I think a formal organization is the way to go. I poked around a bit today on the Government of Canada website for some info on incorporation of non-profits. It doesn't look very complex, however if we were to seek charitable status it would get more complicated, eg framing free software advocacy as charitable work. I am in Vancouver, and I know others on this list may be quite far away so in-person meetings could be difficult as well. Where there is a will, there is a way. It would be nice for some of us to flesh out a mission, and what affiliation any group here may have with the FSF in America. ----- Original message ----- > Aren't there ways to get around forming a formal organization to support > Free Software in Canada? Or are there other simpler organizations that > can be formed to support the activities of various Canadian groups? > > - Rudolf > > > On 22 January 2012 15:25, David Dawson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:16:21 -0800, fsfc-discuss-bounces+beagle7= > > [email protected] wrote: > > > Great to have found a Canadian presence for the FSF ;) > > Indeed! > > > > > > How much interest is there in moving this beyond the discussion > > > stage? I'm very interested in what this could become. > > *It's hard to quantify interest, unless manifested in the posts ;) > > *It will become what we make of it. > > *The discussions I read involved travel to meetings - unaffordable for > > me personally, since I don't live near to central Canada. > > *I have a bit of experience derived from being on the boards of two > > non-profits, but zero in setting up an agency - I understand that it > > involves a huge effort - a high threshhold. > > But, once done, there is less effort in maintenance. > > *The key is in finding a starting point. > > Thanks for your interest! > > /Dave > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > fsfc-discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss > > > > -- > > Dave VE7HP VE7HDC > > IRC: (Freenode) VE7HP > > > > _______________________________________________ > > fsfc-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfc-discuss > >
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