Fwd: Atlanta LibreLocal meetup: Monday, April 6 from 17:00-19:00 EDT
Aaron Ruscetta via Ale <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Apr 2026 21:44:36 -0400
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--===============6013936267790334429== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000479035064e8477cc" --000000000000479035064e8477cc Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FSF More essential that ever. Hoping to see some familiar faces Monday! =F0=9F=98=83 "The A\rtifice I\nfections of A\bducted I\ntellect: Toxic or Deadly to Humans In Every Use Case." =3D=3D aaron PS: Saw "The A.I. Doc" at the theater this week. Highly recommended. The Center for Humane Technology inspired the producers of "Everything Everywhere All At Once" to take on this massive and urgently needed project! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni, FSF <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 4:13=E2=80=AFPM Subject: Atlanta LibreLocal meetup: Monday, April 6 from 17:00-19:00 EDT To: Aaron Ruscetta <[email protected]> [image: Free Software Foundation] *Please consider adding [email protected] <[email protected]> to your address book, which will ensure that our messages reach you and not your spam box.* Dear Aaron M Ruscetta, The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is excited to let you know that there will be a LibreLocal 2026 meetup in Atlanta, Georgia, USA this *Monday, April 6, 2026 from 17:00-19:00 EDT*. Organized by the wonderful LibreTech Collective @ Georgia Tech <https://ltc.gtorg.gatech.edu/>, this LibreLocal meetup welcomes everyone from those curious to find out more about free software to longtime contributors. Join other free software supporters for a casual evening of conversation, community, and free software! For the latest information, please visit the LibreLocal 2026 wiki page <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Librelocal/2026>. Below are the details as provided by the organizers: ------------------------------ *Date and time: 17:00-19:00 EDT on Monday, April 6th, 2026.* *Exact location: Georgia Institute of Technology =E2=80=94 Room 118, Kended= a Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, 422 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30313 (pay-by-the-hour parking is available at Dalney Parking Deck, W22) = =E2=80=94 926 Dalney St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318).* *Registration (optional): (nonfree Javascript required) for Georgia Tech students and faculty please see https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/event/12377700 <https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/event/12377700>. For questions, comments, or concerns, please > email us at gtltc-g/[email protected] <gtltc-g/[email protected]>.* *Description: Join LibreTech Collective @ Georgia Tech for a casual evening of conversation, community, and free software! Whether you=E2=80=99re into GNU/Linux, privacy, decentralized tech, or just curious about what freedom means, this meetup is a great chance to meet other students, developers, and advocates who share these interests in the Atlanta area. Representatives from the Apereo Foundation and Georgia Tech OSPO will be in attendance. Everyone is welcome, from complete beginners to longtime contributors. Thanks to the FSF, complimentary food and drinks will be available while supplies last, and we=E2=80=99ll have gratis goodies to giv= e away all night.* ------------------------------ The organizers are very excited to welcome other free software supporting Georgians like you. Busy this Monday but still want to attend a LibreLocal meetup? Organize your own. May is LibreLocal 2026 month, so there's still time. List your event on the LibreLocal 2026 wiki page <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Librelocal/2026> and we'll get the word out to everyone else who, like you, have told us they are in Georgia. Read our earlier global call for LibreLocal 2026 meetups <https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/librelocal-2026-is-in-may-start-organi= zing-meetups> to learn more and join us. Meetups are being held on six continents this year, and more events will be announced over the course of the next few weeks. You can host a meetup, too! Happy hacking! Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni Program Manager *Please note: this event is enthusiastically supported by the FSF, but organized by a volunteer. The FSF is delighted that so many dedicated free software activists have volunteered to organize a community meetup. We hope that these gatherings will be a great place for the free software community to meet up and want to help make these events a success, but we cannot be held accountable for volunteer-organized events.* *Interested in helping us expand our reach?* Follow us on: Mastodon <https://hostux.social/@fsf> and PeerTube <https://framatube.org/accounts/fsf/video-channels>, showing your support for free, federated social networks. Get active on the LibrePlanet wiki: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page. Share on your blog or social network <https://www.fsf.org/share> that you support us, and why you do so. Join us as an associate member: https://www.fsf.org/jf; and display your membership button <https://my.fsf.org> on your website, to show how long you've been an FSF member. Subscribe to our blog via RSS. <https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS> *Privacy Policy* Read the Free Software Foundation Privacy Policy <https://www.fsf.org/about/free-software-foundation-privacy-policy> Sent from the Free Software Foundation, 31 Milk Street # 960789 Boston, Massachusetts 02196 United States You can unsubscribe from this mailing list by visiting the following link: https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=3D1&jid=3D170782&qid= =3D99033829&h=3D73281c535f05c917 To stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design and the Free Software Supporter newsletter, click this link: https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=3D1&jid=3D170782&qid=3D9903= 3829&h=3D73281c535f05c917 --000000000000479035064e8477cc Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>FSF=C2=A0</div><div>More essential t= hat ever.