[fsfc-discuss] Help with FSF Canada chapter?

[Russell McOrmond]

To whomever received messages sent to address@hidden

  I am wondering who to contact about help with the possibility of 
setting up a Canadian chapter of FSF.  I have been hosting a single-page 
at http://www.fsf.ca and http://www.fsfc.ca/  for a while which points 
to the http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss mailing list.

  There has been recent activity on the list that might be able to grow 
into a chapter, but suspect it would be helpful to get someone from the 
FSF involved early to help.  We'll want to know simple things such as 
what would be required to be considered a 'chapter', what the minimal 
and desirable activities would be, etc.

  We all seem to agree that having an FSF in Canada would be desirable, 
but don't really know how to get there from here.


  There may also be better legal resources now than in the past to help 
set up a formal structure that could obtain charitable status in order 
to more easily get funding to host or participate in events.

Example:  A Canadian FSF would be appropriate to participate in 
http://copycamp.ca/  .  FSF should also be more actively involved in the 
Canadian copyright and patent revision process.


BTW: Preference if possible is to reply directly into the fsfc-discuss 
mailing list, rather than only to me personally.

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