Update from the Board: 2024-10

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2024-10-08 17:00:07

The GNOME Foundation Board of Directors has approved a budget for the coming financial year (October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025). In the process, we’ve had to make some tough decisions to ensure the Foundation’s long-term financial sustainability.

Regrettably, we have had to reduce our staff. Caroline Henriksen (Creative Director) and Melissa Wu (Director of Community Development) are no longer members of the GNOME Foundation staff team. We sincerely thank Caroline and Melissa for their significant contributions over the past years and wish them the best in their future endeavors.

Critical tasks will be redistributed among remaining staff and the Board. We will be reaching out to the community for more support in areas such as:

Unless additional funds are secured, there will be significant reductions on community, board and staff travel to events. We’ll be reassessing which events are most critical for staff attendance.

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