As has been said on this list several times before, setting up an FSF chapter takes a lot of time, effort and commitment.
At the same time, I take it is is generally not possible for most to give up ones day job to do it. (You need to be able to eat too :-) )
So what I'm wondering is what kind of time people are spending on the organisation, and what kind of arrangements people have made (for as far as you'd like to share them) concerning time and work contracts etc.
The reason I'm asking is because I need to get some work to pay my bills :-).
As soon as I have secured the income part, I can go to phase 2 and start putting a lot of effort into a dutch chapter for the FSFE. This would include building up a level of trust with the people in Germany, finding members, securing sponsorship where possible, contacting politicians, businesses and other influential people who might be partial to the FSFE, and of course most importantly: Coding lots of free software. That might all take some time, so any offers for help would be appreciated!
But before all that happens I still need to negotiate my contract. So: I'd like to have a bit of an idea on what level of energy and resources people feel are nescesary, and what they are putting into their FSFE work right now (or what they feel might be nescesary in future). This might give me some idea, and help me in putting some things in my contract to help me to meet that level, without burning myself out.
Thanks in advance for any advice you might be able to give me.
read you soon, Kim Bruning.
On Sat, 5 May 2001 13:24:47 +0200 (CEST) "Kim Bruning (seperate for lists)" kim2@bruning.demon.nl wrote:
Kim> Kim> As has been said on this list several times before, setting up an FSF Kim> chapter takes a lot of time, effort and commitment. Kim> Kim> At the same time, I take it is is generally not possible for most to give Kim> up ones day job to do it. (You need to be able to eat too :-) ) Kim> Kim> So what I'm wondering is what kind of time people are spending on the Kim> organisation, and what kind of arrangements people have made (for as far Kim> as you'd like to share them) concerning time and work contracts etc.
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Kim> But before all that happens I still need to negotiate my contract. So: Kim> I'd like to have a bit of an idea on what level of energy and resources Kim> people feel are nescesary, and what they are putting into their FSFE work Kim> right now (or what they feel might be nescesary in future). This might Kim> give me some idea, and help me in putting some things in my contract to Kim> help me to meet that level, without burning myself out. Kim> Kim> Thanks in advance for any advice you might be able to give me.
This looks like very interesting advice to share. I hope it will be shared on this list.
Hilaire
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