GNOME Foundation Announces Transition of Executive Director The https://foundation.gnome.org/ that executive director Holly Million is stepping down at the end of July, and will be replaced by Richard Littauer as interim executive director: On behalf of the whole GNOME community, the Board of Directors would like to give our utmost thanks to Holly for her achievements during the past 10 months, including drafting a bold five-year strategic plan for the Foundation, securing two important fiscal sponsorship agreements with GIMP and Black Python Devs, writing our first funding proposal that will now enable the Foundation to apply for more grants, vastly improving our financial operations, and implementing a break-even budget to preserve our financial reserves. The Foundation's Interim Executive Director, Richard Littauer, brings years of open source leadership as part of his work as an organizer of SustainOSS and CURIOSS, as a sustainability coordinator at the Open Source Initiative, and as a community development manager at Open Source Collective, and through open source contributions to many projects, such as Node.js and IPFS. The Board appointed Richard in June and is confident in his ability to guide the Foundation during this transitional period. Million says she is leaving to pursue a PhD in psychology. The board plans to announce its search plan for a permanent executive directory after https://events.gnome.org/event/209/ , which takes place July 19 through 24. https://lwn.net/Articles/981850/