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<title>FSFE - How can you get involved?</title>
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<h2>How can you get involved?</h2>
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<p>The most direct way to support the <a
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href="../documents/whatwedo.html">work</a> and <a
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href="../documents/whyweexist.html">goals</a> of the Free Software Foundation
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Europe is through volunteering for things that need to be done. We are
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extremely glad about the help we have received from the community so far and
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welcome every new contributor.</p>
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<p>If you haven't done so already, we suggest that you subscribe to
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the FSFE
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<a href="http://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo">mailing lists</a>
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you're
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interested in and take a look at the archives to see what has been
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discussed already.
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</p>
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<p>If you feel you can and want to help with one or the other task,
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a mail to an appropriate mailing list is a good way of getting
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involved. If you do not find a good list to use you can
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also send emails to the international <a href="mailto:team@fsfeurope.org">
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<code>team@fsfeurope.org</code></a>.
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</p>
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<p>More specific tasks that we need help with:</p>
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<h3>Fellowship</h3>
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<p class="indent">The easiest and most straightforward way of becoming
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involved with the Free Software Foundation Europe is to join the <a
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href="https://www.fsfe.org/">Fellowship of FSFE</a>. As Fellow, you
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add your visible support and contribution to all activities of the
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FSFE, are in touch with other likeminded people, meet up with them to
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celebrate "Freedom Parties" and your personalised <a
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href="https://www.fsfe.org/card/">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.</p>
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<h3>Web pages</h3>
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<p class="indent">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
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attention. At the same time it is one of the most efficient ways of
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informing about Free Software, issues of digital society and the work
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of the FSFE.</p>
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<p class="indent">Giving a hand is possible and very much appreciated on both an
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irregular as well as regular basis. Please find more information and
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quick-start instructions <a href="/contribute/web/web.html">here</a>.</p>
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<h3>Translations</h3>
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<p class="indent">A central issue always in need of translations is the web page,
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which you can find some <a href="/contribute/web/web.html">dedicated
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information</a> for.</p>
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<p class="indent">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
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more people when translated.</p>
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<p class="indent">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
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the activities of the FSFE without long-term obligations. We have a
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separate page with <a href="/contribute/translators.html">information for
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translators</a>.</p>
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<h3>Tradeshow booths</h3>
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<p class="indent">The FSFE has to get in touch with people outside the
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community to make them realise there is more to Free Software than
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just nice programs and to familiarise them with the FSF.</p>
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<p class="indent">An important part of this is being present at tradeshows. But
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although we can normally provide everything needed to set up such a
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booth, there is one thing we cannot simply generate: people.</p>
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<p class="indent">We need volunteers to be present at the booths, talk to people,
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explain to them the philosophy of Free Software and what the FSF and
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GNU Project are all about and simply be there. Nothing looks worse
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than an empty tradeshow booth. Also we prefer to have local volunteers
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take over organisation of the booths.</p>
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<p class="indent">If you are interested in helping, you can find more
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information on our <a href="/contribute/booth/booth.html">Information page for
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booth volunteers</a>.</p>
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<h3>Internships</h3>
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<p class="indent">The Free Software Foundation Europe operates in a
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very mixed environment of volunteers from many countries and several
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full-time employees, among with it is also possible to hold
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internships.</p>
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<p class="indent">So if you have a couple of months to spend on
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something that is both useful and fun and consider this as an option
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for yourself, check out our <a href="/contribute/internship.html">Join
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the revolution: Interships at FSFE</a> page for more information.</p>
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<h3>Donations</h3>
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<p class="indent">Another way to support the work of the FSFE is through
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donations. As with any other organisation, the effectiveness of the
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FSFE depends on its financial resources. Paying people to work
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on and for Free Software, printing brochures, mailing journalists and
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politicians, providing infrastructure for projects and much more
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depends on this. If you feel you can contribute to our work
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financially, you will find information on how to do so on our <a
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href="/help/donate.html">donations</a> page.</p>
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