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DATE | 2020-08-04 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Help the FSF tech team empower software users
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On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 03:12:38PM -0400, Dana Morgenstein, FSF wrote: > *Please consider adding to your address book, which will > ensure that our messages reach you and not your spam box.* > > *Read and share online: * >
I can't get invovled with this anymore because the organiuzation has proven to be emotionally insane.
And your 20 years late on the educational front. I need efforts in ghetto schools in the inner cities NOW, and not crazy bicking over trans issues and feminism.
> > Dear Ruben Safir, > > The Free Software Foundation (FSF) tech team is the four-person > cornerstone of the primary infrastructure of the FSF and the GNU > Project, providing the backbone for hundreds of free software > projects, and they epitomize the hard work, creativity, and can-do > attitude that characterize the free software movement. They’re pretty > modest about it, but I think they deserve some serious credit: it’s > only because of their everyday efforts (with the help of volunteers > all over the world) that the FSF can boast that we can host our own > services entirely on free software, and help other people to become > freer every day. It’s also largely to their credit that the FSF staff > were able to shift to mostly remote work this spring with barely a > blip in our operations. > > You can [read a summary][1] of their work over > the last six months in [the most recent issue][2] of the *Free > Software Foundation Bulletin*, but I wanted to give you a few highlights: > > [1]: https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2020/spring/tech-team-update > [2]: https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/magazine/2020-spring/ > > * This March, the novel coronavirus swept in and caused the shutdown > of nearly all in-person activities at the most inopportune time in > the FSF’s yearly schedule: the week of the [2020 LibrePlanet > conference][3]. After deep discussion, [the decision was made][4] to > take LibrePlanet online-only on Monday, March 9th; the conference > was due to begin on Saturday, March 14th. You can see all of the > details of how the conference ultimately ran [on our blog][5], and > you can watch the session videos [on our GNU MediaGoblin > page][6]. However, the thing that I want to emphasize here is that > the tech team successfully ran an entire conference online, which > they had never done before, and made it all run smoothly *with only > five days to prepare*, and every piece of software used was free > software. Like I said, they’re modest. > > [3]: https://libreplanet.org/2020/ > [4]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/libreplanet-2020-in-person-component-canceled-but-well-see-you-online > [5]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/how-to-livestream-a-conference-in-just-under-a-week > [6]: https://media.libreplanet.org/ > > * Next, the tech team set about addressing how proprietary remote > communication tools used for [staying in touch][7] and for > [education][8] are becoming a dangerous fact of everyday > life. Having used [Jitsi Meet][9] as one part of the livestreaming > process for LibrePlanet, they created a [Jitsi Meet > instance][10] that FSF associate members can use for work and > play. They can invite anyone to connect with them in a > [freedom-respecting video chat room][11]. Not only does [this > instance][12] enable you to chat with the people you care about > without the abuses of proprietary software, but it also makes it > easier than ever to demonstrate the advantages of free software to > everyone you know! > > [7]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/better-than-zoom-try-these-free-software-tools-for-staying-in-touch > [8]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/remote-education-does-not-require-giving-up-rights-to-freedom-and-privacy > [9]: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Jitsi-Meet > [10]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/fsf-gives-freedom-respecting-videoconferencing-to-all-associate-members > [11]: https://www.fsf.org/associate/about-the-fsf-jitsi-meet-server > [12]: https://jitsi.member.fsf.org/ > > * Finally, we’re so proud that FSF Web developer Michael McMahon > spearheaded the [HACKERS and HOSPITALS project][13] on the > LibrePlanet wiki, enabling the hacker community to share resources > and connect with activists who have been manufacturing an astounding > variety of desperately-needed medical and protective equipment. Only > free software gives hackers and makers the complete flexibility and > freedom they need (and deserve!) in order to meet immediate needs, > and Michael and many others have risen to the occasion > admirably. You can [read a dedicated article on HACKERS and > HOSPITALS][14] in the new issue of the [*Free Software Foundation > Bulletin*][15]. > > [13]: https://libreplanet.org/wiki/HACKERS_and_HOSPITALS > [14]: https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2020/spring/hackers-and-hospitals > [15]: https://static.fsf.org/nosvn/magazine/2020-spring/ > > > If you’re finding these accomplishments as exciting as we do, we hope > you’re now motivated to chip in by [becoming an associate member of > the FSF][19]! At this writing, we are only 13 members away from our > goal of 200. The farther we surpass this goal, the more our tech team > can achieve! > > The value of a membership goes far beyond the dollars and cents needed > to help us weather the challenges of this year: a membership is a vote > of confidence that helps us launch new initiatives and puts weight > behind our campaigns, licensing, and technical work. Plus, membership > comes with plenty of [benefits][20], including merchandise discounts, > a bootable membership card, and the newest member perk: access to our > Jitsi Meet videoconferencing server. > [19]: https://my.fsf.org/join?pk_campaign=frspring2020&pk_source=tech > [20]: https://www.fsf.org/associate/benefits > > > > We don’t know what the future will bring in many ways, but we know > that we can count on the ingenuity and hard work of the FSF tech team > -- and so can you. Thank you so much for supporting their efforts! > > Happy and healthy hacking, > > Dana Morgenstein > Outreach and Communications Coordinator > > -- > * Follow us on Mastodon at , GNU social at > , Diaspora at , > and on Twitter at . > * Read about why we use Twitter, but only with caveats at . > * Subscribe to our RSS feeds at . > * Join us as an associate member at . > * Read our Privacy Policy at . > > Sent from the Free Software Foundation, > > 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor > Boston, Massachusetts 02110-1335 > United States > > > You can unsubscribe from this mailing list by visiting > > https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/unsubscribe?reset=1&jid=161670&qid=57363214&h=4f2707b5248ff0b9. > > To stop all email from the Free Software Foundation, including Defective by Design, > and the Free Software Supporter newsletter, visit > > https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/mailing/optout?reset=1&jid=161670&qid=57363214&h=4f2707b5248ff0b9.
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