[FSF] 2008 Associate Members Meeting - "Tackling the Big Issues"

[Jeanne Rasata]

Dear Members,

This is a reminder that our annual members meeting will be held two
weeks from Saturday, on March 15th, 2008.  The meeting will feature
speeches from FSF board members Mako Hill and Henri Poole and the
director of the FSF-backed End Software Patents campaign Ben Klemens
who will each address this year's theme, "Tackling the Big Issues."
They will look at the projects that will demand the Free Software
Foundation's attention in 2008: from software patents to freedom for
web services, from advancing free software adoption to the changing
relations with the entertainment industry brought about by this year's
Hollywood writers' strike.

This year's meeting will also host the ceremony for the FSF's annual
free software awards, where winners of the "Award for the Advancement
of Free Software" and the "Award for Projects of Social Benefit" will
be announced and recognized.  Previous winners have included community
luminaries like Andrew Tridgell, Theo de Raadt, and All Cox and
projects of social benefit such as the Sahana Disaster Management
System and Wikipedia.

The meeting will also feature practical discussion among FSF members
and its board of directors left by FSF president Richard Stallman who,
as part of an interactive "Members Forum" session, will discuss
current FSF campaigns and projects.

The meeting is open to all FSF members.  Please, send an RSVP to
address@hidden by Monday, March 10.  The full schedule of speakers
and details for attendees and registration is published at
http://www.fsf.org/associate/meetings/2008.

We hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
--
Jeanne Rasata
Program Assistant
Free Software Foundation