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Mozilla Sponsors GNOME Accessibility Efforts
The GNOME Foundation has received a substantial donation from the Mozilla Corporation to benefit accessibility (a11y) efforts. The donation will help continue the collaborative efforts between GNOME and Mozilla on a11y. The donation of $10,000 will be used in part to send GNOME developers to the 25th Annual International CSUN Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference. Read the press release.
Earthquake in Haiti
The GNOME Foundation wishes to support the relief efforts following the earthquake and many aftershocks that affected Haiti on January 12th. Please consider donating to relief efforts. Ways to donate: Simply text "Haiti" to 90999 and the American Red Cross will receive $10 and you will be billed by your mobile phone carrier. Or text "YELE" to 501501 and give $5 to the Yele Haiti fund.
GUADEC 2010 to be held in The Hague, Netherlands
The GNOME Foundation is excited to announce that GUADEC 2010 will be held in The Hague, Netherlands July 24th-30th, 2010. The conference is expected to draw more than 500 attendees to discuss and direct the future of the GNOME Project. The Hague was one of several locations proposed for GUADEC in 2010. It was chosen in part due to the excellent facilities at the bid site, as well as easily accessible site for those traveling to GUADEC. Read the press release.
Upcoming Events
GNOME 3 Usability Hackfest
February 22-26, London, United KingdomThis hackfest will provide the GNOME Usability team an opportunity to focus, set goals, and accomplish work to prepare the GNOME community for the GNOME 3.0 transition and the future.
Accessibility Hackfest
March 22-27, San Diego, CA, USANext March, a group of GNOME contributors will gather for an assistive technology hackfest during the CSUN conference. This will be an opportunity to work on the AT-SPI transition for GNOME 3.0, as well as evangelize GNOME as an accessible platform to end users and industry members.
GUADEC 2010
July 24-30, 2010, The Hague, NetherlandsAt the annual European GNOME Conference, GNOME hackers from all across the globe will gather and show off new cool technologies, party and discuss the future direction of the project.
The conference will lead up to the GNOME 3.0 release in September 2010. Keeping with the 3.0 theme, the three primary themes for GUADEC 2010 will be Government, education, and end users.
Registration details and information on the call for papers will be up by January 6th on the GUADEC website.
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