</div><div>Hoping to see some familiar faces Monday!</div><div>=F0= =9F=98=83</div><div>"The A\rtifice I\nfections of A\bducted I\ntellect= :</div><div>Toxic or Deadly to Humans In Every Use Case."</div><div>= =3D=3D aaron</div><div><br></div><div>PS:=C2=A0 Saw "The A.I. Doc"= ; at the theater this week.</div><div>Highly recommended. The Center for Hu= mane <br></div><div>Technology inspired the producers of "Everything<b= r></div><div>Everywhere All At Once" to take on this massive<br></div>= <div>and urgently needed project!<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><d= iv><br></div><div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmai= l_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class=3D"gmail_s= endername" dir=3D"auto">Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni, FSF</b> <span dir=3D"aut= o"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&g= t;</span><br>Date: Thu, Apr 2, 2026 at 4:13=E2=80=AFPM<br>Subject: Atlanta = LibreLocal meetup: Monday, April 6 from 17:00-19:00 EDT<br>To: Aaron Ruscet= ta <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">arxaaron@gma= il.com</a>><br></div><br><br> <table style=3D"background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margi= n-right:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padd= ing-left:0;width:100%!important" width=3D"100%" height=3D"100%" cellspacing= =3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" align=3D"center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color= :#333333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;vertical-align:= top;text-align:left;border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#ffffff" widt= h=3D"100%" valign=3D"top" align=3D"center"> <center> <table style=3D"width:600px" width=3D"600" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding= =3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:30px;font-family:Arial,H= elvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#333333;line-height:1.5em;margin-t= op:1em;margin-bottom:1em;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;border-collapse= :collapse" valign=3D"top"> <table style=3D"width:100%!important" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding= =3D"0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;font-family:Aria= l,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#333333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margi= n-bottom:1em;text-align:left;border-collapse:collapse;padding-left:20px;pad= ding-right:20px;background-color:#eeeeee;font-size:24px;vertical-align:midd= le" valign=3D"top" height=3D"60"><img alt=3D"Free Software Foundation" src= =3D"https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/fsf_logos/email-header-logo.png" style=3D"= outline-style:none;text-decoration:none"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px= ;color:#333333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;vertical-= align:top;text-align:left;border-collapse:collapse;padding-left:20px;paddin= g-right:20px;background-color:#ffffff;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:34px" = valign=3D"top"> <table width=3D"100%" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" bgcolor= =3D"#ffffff"> <tbody> <tr> <td style=3D"padding-bottom:20px;background-color:#ffffff;font-= family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#333333;line-height:= 1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;vertical-align:top;text-align:left;b= order-collapse:collapse" valign=3D"top">=C2=A0 <p><i>Please consider adding= <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> to your= address book, which will ensure that our messages reach you and not your spam box.</i></p> <p>Dear Aaron M Ruscetta,</p> <p>The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is excited to let you know that there will be a LibreLocal 2026 meetup in Atlanta, Georgia, USA this <b>Monday, April 6, 2026 from 17:00-19:00 EDT</b>.</p> <p>Organized by the wonderful <a href=3D"https://ltc.gtorg.gatech.edu/" tar= get=3D"_blank">LibreTech Collective @ Georgia Tech</a>, this LibreLocal meetup welcomes everyone from those curious to find out more about free software to longtime contributors. Join other free software supporters for a casual evening of conversation, community, and free software!</p> <p>For the latest information, please visit the <a href=3D"https://librepla= net.org/wiki/Group:Librelocal/2026" target=3D"_blank">LibreLocal 2026 wiki page</a>. Below are the details as provided by the organizers:</p> <hr> <blockquote><p><i><b>Date and time</b>: 17:00-19:00 EDT on Monday, April 6t= h, 2026.</i></p> <p><i><b>Exact location</b>: Georgia Institute of Technology =E2=80=94 Room= 118, Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, 422 Ferst Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30313 (pay-by-the-hour parking is available at Dalney Parking Deck, W22) =E2=80=94 926 Dalney St NW, Atlanta, GA 30318).</i></p> <p><i><b>Registration (optional)</b>: (nonfree Javascript required) for Georgia Tech students and faculty please see <a href=3D"https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/event/12377700" target=3D"_= blank">https://gatech.campuslabs.com/engage/event/12377700</a>. For questions, comments, or concerns, please > email us at <a href=3D"mailto:gtltc-g/[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">gtltc@protonmail.= com</a>.</i></p> <p><i><b>Description</b>: Join LibreTech Collective @ Georgia Tech for a casual evening of conversation, community, and free software! Whether you=E2=80=99re into GNU/Linux, privacy, decentralized tech, or just curious about what freedom means, this meetup is a great chance to meet other students, developers, and advocates who share these interests in the Atlanta area. Representatives from the Apereo Foundation and Georgia Tech OSPO will be in attendance. Everyone is welcome, from complete beginners to longtime contributors. Thanks to the FSF, complimentary food and drinks will be available while supplies last, and we=E2=80=99ll have gratis goodies to give away all night.