Free Software Foundation - Associate Member Meeting 2007 - "Year of the Upgrade" March 24, 2007

Join FSF leadership and staff for a day of presentations and conversation.

The Annual FSF Associate Membership Meeting will be on Saturday, March 24th, 2007, from 9:15 AM - 5:50 PM in Cambridge, MA, USA, at MIT in Building 6, room 120 Map

If you wish to attend, please RSVP to [email protected] by Friday, March 16th. If you are not currently a registered member, please join here.

This year's meeting will focus on the practical efforts underway to increase free software adoption and strengthen the free software movement. With the theme "Year of the upgrade", we will discuss the FSF campaigns and projects, and elicit a conversation with members about where we need to focus our efforts.

Eben Moglen will set out a vision for the future with his speech “After GPLv3”, and a panel of FSF board members will lead an interactive discussion on the work of the FSF.

Following on from the success of last year's members forum, we have invited a few distinguished members to speak and discuss their work, and this year we welcome Mako Hill to talk about his work “Defining free culture”.

"Year of the upgrade"

09:15-10:00 Breakfast, registration and gpg key signing
10:00-10:20 Peter Brown, Executive Director - “Libre Planet”
10:25-10:50 John Sullivan, Program Administrator - “BadVista and the Campaign for Free Software Adoption”
10:50-11:05 Justin Baugh, Senior System Administrator - “Hardware Free from Restrictions”
11:05-11:20 Joshua Ginsberg, Senior System Administrator - “FSF Systems Administration”
11:20-11:35 Break
11:35-12:00 Brett Smith, Licensing Engineer - “Compliance and GPLv3”
12:00-12:50 Richard Stallman, President - “Free Software and Software Patents”
12:50-13:50 Lunch and mini-rockbox installfast
13:50-14:50 Eben Moglen, General Counsel - “After GPLv3”
14:50-16:00 Board members panel and Q&A "Year of the Upgrade"
16:00-16:15 Break
16:15-17:30 Members Forum: including a presentation by Mako Hill “Defining free culture”
17:30-17:50 Free Software Awards ceremony
19:00 Dinner at the Middle East ($)

Following on from last year's successful members' forum, we will be seeking member input into our campaigns for the year ahead. Members can join the general discussion we have started in the online members forum now at https://www.fsf.org/associate/forum/general

There is no charge for attending. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Once again, we are also organizing a dinner for after the meeting, at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA. The cost for this is $25 per person (drinks are extra).

Official Website: http://www.fsf.org/associate/meetings/2007