On 07 Feb (10:38:25), Moritz Bartl wrote: > tl;dr: LibrePlanet wants us back with a booth. > > Since Tor was put on FSF's High Priority List (since Richard uses it now > I hear?) very recently, this sounds like a good idea. > https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-announces-a-major-overhaul-of-free-software-high-priority-projects-list > > Anyone? I really enjoyed LibrePlanet last year! but this year it's during the Amsterdam meeting :(. So anyone not coming to Amsterdam, I strongly recommend LibrePlanet and I do think it's a great idea to have a presence there. Thanks Moritz! David > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Support computer-user freedom by exhibiting at LibrePlanet 2017 > again > Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:05:48 -0500 > > Dear Moritz, > > Thank you very much for supporting us through the exhibit hall at > LibrePlanet in 2014! > > Over the past 8 years, **LibrePlanet** > (<https://www.libreplanet.org/2017>) has become a prominent free > software conference for a vibrant, diverse community of developers, > policy experts, activists, students, and users who care about the > intersection of technology, education, and user freedom. With past > keynote speakers including **Edward Snowden**, **Sue Gardner** > (Wikimedia Foundation), and **Allison Randal** (Open Source > Initiative), LibrePlanet is a banner event with 400 attendees and > thousands more watching conference sessions online. It is also one of > the only technology conferences to run its infrastructure entirely on > free software. > > The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Massachusetts Institute of > Technology's (MIT) Student Information Processing Board are working > hard organizing **LibrePlanet 2017: The Roots of Freedom -- Saturday > and Sunday, March 25 and 26, 2017 at the MIT Stata Center**. This year > will feature keynote speakers **Cory Doctorow** (author, activist, and > co-editor of boingboing.net), **Kade Crockford** (ACLU Massachusetts), > **Sumana Harihareswara** (Changeset Consulting), and **Richard > Stallman** (FSF founder and president). The conference is funded and > staffed by the Free Software Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit > charity, and we need your support. **Will you join us at LibrePlanet > 2017 as an exhibitor again?** > > Exhibiting at LibrePlanet will ensure Tor: > > - has an exhibitor table in our lively, centrally located hall, > - is listed in the program book and on the event website as an exhibitor, > - receives 2 registrations for all conference events. > > LibrePlanet could not happen without the contributions of donors, > sponsors, and exhibitors. In addition to other logistics, sponsors and > exhibitors fund gratis admission for all students and travel/lodging > scholarships to help speakers and students who would not be able to > make it otherwise. Last year, we received 37 applications for > scholarships and were able to fulfill 10. This year, we hope to do > even more with your support. You can be confident in our financial > stewardship and responsible use of resources -- the FSF has been in > operation for over 30 years, and we have the highest rating possible > on Charity Navigator (4 stars). > > LibrePlanet offers tremendous visibility, allowing you to showcase > your support of free software to users, developers, and potential > employees. While everything you do may not be free software, it is > likely that a substantial portion of your organization relies on > it. Sponsoring is a great way to give back and support the community > that continues to make and improve the pool of software available to > you. Conference sponsors and exhibitors are able to engage all the > attendees and organization representatives at the two-day event, > thousands of viewers who watch online, the FSF's 4,000 members and > 130,000+ subscribers, and nearly 20 million unique web visitors who > visit fsf.org, libreplanet.org, and gnu.org each year. > > You can find more information on LibrePlanet sponsorship and exhibitor > opportunities at <https://libreplanet.org/2017/sponsors/>. > We would love for Tor to be part of the exhibit hall again. If you are > interested, please let me know at <membership@xxxxxxx> by March 5th. > > Thank you again for supporting our work to promote, protect, and > develop free software. > > Sincerely, > j. > -- > Jeanne Rasata > Program Assistant > Free Software Foundation > GnuPG Key: F24B 3F64 31A1 90D6 1CCC 0394 E8FD 48A0 DE0D C371 > > P.S.: Check out this short video about LibrePlanet, made with free > software: > <https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/libreplanet-2016-fork-the-system/>. > > > _______________________________________________ > tor-project mailing list > tor-project@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-project -- wR51WX+EmieU48BqEz+5elr7zj2xKKiDSc1C2PvpKWM=
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