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Hi!
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We are very pleased to hear that you want to help the FSF
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Europe. Every little bit helps promoting Free Software and its
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philosophy.
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Currently the core team is very busy organizing the legal steps
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associated with setting up the FSF Europe (if you take a look at
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the maling list archives you will see that this is not as easy as
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we would prefer it to be).
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We are very actively gathering information about the situation
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of Free Software in every European country, however. Examples of
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things we would like to hear about are: schedules of events
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related to Free Software, the tendency and actions regarding
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software patents, the names and coordinates of officials,
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newspapers, columnists and non-profit associations involved in
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Free Software or intellectual property as well as possible groups
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that might be fit to become associated to the FSF Europe.
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Promoting the Free Software philosophy is very much a matter of
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contact, cooperation and information. With your help and all
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thepeople you can convince to do the same, the FSF Europe will
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be able to more effectively further Free Software.
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If you haven't done so already, we suggest that you subscribe
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to the FSF Europe mailing lists at http://mailman.fsfeurope.org
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and take a look at the archives to inform yourself on what has
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been discussed already.
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There are also a few concrete tasks you could become active on,
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if you want.
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1.) Web pages. If you want to contribute by building the FSF
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Europe web pages, you can export them to your own computer and
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modify them to improve or add what you have in mind. See the
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page https://savannah.gnu.org/cvs/?group_id=53 for technical
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details. When you've modified the pages, generate a patch and
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upload it at https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?group_id=53. It
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will be reviewed and shortly integrated if we agree that it is a
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useful addition. If you plan to contribute on a regular basis we
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can provide you with a protected access that allows you to
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modify the pages by yourself.
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2.) Various public tasks. You can follow the current tasks of
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the FSF
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Europe at the URL https://savannah.gnu.org/pm/?group_id=53.
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Don't hesitate to suggest new subjects. If you want to be
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actively involved in the task management, we can grant you the
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necessary rights to do so.
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3.) Donations. There is a bank account that can be used for
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donations if time is of the essence. If possible we would like to
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ask you to wait until the FSFE has an official donation bank
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account. The FSFE will seek to achieve charitable status, so
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donations will be tax-deductible whenever possible.
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Discussions should take place on the mailing lists mentioned
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above. All information that you would like to tell the FSFE in
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private can be sent to team@fsfeurope.org.
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