FSFE Local Group Brussels

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FSFE|BXL – A Local Chapter for FSFE in Brussels

Motivation

• There’s no FSFE group in Belgium (only one coordinator)
• A fortiori, there’s no FSFE group in Brussels.
• As Brussels is at the heart of EU policy, and :ps: is based in Brussels and interested, via the Migration project to promote free software in EU, it makes sense to officially coordinate with the FSFE.
• The EU Parliament free software group is not super-active…

Task List

• TODO move this topic to #cooperation when ready (with tag fsfe)
• DONE read FSFE’s Group Coordinators’ Handbook
• DONE read FSFE’s Meeting HOWTO
• TODO contact FSFE (see Starting Team below)
• TODO add Brussels to LocalGroups - FSFE Wiki

Starting Team

Get in touch with contact@fsfe.org with the following information:

• A proposed name for the team: FSFE|BXL
• A short description of what the team will do: FSFE:BXL forms a free software lobby in the European capital and coordinates FSFE campaign support in Brussels.
• Who will be part of the team (to start with):
  • Aurion ?
  • Bram ?
  • @fredux ?
  • @fukami
  • Gijs?
  • @how
  • @natacha
  • @pksl_ ?
  • @ptr_here ?
  • @zoobab ?
• Who is the coordinator(s): @aurion & @how & @zoobab?

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European Free and Open Source Software Policy Meeting 2018

The European Free and Open Source Software Policy Meeting will be held on the 2nd of February 2018, 10:00 to 16:00 in Brussels.

Please register here and let’s share here to propose a presentation of what we can do together before January 9 (deadline for presentations).

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My FOSDEM Schedule

• Friday: Beer Event. cannot escape that.
• Saturday:
  • FOSDEM 2018 - Next Generation Internet Initiative
    This is the NGI keynote, cannot miss. The previous talk is interesting too, but I have issues with OSI.
• Sunday:
  • FOSDEM 2018 - Get your decentralized project some EU funding
    This is when I (or you?) present the consortium
  • Evening dinner at home or maybe at @fukami’s (he’s having his own meeting RECON BRUSSELS 2018)
• Monday:
  • PUBLIC meeting somewhere somewhen

For the rest I expect being talking to people, not watching to much stuff. Probably stay a bit in the Decentralized room on Sunday morning…

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@zoobab, @ptr_here, @natacha, we’re making it again tomorrow night @ @fukami’s, dixit Meredith

[fukami]

• Friday also the day of our party

• Saturday (NGI Initiative): The NGI initiative is absolute bullshit. I’ve been at one of the first meeting by the European Commission and it was hilarious. I believe it to be a total waste of time and a pet project of some overpaid people. Go to the NGI website and take a look. I strongly believe that very project that talks about blockchain in the context of human rights is either moronic or malicious.

• Sunday: Right, I can’t be at FOSDEM on Sunday because I’ll be at REcon and need to prepare the afterparty later the day.

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@fukami

Friday also the day of our party

Aha! Might be better then

@fukami

The NGI initiative is absolute bullshit.

Granted, but that’s also the first time we get EC calls that invite free software, so it’s a unique opportunity, and we’re gonna take it. If that fails, @natacha and I will build a treehouse instead.

@fukami

on Sunday because I’ll be at REcon and need to prepare the afterparty later the day

Aha again! Maybe REcon party is a suitable alternative. Let’s see. I know there will be parties at the Hackerspace Brussels, but I shall skip the Saturday night if I want to be up the next morning.

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BTW, tonight I’d like to close this topic, as a step towards reconducting this group, but outside of FSFE, since we didn’t get any support there and nobody seems interested in pursuing this vector.

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Interest in affiliating to the FSFE has dropped. Meanwhile, our Wednesday Salon has taken over. Closing topic.