[Fsfe-ie] supporting FSFE's Fellowship

Justin Mason jm at jmason.org
Thu Nov 17 19:41:55 CET 2005


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My theory: 120 euros per year is just too much money.

If you're personally very committed to the cause, it may be worth it; but
most people are simply not *that* committed.

Even EFF allows membership at $25, and their average membership fee is
apparently $65.  That's a lot lower.

(As for my excuse -- I haven't been living in Europe for several years
now.  maybe when I get back. but then I'll have a wedding to fund, and
justifying a 3-figure donation to the fiancee under those circumstances
isn't so easy ;)

- --j.

Ciaran O'Riordan writes:
> So far, 3 people in Ireland have joined FSFE's fellowship. 
> 
> (as far as I know, that includes me.)
> 
> My mails to fsfe-ie and to ILUG in March, and my talk at the ILUG AGM, all
> seem to have resulted in no sign-ups each.
> 
> So what went wrong?
> 
> Is it that people assume that others will join, and put it off - so the
> remedy would be to inform the mailing lists again and tell them the numbers?
> 
> I know that's what I've just done here, and I do encourage people on this
> list to sign up since that's how FSFE's work gets funded - but I'm
> interested to know what to do when contacting other lists.
> 
> All suggestions and comments would be welcome.
> 
> I made this page, which needs updating, but it might have some useful info:
> http://ciaran.compsoc.com/fsfe-fellowship.html
> 
> -- 
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