Hello,
I noticed that the election of the Fellowship representative to the FSFE General Assembly has begun. I had previously wanted to know a bit more about the candidates' positions on how the FSFE might empower its volunteers and act as an amplifier for their activities.
Unfortunately, the "hustings" were announced as taking place on two consecutive days [1], subsequently reduced to one [2], and then took place on the day that was "unannounced". There hasn't been any other discussion about the candidates' positions, as far as I can tell.
Now, reading the candidates' statements, only one of the candidates mentions volunteering and really only in the context of more of it being required, which doesn't necessarily make sense if volunteer activities end up not being particularly efficient or productive. So, I wouldn't mind knowing what the candidates want to do about making FSFE a venue for individual Fellows to be able to make a difference, both in the organisation and beyond.
(In the context of this being an election to a board with only a couple of Fellows present and the remainder being appointed [3], it might be interesting to know what the candidates *can* do about the above. But maybe that is another topic.)
Maybe there's nothing to discuss here at all, but I thought it still might be worth asking about such things here, anyway.
Regards,
Paul
[1] https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Election/FellowshipElection_2017?action=rec... [2] https://wiki.fsfe.org/Activities/Election/FellowshipElection_2017?action=rec... [3] https://fsfe.org/about/team#general-assembly