FSFE introducing "Supporters" and two small tasks for you

[Matthias Kirschner]

Dear discussion members,

from now on, there it is also possible to become a "supporter of FSFE",
see <http://fsfe.org/support>. This way you can easily show that they
care about Free Software and support the FSFE's activities.

*WHY* Reason for this is that a) we want to have a better measurement
how many people care about our issues, and b) we also want to show
others how many people support our mission. Others do this with Facebook
"friends" or "followers", but we do not want to force anyone to register
for an external service to show that they care about _our mission_.

*What does it mean* As said, you do not have to pay anything, and we
will not publish the names or e-mail-addresses of our supporters. We
will just publish the total number of them, and they may receive
occasional important information from us, at most three times a year. If
they like what we are doing, maybe some of them subscribe to our
newsletter <https://fsfe.org/news/newsletter.html>, start dicsussion
things like you on our public lists, do a one time donation
<http://fsfe.org/donate> or become Fellows <http://fsfe.org/join>.

Two things you can do in less than 10 minutes to help us:

1. Go to http://fsfe.org/support and become a supporter!

2. Ask your friends and colleagues -- by e-mail, social networks, or in
person -- if they also want to become a supporter. You can e.g. use an
URL like <http://fsfe.org/support/?YourFellowshipLoginName> for this
(like I do in my signature). This way you can see people who subscribe
because of you on
<https://fsfe.org/support/stats?ref_id=YourFellowshipLoginName> and the
general progress on <https://fsfe.org/support/stats>.

Thanks a lot for your ongoing support!
Matthias

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Matthias Kirschner - FSFE - Fellowship Coordinator, German Coordinator
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