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<h1>FSFE adds Fellowship representation to General Assembly</h1>
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<p>Today FSFE is announcing
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its <a href="/about/legal/constitution.html">revised constitution</a>,
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adding two Fellowship Seats to its General Assembly. This will give
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Fellows of FSFE a direct representation in FSFE's strategic decision
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making body.</p>
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<p>The <a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">Fellowship</a> is FSFE's
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larger community. Launched in 2005, it provides a meeting place with
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regular online and offline activities, a framework for activity and
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cooperation, a migration path into the organisation, and one of the
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most important ways of supporting FSFE's work in all areas, providing
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both resources and political support. Now the Fellowship also
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provides a path into the General Assembly.</p>
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<p>In early 2009, FSFE will post a call for nominations among all Fellows
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who have been with the organisation for at least a year. Before the
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next convening of the General Assembly, candidates will come up for
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election among all Fellows in time for the first Fellowship Seat to be
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filled. The second seat will be defined the year after. Those elected
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will serve a two year term and there will thus be one election per
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year from now on.</p>
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<p>The required constitutional change to allow for this was prepared
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after the 2007 General Assembly and adopted unanimously by the eight
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members of the GA represented at FSFE's 2008 annual meeting from June
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6th to 8th in the FSFE Zurich office.</p>
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<p>Georg Greve, FSFE's President, commented: "We were convinced that we
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should introduce an element of accountability towards and strategic
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involvement of the Fellows in FSFE. More than an advisor or an
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observer, we wanted this involvement to be as an equal. Of course we
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were eager to put this into practice soon, but constitutional changes
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should never be taken lightly since a hasty change could have severe
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consequences. So we did it as fast as our responsibility to FSFE
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allowed and are glad we got it done now so that next year's General
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Assembly meeting will already be with the first Fellow."</p>
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<p>Matthias Kirschner, the Fellowship Coordinator added "Because this is
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the first year, we're going to have to work hard to give the Fellows a
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way to get to know each other. Each candidate will have a platform,
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so it will be possible for the voters to know them, but we also want
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the candidates to know the voters. As well as improving the technical
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infrastructure on fsfe.org, we'll be increasing the number of regional
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Fellowship meetings in the coming months."</p>
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<p>Pablo Machon, FSFE's Vice President, said: "We modelled our voting
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system on that used by Debian. It's a well tested method and has
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proven to be resistant to voting anomalies. To be a candidate,
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someone has to have been a Fellow for one year already. This is
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because we want the Fellowship representative to know the organisation
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and what it's like to be a Fellow. For voting, all Fellows can vote
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as soon as they sign up."</p>
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<h2>About the Free Software Foundation Europe</h2>
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<p>The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit non-governmental
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organisation active in many European countries and involved in many global
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activities. Access to software determines participation in a digital society.
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To secure equal participation in the information age, as well as freedom of
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competition, the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is
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dedicated to the furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use,
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study, modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues,
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securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people Freedom by
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supporting development of Free Software are central issues of the FSFE.</p>
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<p>You will find further information about the work of the FSFE at <a
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href="/">https://fsfe.org</a>.</p>
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<h2>Contact</h2>
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<li>Belgium: +32 2 747 03 57</li>
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<li>Germany: +49 700 373 38 76 73</li>
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<li>Sweden: +46 31 7802160</li>
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<li>Switzerland: +41 43 500 03 66</li>
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<li>UK: +44 29 200 08 17 7</li>
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</ul>
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<p><a href="/about/contact.html">Other ways to get in touch</a> with the
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FSFE.</p>
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