</i></p></blockquote> <hr> <p>The organizers are very excited to welcome other free software supporting Georgians like you.</p> <p>Busy this Monday but still want to attend a LibreLocal meetup? Organize your own. May is LibreLocal 2026 month, so there's still time. List your event on the <a href=3D"https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:= Librelocal/2026" target=3D"_blank">LibreLocal 2026 wiki page</a> and we'= ;ll get the word out to everyone else who, like you, have told us they are in Georgia. Read our earlier <a href=3D"https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community= /librelocal-2026-is-in-may-start-organizing-meetups" target=3D"_blank">glob= al call for LibreLocal 2026 meetups</a> to learn more and join us. Meetups are being held on six continents this year, and more events will be announced over the course of the next few weeks. You can host a meetup, too!</p> <p>Happy hacking!</p> <p>Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni <br> Program Manager</p> <p><i>Please note: this event is enthusiastically supported by the FSF, but organized by a volunteer. The FSF is delighted that so many dedicated free software activists have volunteered to organize a community meetup. We hope that these gatherings will be a great place for the free software community to meet up and want to help make these events a success, but we cannot be held accountable for volunteer-organized events.</i></p> </td></tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#333333= ;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:1em;vertical-align:top;bord= er-collapse:collapse;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;background-color:= #eeeeee;text-align:center;font-size:13px;padding-top:30px;padding-bottom:30= px" valign=3D"top"> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;= color:#333333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0"><b>Interest= ed in helping us expand our reach?</b></p><u></u> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;= color:#333333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0">Follow us o= n: <a href=3D"https://hostux.social/@fsf" target=3D"_blank">Mastodon</a> an= d <a href=3D"https://framatube.org/accounts/fsf/video-channels" target=3D"_= blank">PeerTube</a>, showing your support for free, federated social networ= ks.</p> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#33= 3333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0">Get active on the Li= brePlanet wiki: <a href=3D"https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page" target= =3D"_blank">https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page</a>.</p> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#33= 3333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0">Share on your blog o= r <a href=3D"https://www.fsf.org/share" target=3D"_blank">social network</a= > that you support us, and why you do so.</p> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#33= 3333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0">Join us as an associ= ate member: <a href=3D"https://www.fsf.org/jf" target=3D"_blank">https://ww= w.fsf.org/jf</a>; and display your <a href=3D"https://my.fsf.org" target=3D= "_blank">membership button</a> on your website, to show how long you've= been an FSF member.</p> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#33= 3333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0"><a href=3D"https://f= sf.org/blogs/RSS" target=3D"_blank">Subscribe to our blog via RSS.</a></p> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#33= 3333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0"><b>Privacy Policy</b= ></p><u></u> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#33= 3333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0"><a href=3D"https://w= ww.fsf.org/about/free-software-foundation-privacy-policy" target=3D"_blank"= >Read the Free Software Foundation Privacy Policy</a></p> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#33= 3333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0">Sent from the Free S= oftware Foundation, </p><div><span><span>31 Milk Street</span><br><span># 960789</span><br><spa= n>Boston</span>, <span>Massachusetts</span> <span>02196</span><br><span>Uni= ted States</span></span></div><p></p> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#33= 3333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0">You can unsubscribe = from this mailing list by visiting the following link: <br><a href=3D"https= ://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=3D1&jid=3D170782&qi= d=3D99033829&h=3D73281c535f05c917" target=3D"_blank">https://my.fsf.org= /civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=3D1&jid=3D170782&qid=3D99033829&= amp;h=3D73281c535f05c917</a></p> <p style=3D"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#33= 3333;line-height:1.5em;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0">To stop all email fr= om the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design and the Free= Software Supporter newsletter, click this link:<br><a href=3D"https://my.f= sf.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=3D1&jid=3D170782&qid=3D99033829= &h=3D73281c535f05c917" target=3D"_blank">https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mai= ling/optout?reset=3D1&jid=3D170782&qid=3D99033829&h=3D73281c535= f05c917</a></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </center> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div></div></div> </div> --000000000000479035064e8477cc-- --===============6013936267790334429== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Ale mailing list [email protected] https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo --===============6013936267790334429==--