FYI, Karen has been our lawyer at the SFLC. -walter
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andreas Nilsson <andr...@andreasn.se> Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:27 PM Subject: [adboard] Karen Sandler Named New Executive Director of the GNOME Foundation To: GNOME Advisory Board <advisory-bo...@gnome.org> Dear Advisory Board. It's my pleasure to announce that the board have decided to hire Karen Sandler as the new Executive Director. Karen joins GNOME from the Software Freedom Law Center where she has been General Counsel, advising a wide range of free and open source software organizations Karen's dedication to software freedom, her non-profits experience and her involvement in a wide range of free and open source software communities distinguish her as the logical choice for GNOME. Karen will have a wide range of responsibilities at the Foundation, including strengthening and growing our infrastructure, working with the Board of Directors, Advisory Board members, GNOME Foundation members and other GNOME supporters to create an awesome free and open source desktop that is easy to use and provide a strong development platform, and accelerating the adoption of GNOME and strengthening the Foundation by attracting new industry members and community contributors. You can read a full press release here: http://www.gnome.org/press/2011/06/karen-sandler-named-new-executive-director-of-the-gnome-foundation/ - Andreas Nilsson, on behalf of the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors -- http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board >From time to time confidential and sensitive information will be discussed on this mailing list. Please take care to mark confidential information as confidential, and do not redistribute this information without permission. -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep