> Independent from what ? The people of Europe ?
> Independence and focusing on long term goals are more a state of mind
> and has nothing to do with how many members the organisation has.
> Of cource the FSFE will delegate handling members and such
> to the local chapters in each country.
I think you, board of the FSFE, must have debated a lot on that before
taking such a decision.
However, I think from my candid point of view like the organization and
membership of APRIL, for instance, match the independence of the association
and the protection against hostile take-overs.
I have been really shocked at first by the closed membership of the FSFE. It
makes it appear like Greenpeace for instance, which I hold from my personnal
point of view (please, no debate on that :-) ), as a nearly terrorist
organization.