TY - JOUR T1 - The GNOME Foundation Is All About People JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2009 A1 - Stormy Peters AB - As open source projects mature, they tend to join or create foundations which manage the project's financial and software assets, provide a marketing and legal entity, and sometimes help to set the direction of the project. As non-profit organizations, foundations have a specific structure defined by the jurisdiction in which they were formed. This structure typically includes a volunteer board of directors and sometimes paid staff such as a secretary or executive director. As Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, I am often asked "what do you do?". This article will introduce the structure of the GNOME project and its Foundation, describe how the Foundation works to support the GNOME project, and discuss the roles of the people within the GNOME Foundation. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/261 IS - June 2009 U1 - GNOME Foundation Stormy Peters is Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit which works to further the goals of the GNOME Project. She has established relationships with the open source community and industry sponsors. Stormy has been involved with the GNOME Foundation, having been one of the founding members of the GNOME Foundation Advisory Board in 2000. Her previous positions include that of Open Source Program Manager at Hewlett-Packard and Director of Community and partner programs at OpenLogic. Stormy graduated from Rice University with a B.A. in Computer Science. ER -