Hi Ciaran,
- I discovered that Ireland is _the_only_ EU state that doesn't have either a Free Software org or a digital rights movement.
Two things on this:
- If an association were to be set up, would it include OSS or be FS-specific? (Personally, I'm a bit wary of an FS-specific association, it comes across as a little exclusionary and elitist to me, plus I think Ireland's size would better suit a catch-all association.)
- There was an (half-hearted) attempt to set up an EFF-like organisation a while back, specifically around the time of Karlin's revelations on data retention. It didn't go very far because we tackled it in a rather disorganised fashion, but I was approached about it again recently and I think it's worth another try. I have to go to Dublin for various reasons next month, so I'll probably call another meeting then to see if we can get things kicked off.
adam