<html><head></head><body><div>Hello Team</div><div><br></div><div>We are happy to announce a joined initiative of FSFE-Switzerland and GNU/Linux.ch called FediGov: <a href="https://fedigov.ch/en/">https://fedigov.ch/en/</a></div><div>The initiative strives to foster public communication for authorities and public institutions in the Fediverse. Citizens should be empowered to participate in public communication without proprietary services. Some authorities already complemented their communication channels with Fediverse services like Mastodon, but not enough.</div><div><br></div><div>We believe that it is the right time to start this initiative because of the recent changes at Twitter. The initiatives consist mainly of the website and press releases. The website explains reasons why authorities should add services from the Fediverse to their existing communication channels. Moreover, it contains a prepared letter (and E-mail) that can be sent to authorities. Since Switzerland is a multilingual country, we provide four languages on the page: German, English, Italian and French.</div><div><br></div><div>All FSFE local groups are encouraged to follow our initiative. The code of the website is available at <a href="https://codeberg.org/ralfhersel/fedigov">https://codeberg.org/ralfhersel/fedigov</a> and can be easily forked and adapted to the needs of your local group. We are happy to help you with starting a similar initiative in your country.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div>Ralf Hersel and the Swiss FSFE Team</div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div><span><div data-evo-paragraph="" class="" style="width: 80ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Ralf Hersel</div><div data-evo-paragraph="" class="" style="width: 80ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Free Software Foundation Europe - Local Group Zurich</div><div data-evo-paragraph="" class="" style="width: 80ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode=""><br></div><div data-evo-paragraph="" class="" style="width: 80ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Phone: +41 76 507 83 53</div><div data-evo-paragraph="" class="" style="width: 80ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Email: ralf.hersel@rum3ber.ch | Chat: <a href="https://matrix.to/#/@ralfhersel:fsfe.org">https://matrix.to/#/@ralfhersel:fsfe.org</a></div><div data-evo-paragraph="" class="" style="width: 80ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Fingerabdruck: 7D2D D7F3 AA3E 9332 3A5A 2727 762E 84E3 9A4B C5BB</div><div data-evo-paragraph="" class="" style="width: 80ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode="">Download Public Key at: <a href="https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=ralf.hersel@rum3ber.ch">https://keys.openpgp.org/search?q=ralf.hersel@rum3ber.ch</a></div><div data-evo-paragraph="" class="" style="width: 80ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode=""></div><div data-evo-paragraph="" class="" style="width: 80ch;" data-evo-signature-plain-text-mode=""></div></span></div></body></html>