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<h1>FSFE Newsletter - June 2009</h1>
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<p>June has definitely been a thrilling month. Besides our ongoing
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activities with Fellowship meetings, participations to events such as
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the LinuxTag in Berlin, most of our energy and attention were directed
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at the General Assembly (GA) held in Miraflores de la Sierra.</p>
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<p>This has been an important event for our organisation since, for the
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first time, it included a representative of the Fellowship; it
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presented our new Spanish team and gave the chance for community
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building during the social event, but more importantly, it put in
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place our new Executive Team!</p>
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<p>Read on to get to know them!</p>
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<p align="right"><a href="mailto:poderi@fsfe.org">Giacomo Poderi</a></p>
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<h3>Table of Contents</h3>
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<li><a href="#1" name="TOC1">FSFE participates at "LinuxTag 2009", Berlin, 24-27 June</a></li>
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<li><a href="#2" name="TOC2">Social event and presentation of Spanish team, Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, 20 June</a></li>
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<li><a href="#3" name="TOC3">The account from the first Fellowship representative at the GA</a></li>
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<li><a href="#4" name="TOC4">Two year Executive Summary (2007-2009)</a></li>
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<li><a href="#5" name="TOC5">Fellowship meeting in Berlin, 11 June</a></li>
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<li><a href="#6" name="TOC6">It's time for the community to take charge of its brand</a></li>
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<strong>In the spotlight</strong>
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<li><a href="#7" name="TOC7">The new Executive Team appointed at FSFE's General Assembly 2009</a></li>
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<strong>It happened in the past</strong>
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<li><a href="#8" name="TOC8">Introducing the translators team</a></li>
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<strong>Upcoming events</strong>
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<li><a href="#9" name="TOC9">FSFE booth at RMLL Nantes, France, 07-11 July</a></li>
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<li><a href="#10" name="TOC10">Fellowship Meeting in Berlin, 09 July</a></li>
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</ol>
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<p></p>
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<h3><a name="1"/>FSFE participates at "LinuxTag 2009", Berlin, 24-27 June</h3>
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<p>We participated with a booth at the "LinuxTag", in Berlin, as in the years
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before. The event took place at Berlin's Expo Center from 24-27 June, and
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attracted about 10,000 visitors interested in Free Software at all kind of
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levels, 135 exhibitors and about 300 speakers. This year, our booth was
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coordinated by Lena Simon and Matthias Kirschner with the valuable help
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of 12 volunteers, who manned it over the four days event. This year our
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booth included some novelties such as brand new pdfreaders.org leaflets,
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an introductory comic strip to the Fellowship and the alpha version of a
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booth game named "GNUstav the GNU". Read more about it on Matthias' and
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Torsten's blog posts:</p>
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<li><a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/mk/?p=284">https://blogs.fsfe.org/mk/?p=284</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/torsten.grote/2009/07/01/linux-tag-2009/">https://blogs.fsfe.org/torsten.grote/2009/07/01/linux-tag-2009/</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="2"/>Social event and presentation of Spanish team, Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, 20 June</h3>
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<p>On Saturday 20 June, after a public presentation of our Spanish team,
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all General Assembly (GA) members, Fellows and friends were invited to
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the "compile your own"-Cocktail-Party. Roughly 30 people adapted the
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four basic principles of Free Software to the art of cocktail
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mixing. The raw materials were deployed at La Cristalera and the party
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people were provided with the source code of various cocktails. This
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social event was a valuable chance for community building and
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strengthen of personal ties amongst colleagues and friends.</p>
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<li><a href="/news/2009/news-20090610-01.html">https://fsfe.org/news/2009/news-20090610-01.html</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="3"/>The account from the first Fellowship representative at the GA</h3>
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<p>Torsten Grote is the first Fellow elected to represent the Fellowship
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at FSFE's GA. In Miraflores de la Sierra, he had the chance to participate
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in high level decision-making process within the organisation. He has
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already reported with an e-mail to all Fellows, his views on the experience.
