably significant benefit to the arts or the environment.
> The GNOME Project's software is widely
http://rit.mellon.org/awards
The GNOME Foundation qualifies for these awards, surely.
GNOME clearly qualifies, but if it wins, accepting the award will
create a touchy situation.
3. Includes the development of intellectual property that is freely
available to the academic comm
Hi all,
http://rit.mellon.org/awards
The GNOME Foundation qualifies for these awards, surely.
Who would like to write a first draft of a (max. 1000 words) nomination?
In my experience, the shorter the better, if you can do it in 200 words,
that would be great. Please reply here with efforts.
W
