Re: AFFS

On Tuesday 01 December 2009 12:45:33 am Shane Coughlan wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> On Dec 1, 2009, at 5:57 AM, Richard Smedley wrote:
> > MJ Ray wrote:
> >>  Its aims were:
> >>     1. to promote and advance the knowledge, development, use and
> >>     application of Free Software pioneered by the Free Software
> >>     Foundation and others.
> >
> > Well, this is an FSF-E aim, so we need perhaps to encourage
> > them into the UK?
>
> I think there is a lot of room for talking about how FSFE could contribute
> to the situation in the UK.
>
> Paul Adams and I had previously talked about getting everyone together for
> a chat sometime in the near future, and I believe Paul and Adriaan de Groot
> (new FSFE legal department coordinator) continued that conversation after I
> went to Japan.  I've got them in CC along with Christian, FSFE's Executive
> Director, and Karsten, the President.

We were originally looking at a get-together in November at the BCS (British 
Computer Society in London, because that's a nice venue), but this was pushed 
back into 2010 as other engagements got in the way. I believe February (but 
not at FOSDEM time) is now being considered.

[ade]

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