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<title>FSFE - How can you get involved?</title>
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<h1>How can you get involved?</h1>
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<p>
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FSFE has Europe-wide, country-specific and activity-focused
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<a href="http://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo">mailing lists</a>.
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You can meet members of your local Free Software community through the
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lists and you can support the work and goals of FSFE by volunteering for
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pro-active work. Contributions of time and energy are always welcome.
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To get started you can subscribe to a list in your specific area of
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interest or you can send an email to
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<a href="mailto:team@fsfeurope.org">team@fsfeurope.org</a> and we will
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help you out.
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Here are some specific ways you can contribute to the Free Software
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movement in Europe:
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<h2>Fellowship</h2>
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The easiest and most straightforward way of becoming involved with the
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Free Software Foundation Europe is to join the
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<a href="https://fellowship.fsfe.org/">Fellowship of FSFE</a>. As Fellow, you
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add your visible support and contribution to all activities of the FSFE,
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are in touch with other likeminded people, meet up with them to celebrate
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"Freedom Parties" and your personalised
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<a href="https://fellowship.fsfe.org/card.html">Fellowship Crypto-SmartCard</a> can
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be worn as visible sign of the tech-savvy person that is actively
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contributing to freedom in the digital age.
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<h2>Web pages</h2>
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Web pages are a constant bottleneck. Keeping them up to date and
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available in as many languages as possible requires permanent attention.
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At the same time it is one of the most efficient ways of informing about
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Free Software, issues of digital society and the work of the FSFE.
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Giving a hand is possible and very much appreciated on both an irregular
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as well as regular basis. Please find more information and quick-start
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instructions <a href="/contribute/web/web.html">here</a>.
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<h2>Translations</h2>
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A central issue always in need of translations is the web page, which you
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can find some
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<a href="/contribute/translators/web.html">dedicated information</a> for.
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But the web page is not the only thing in need of translation and
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proofreading. Press releases, brochures and leaflets can also reach more
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people when translated.
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Translating and proofreading texts is a precious contribution to the work
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of the FSFE and an excellent chance to spontaneously take part in the
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activities of the FSFE without long-term obligations. We have a separate
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page with
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<a href="/contribute/translators/translators.html">information for
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translators</a>.
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<h2>Tradeshow booths</h2>
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The FSFE has to get in touch with people outside the community to make
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them realise there is more to Free Software than just nice programs and
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to familiarise them with the FSF.
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An important part of this is being present at tradeshows. But although we
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can normally provide everything needed to set up such a booth, there is
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one thing we cannot simply generate: people.
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We need volunteers to be present at the booths, talk to people, explain
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to them the philosophy of Free Software and what the FSF and GNU Project
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are all about and simply be there. Nothing looks worse than an empty
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tradeshow booth. Also we prefer to have local volunteers take over
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organisation of the booths.
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If you are interested in helping, you can find more information on our
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<a href="/contribute/booth/booth.html">Information page for booth
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volunteers</a>.
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<h2>Internships</h2>
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The Free Software Foundation Europe operates in a very mixed environment
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of volunteers from many countries and several full-time employees, among
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with it is also possible to hold internships.
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So if you have a couple of months to spend on something that is both
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useful and fun and consider this as an option for yourself, check out our
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<a href="/contribute/internship.html">Join the revolution: Internships at
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FSFE</a> page for more information.
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<h2>Donations</h2>
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Another way to support the work of the FSFE is through donations. As with
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any other organisation, the effectiveness of the FSFE depends on its
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financial resources. Paying people to work on and for Free Software,
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printing brochures, mailing journalists and politicians, providing
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infrastructure for projects and much more depends on this. If you feel
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you can contribute to our work financially, you will find information on
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how to do so on our <a href="/help/donate.html">donations</a> page.
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