[Lilux-info] [Fwd: planning for FFII 2004 membership assemby]

Hi everyone, I'm passing this along as I believe it might be of interest to some of you. I don't know (yet) what the requisites are, but if you feel interested enough you may still become a member of FFII. I believe it's a worthy cause Serge -----Forwarded Message----- From: FFII/Eurolinux - Holger Blasum <blasum(a)ffii.org> Subject: planning for FFII 2004 membership assemby Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 02:01:29 +0100 Dear active FFII member, according to the statutes [1] the "board calls for a membership assembly at least once a year". Last year this was done on July 1 in Strasbourg. I am wondering when and where to do it this year, I would say the decision on the choice of location and time should depend on the opinion of active members (at least those who (would) care to come). The first possible meaningful "venue" would be around the 14/15 April Brussels activities. To give *a flavor how this might look like*, see [2]. But there is no need to haste, other opportunities could be trade shows such as eg in June Linuxtag Karlsruhe, in October the Munich Systems or the Brno invex. The software patent directive also might be due for a second reading in autumn or winter triggering events or even another demonstration in Brussels and Strasbourg (of course this is unpredictable). Also in autumn there might be an academic conference on the limits of patentability. Probably even more important then either fixing a date or getting a consensus on a good time-frame is finding candidates for a board that better represents our more European scope (we have up to 4 vacant positions on the board) as well as the formation of teams around tasks. If sb is really keen on becoming treasurer, i'll also gladly hand that one over ;) In the hasty preparation of last year's membership assembly the chance to work out a better sharing of work was not grasped - sth like [3] may be bitterly needed in future challenges and (b) hopefully is so sustainable that it saves us from exhaustion nonetheless ;) Please do not be surprised if phoned if your number is in aktiv.ffii.org - there are 57 active members (about one sixth of FFII total membership), with about half of you with phone numbers in aktiv.ffii.org - so that's doable ;) Of course you can also reach me at +49-174-7313590. [1] http://www.ffii.org/assoc/statut/ [2] https://secure.vrijschrift.nl/ffii/events/2004/bxl04/ffii/index_html [3] https://secure.vrijschrift.nl/ffii/events/2004/bxl04/ffii/board.html -- Holger Blasum FFII -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Serge Marelli, Luxembourg E-mail : serge.marelli(a)linux.lu ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LiLux, Luxembourg LUG : http://www.linux.lu/ Defending Innovation against Patent Inflation http://swpat.ffii.org/