Hey Jeremy, I had a similar experience at UC Berkeley while I was still at school there, running the chapter essentially alone, with only a few friends involved now and again. However, just this month, a group of students wanted to take up the group to help them hold events and promote "open" projects on campus! Now I'm helping hand over all the keys and get their group going.
The lesson I'd like to share: Hang In There! The ebbs and flow of "involvement" are torturous, but we're all passionate about free culture, though it can take a while to see it working. Secondly, I think a lot of SFC folks work on projects that are in the same vein, but don't precisely contribute to the value of the group. I think this can be okay. I still identify with the culture, community, and movement. For example, I'm volunteering with Wikipedia at the moment, which is a Free (gratis and libre) Knowldge Project! IN fact, I know there are some folks working on Wikipedia articles for course assignments on your campus ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Courses and these are your campus ambassadors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:United_States_Education_Program/Campus_Ambassadors#Georgetown_University Maybe they'd like to collaborate on Free Culture-type events, or have some you can help support and maybe find members at! - Matt On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Jeremy Pesner <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Jeremy Pesner. I'm a first-year Master's student at > Georgetown University, and am interested in (re)starting the Georgetown > chapter. Though I made a presentation <http://prezi.com/26nfrgsry995/>, > the response from my classmates has been tepid. I am trying to pep their > enthusiasm, as I believe a lot of their interests, and those of my program, > are very much in line with SFC's. However, it has been difficult because of > a seeming lack of solidarity; there is nowhere I can point to which > indicates the latest happenings of Free Culture, including both the board > and the individual chapters. I had to do a lot of digging for any sort of > evidence that the movement still, in fact, exists. I even managed to speak > with Nelson Pavlosky, who doesn't seem to be so involved anymore. > > I imagine, as people reading this email listserv and sitting on > SFC's board, that you believe in this movement and want it to succeed. > However, to be frank, it's very difficult to tell from my vantage point. Of > course everyone is busy and overcommitted, but in the time it took me to > write this email you could at least update the website. I'm sorry if I come > off as overly harsh, but I do need you to understand that new local chapters > can't flourish without a sense that we're actually connected to anyone. Then > we're just a group of Georgetown students who want to put on a couple of > events. > > Best, Jeremy > -- > Jeremy Pesner > Master's Candidate in Communication, Culture & Technology > Technology Policy/Human-Computer Interaction Emphasis > 973-650-4192 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >
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