The GNOME Foundation ended 2009 with 353 members. The Foundation welcomed 52 members in 2009 and 115 people renewed their membership.

Looking at the Foundation membership in total, 55% of the Foundation's members have been members since 2006 and 45% have been around less than 3 years. Congratulations to the following nine members for having reached 8 years with the GNOME Foundation:

• Glynn Foster
• Richard Stallman
• Luis Villa
• Frédéric Crozat
• Pawel Salek
• Murray Cumming
• Alexander Larsson
• Behdad Esfahbod
• Oliver Crête

If you are interested in joining the GNOME Foundation, please visit http://foundation.gnome.org.