Mirko Lindner wrote: > So how about everybody stating his/her name, current location maybe > profession and in what way /he/she could support a Free Software > Movement in Canada
I find this hard, as there is much to summarize. But (tongue firmly in cheek).... I am an ageing activist, brought up to be an artist, who decided at a young age to complement my likely poverty as an artist by studying theatre and minoring in philosophy. I worked with just about every hazardous material imaginable, for pay, for about a decade. I gave up the lot of it for a careen in organizing, starting with post-secondary lobbying, and eventually with a community-based environmental group that rebuilt and gave away bicycles (over 3,000 of them), amongst other projects. Before too long, I was a founding member of a worker-owned co-op dedicated to home renovations (a common field for artists). The past 12 years have been spent doing DTP (pre-press) for non-profits, membership organizations, and community-based groups of all sorts. In recent years, I have been a member of the Prairie Linux User Group and a founding member of a worker-owned co-op dedicated to free software (development and support, etc.). While I believe building alternatives is more effective a strategy than trying to change existing structures, I know it is critical to defend rights before they are all taken away. For an organization like FSFC, I expect to take on some of the drudge work, am pretty good at understanding legislation, and like to think I write very clearly and forcefully when necessary. My hobbies are drinking coffee and farting to the tune of 'Oh Canada'. All the very best of good things, David Henry PS: Stumbled across this: http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/New_York_City:_All_Five_Boroughs _______________________________________________ fsfc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss