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Torsten said, "I was surprised how much influence I had on the decisions
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that were made". He continues "My concerns and proposals were not treated
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differently from the ones of any other member. This way I had considerable
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influence on all the decisions made and was able to check if the executive
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team does and will do its job properly." Torsten will keep his blog up
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to date to include more coverage on the GA. Don't miss it!</p>
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<li><a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/torsten.grote/">https://blogs.fsfe.org/torsten.grote/</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="4"/>Two year Executive Summary (2007-2009)</h3>
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<p>In preparation of the General Assembly (GA) of this year, Georg Greve,
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former FSFE's President, drafted the biennial executive summary on the
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work of the organisation, which is now available on-line. The document
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summarises the cornerstone activities in various areas such as the
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Microsoft Antitrust Case, open standards, the United Nations and the
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legal work of the Freedom Task Force. The Executive Summary is a good
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resource to understand the current changes and further directions of
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our organisation.</p>
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<li><a href="/news/2009/news-20090620-01.html">https://fsfe.org/news/2009/news-20090620-01.html</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="5"/>Fellowship meeting in Berlin, 11 June</h3>
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<p>The Fellowship group of Berlin met on 11 June in the Newthinking Store
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at Tucholskystraße 48. At the meeting, Sabine Stengel from Cartogis
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gave a talk about OpenStreetMap, which was followed by an inspiring
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discussion. The preparation for the LinuxTag was another main topic of
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the evening. Torsten answered Fellows' questions about his new role
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as representative at the GA. About 25 Fellows and interested guests
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participated in the two hours official meeting, and also joined for a
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more informal social gathering at the pub.</p>
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<li><a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Berlin">https://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Berlin</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="6"/>It's time for the community to take charge of its brand</h3>
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<p>As the terms "Free Software" and "Open Source" are becoming more and
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more mainstream we are seeing many companies that want to 'jump on the
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bandwagon', branding anything they produce as Free or Open Source
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Software. However, it often happens that the mixed models they want to
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sell are far from what we would call Free Software. Georg published a
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concise post with the title "It's time for the community to take
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charge of its brand", which focuses on current corporate practices of
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mixing models and depriving the community of their meaning and
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understanding of Free Software.</p>
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<li><a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=347">https://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=347</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>In the spotlight</h2>
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<h3><a name="7"/>The new Executive Team appointed at FSFE's General Assembly 2009</h3>
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<p>Our yearly GA meeting was held in Miraflores de la Sierra, Spain, on
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19-21 June. It brought about a lot of changes. Torsten in the role of
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first Fellowship's representative was there, our Spanish team, who
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hosted and organised the meeting, was formally presented and, most
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exciting, the new Executive Team was deliberated upon and formally set
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it up.</p>
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<p>Karsten Gerloff, Fernanda Weiden, Christian Holz, Adrian de Groot,
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Matthias Kirschner and Reinhard Müller are the people who will lead
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FSFE for the coming years. They are, respectively, our new President,
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Vice-President, Executive Director, FTF coordinator, Fellowship
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coordinator and Financial Officer. Georg Greve, who founded the
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organisation together with others and chaired it during the past eight
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years says about the new team: "There is no doubt in my mind that
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these extraordinary people are a dream team to ensure both continuity
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and change towards a better, larger, and more successful FSFE."</p>
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<p>The new Executive Team is well aware of the capabilities of the
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organisation and will work to strengthen it even further. Karsten,
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FSFE's new President, says: "Georg Greve and his team have done
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splendid work over the past eight years, building FSFE out of nothing
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into an organisation that is highly respected and trusted as an expert
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group on Free Software, and as a reliable partner in policy making and
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negotiations." Fernanda, FSFE's Vice-President, continues: "The people
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in this organisation have a deep understanding not only of technology
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itself, but also of its social and political aspects. Together, we
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can continue to develop cutting-edge thinking on how we as a society
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handle knowledge, and how we can best make the most of technology."</p>
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<p>More information about the new team and how to contact them can be
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found here:</p>
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<li><a href="/about/people/index.html">https://fsfe.org/about/people/index.html</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Relevant links:</p>
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<li><a href="/news/2009/news-20090624-01.html">https://fsfe.org/news/2009/news-20090624-01.html</a></li>
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<li><a href="/news/2009/news-20090610-01.html">https://fsfe.org/news/2009/news-20090610-01.html</a></li>
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<li><a href="/news/2009/news-20090620-01.html">https://fsfe.org/news/2009/news-20090620-01.html</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=354">https://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=354</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>It happened in the past</h2>
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<h3><a name="8"/>Introducing the translators team</h3>
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<p>The international reach of our organisation demands that our
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information and documents are available in as many languages as
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possible. Five years ago we decided to give space for a flexible,
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responsive, and well coordinated translator team to grow. The decision
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has paid off extremely well. As of today, most of the content on
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https://fsfe.org is available in 27 languages. Thanks to our
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volunteers for their excellent job!</p>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="https://lists.fsfe.org/pipermail/press-release/2004q3/000065.html">Newsletter June 2004</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Upcoming events</h2>
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<h3><a name="9"/>FSFE booth at RMLL Nantes, France, 07-11 July</h3>
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<p>The 10th RMLL, "Rencontre Mondial de Logiciel Libre" (LSM, Libre
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Software Meeting) is taking place at Nantes. Rainer Kersten will
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organise a FSFE booth there. RMLL is the most important Free Software
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event in France and some 5000 visitors are expected.</p>
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<p>Whoever would like to come and help is highly welcome. To coordinate,
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please contact:</p>
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<li><a href="mailto:contact@fsfe.org">dus <AT> office <DOT> fsfeurope <DOT> org</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://2009.rmll.info/">http://2009.rmll.info/</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h3><a name="10"/>Fellowship Meeting in Berlin, 09 July</h3>
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<p>The local Berlin Fellowship group will meet on 9 July at 7.30 pm at
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the Newthinking Store, in Tucholskystraße 48. This time there will be
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a discussion with representatives from political party youth
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organisations about Free Software. As always, guests are welcome to
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join.</p>
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<li><a href="https://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Berlin">https://wiki.fsfe.org/groups/Berlin</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p></p>
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<p>You can find a list of all FSFE newsletters on</p>
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<a href="/news/newsletter.html">https://fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html</a>
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<p>You can join the Fellowship and find how to support us on</p>
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<a href="https://my.fsfe.org/donate">https://my.fsfe.org/donate</a>
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<a href="/contribute/contribute.html">https://fsfe.org/contribute/contribute.html</a>
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<p>You can order our merchandise at</p>
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<a href="/order/order.html">https://fsfe.org/order/order.html</a>
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