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<title>FSFE welcomes new Vice President, Legal Coordinator</title>
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<h1>FSFE welcomes new Vice President, Legal Coordinator</h1>
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At FSFE's General Assembly which took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on
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June 11, FSFE's members elected Henrik Sandklef as the organisation's
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Vice President. A computer scientist and GNU Hacker from Gothenburg,
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Sweden, Henrik has been active with FSFE since 2005. He takes over
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from Fernanda Weiden, who held the volunteer position for the past two
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years.
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"It's great to be working side by side with Henrik. With one foot in
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the hacker community, the other in education, and a keen interest in
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software freedom, he is exactly the right person to support our work,"
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says FSFE's President Karsten Gerloff. The General Assembly also
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confirmed Karsten Gerloff as FSFE's President and Reinhard Müller as
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Financial Officer.
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FSFE's legal team has expanded with the addition of Matija Šuklje as
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full time Coordinator, an expansion of his previous duties as
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volunteer Deputy Coordinator. "This is an excellent opportunity to
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build on the success of FSFE's legal work and our facilitation of the
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European Legal Network," says Matija, "I look forward to working
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closely with our partners to ensure clear, useful and timely legal
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knowledge and support is readily available to everyone using Free
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Software."
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Matija is replacing Shane Coughlan, who assumes the role of Senior
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Advisor after five years managing and supporting FSFE's legal
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affairs. "I'm extremely grateful to Shane for the work he has done in
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building up FSFE's legal department, this team and the legal network,"
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says Karsten Gerloff.
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In the German country team, FSFE co-founder Bernhard Reiter passed on
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the torch after helping to build up the team for a decade. He iis
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replaced in the post of deputy coordinator by Torsten Grote.
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"Bernhard has done a tremendous job for ten years," says Matthias
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Kirschner, the team's coordinator. "Without his deep understanding of
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Free Software, his analytical mind and business sense, this team --
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and FSFE as a whole -- would not be what they are today."
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