AEL Re: FSFE in Belgium (was: cactus data shield9

Wim De Smet fragmeat at yucom.be
Sun Dec 23 10:59:42 UTC 2001


Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote:

>Hello All,
>
>There is a possibility. We have an A.S.B.L. in Belgium, the AEL
>(Association Electronique Libre). The purpose of the association :
>it's to support Libre software and Libre concept in general.
>All the activists are clearly engaged in free software.
>
Could you provide a website? Do you have projects in flanders too?

>
>We have multiple project in Belgium and Luxembourg around free software
>promotion.
>
>Is there a possibility to create a local chapter for Belgium with the
>fsfeurope via the A.E.L. ?
>
>How is it working ? is there a procedure on savannah ?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Alex
>
>
>--
>Alexandre.Dulaunoy at ael.be		http://www.ael.be/
>alex at foo.be				http://www.foo.be/
>
>
>On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
>
>>On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 10:22:51PM +0100, Jeroen Dekkers wrote:
>>
>>>If there are people going to the congress, it would be nice to meet
>>>other free software supporters. Just mail me if you want to meet me
>>>there. :)
>>>
>>Unfortunalty I won't make it to the congress.
>>AFAIK Georg also will not be there.
>>Don't know about the other members of the FSFE coreteam,
>>but haven't heard plans.
>>Werner is the person which _might_ be there.
>>
>>>Also for all dutch and belgic people here: What about setting up a FSF
>>>Benelux? AFAIK there doesn't exist anything like that (At least not here
>>>in The Netherlands, there is only some open source thing. I don't know
>>>about Belgium).
>>>
>>Please note that we recommend to build up an organisation to support
>>Free Software first. This organisation should be open for people to
>>become members.
>>
>>Naturally this organisation then gets associated with the FSFE next.
>>
>>As third step an FSFE Chapter Belgium as official arm of the FSFE
>>could be founded in the long run.
>>
>>
>>This is the way Italy, Austria, Portugal and the UK are working.
>>Italy for instance has Asoli which associated to the FSFE.
>>
>>It would be great to have more people in Belgium.
>>	Bernhard
>>
I'd like to help, only if I wasn't such a newbie I'd be of more use I guess.

>>
>>
>
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thx for your time,
Wim





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