Re: [fsfc-discuss] Ping

[Russell McOrmond]

Brandon Lozza wrote:
> I agree with having a dedicated free software canada even if it can't
> give people tax breaks.

  Many advocacy groups exist in Canada that are involved in areas that
concern Free Software creators/users that are not registered charities.
  I believe we need to get past thinking that this is a concern, and
move towards trying to get the people who are interested together to
move to the next step.

  I'm willing to donate some time/resources, but we need a team.

  The specifics of the federal government is already happening within
http://GOSLINGcommunity.org.  Government doesn't lead, but follows (and
far behind at that).  We really should be focusing our diverse energies
on other sectors, knowing the government will just follow along in time.
 Don't look there for innovation.

(This is from someone just coming off of an 11 month full time federal
government contract :-)


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