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      \raggedright\normalsize{{Free software, privacy, and activism}} & {1}\
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      \raggedright\normalsize{{GNU IceCat and the Free Software Directory}} & {4}\
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      \raggedright\normalsize{{Demystifying copyleft}} & {5}\
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      \raggedright\normalsize{{On the road with RMS}} & {7}\
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      \raggedright\normalsize{{Found in translation}} & {7}\
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      \raggedright\normalsize{{Support the FSF by shopping at GNU Press}} & {8}\
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      \raggedright\normalsize{{Interview: Graphic \\designer Reda Lazri}} & {9}\
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% START: Free software, privacy, and activism
\section{Free software, privacy, and activism}
\vspace{-0.35cm} 
\textbf{\textit{by John Sullivan\\Executive Director}}

\cap{T}wo years ago, when Edward Snowden revealed a massive US National
Security Agency (NSA) bulk surveillance program covering the
communications of US citizens unsuspected of any crime, a popular
expectation in our community was that Richard Stallman and the FSF
would scream, ``We told you so! We've been telling you about these
dangers for 30 years!'' Snowden even used GNU software --- specifically
GnuPG encryption --- to safely communicate his whistleblower
information to the media. As additional revelations about bulk
surveillance around the world piled up, it was indeed a concrete
opportunity to explain the importance of free software for our
freedom, and of freedom in relation to privacy.

Since then, we've launched some important initiatives promoting the
use of related pieces of free software. Our Email Self-Defense Guide,
launched one year ago, has been used by tens of thousands of people to
set up email encryption using free software.\footnote{
\protect\url{emailselfdefense.fsf.org}} The past two LibrePlanet conferences
featured talks focused on encryption and resisting bulk surveillance,
most notably a keynote (itself delivered over a free software,
encrypted, anonymized video link) by Tor developer and journalist
Jacob Appelbaum.\footnote{ \protect\url{u.fsf.org/lpja}}

But this issue has also exposed disagreements within the free software
movement. Not all FSF members agree about what level, if any, of
government surveillance is appropriate, or about which methods, if
any, are okay. Some are concerned about terrorism more than others
(and disagree about what, if anything, should be called terrorism),
some think that surveillance is ineffective against such threats, some
prioritize citizens' privacy within their own nations, and others view
it as an international human rights issue.

There is also the uncomfortable likelihood that the NSA is using free
software to conduct its surveillance operations. Free software is
defined by the Four Freedoms, the first of which is the freedom to run
the software for any purpose. This is not to say that the FSF agrees
with all purposes for which free software is used. FSF staff hold a
variety of political opinions, and historically, our staff has
included Marxists and libertarians, liberal democrats and fiscal
conservatives, and everything in between. In this way, the FSF staff
is a microcosm of the free software movement; our supporters don't all
agree on these issues either, and they let us know when they feel that
the FSF has taken a public position that goes outside the scope of
supporting free software and computer user freedom.

What we do agree on is the importance of free software. The ends to
which any software can be used may be restricted by a society's laws
--- we don't defend the right of anyone to use software to kill another
person in order to rob them. That is illegal and wrong, but
restrictions on the software itself, which cannot be implemented
without restricting expressive speech, math, and creative thought, are
not an ethical way to achieve other social purposes. This is a major
reason why we do not have a term in the GNU General Public License
(GPL) saying ``This software cannot be used for bulk surveillance.''

But is bulk surveillance an independent core issue for the free
software movement? While we are continually listening to feedback and
evaluating this question, the FSF has set a position in this debate
that we think is the right one. As an organization with a human rights
agenda that discomforts many established powers, both government and
corporate, we cannot accept bulk surveillance at a level that impedes
or deters necessary anonymous communications with our allies.

People take real risks when they communicate to us that their company
is knowingly violating the GPL. A hypothetical Microsoft employee
takes a real risk when disclosing to us that the company is secretly
making patent threats against free software competitors, or when
leaking elements of a concerted campaign against GNU/Linux. People
writing and distributing free software to work around Digital
Restrictions Management (DRM) even for legal purposes can become
targets of interest to the government.

For the free software movement to succeed, we need whistleblowing and
communication around free software development to be safe. The levels
of surveillance that Snowden revealed, and the many stories since from
around the world, show that bulk surveillance has gone too far by this
yardstick. The FSF has therefore committed to work against it, at
least until it is reduced to a level that does not chill
communications vital to the free software movement.

We also have decided to develop materials that help people use free
software to protect whatever level of privacy they want to have. In
this respect, the issue is not so different from the other wants and
needs that people express for their computing lives. People want to do
something with software on a computer, we want to make sure they can
do that with free software. If free software for a certain purpose
does not exist, we may want to get it developed.

We have also brought critical scrutiny on efforts to improve privacy
through tweaking proprietary platforms or altering the details of
regulatory regimes. Free software does not guarantee privacy or
security --- we have bugs too --- but it is a prerequisite to true
protection of your privacy and security. You must be able to choose
who to trust and who should provide the software you use. Any fighting
chance in this area begins with free software. Anything less is blind
faith in a black box.

The FSF is one of only a few organizations promoting the view that
\emph{all} software should be free software. We are working on your behalf
to disarm proprietary software companies so that they can no longer
restrict you, to limit the impact of bulk surveillance so that we can
all safely advance our free software and other beliefs, and to
continually improve the free software available to you. But we can't
do this work without you.

We have been in existence for thirty years come October. We have
achieved many things in that time --- you can now quite easily have a
fully functional laptop with a free operating system, and free
software powers the Internet --- but we have many more challenges to
face in the next thirty years.

The body of FSF membership is a community of people with incompatible
beliefs in many areas, but who are united by the principle that the
technology used to express these political beliefs should not be under
the exclusive control or surveillance of anyone. If you're not already
a member, please join this cause and this community today!
\ender
% END: Free software, privacy, and activism



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% START: GNU IceCat and the Free Software Directory
\section{GNU IceCat and the Free Software Directory}
\vspace{-0.35cm} 
\textbf{\textit{by Joshua Gay\\Licensing and Compliance \\Manager}}

\cap{T}he GNU IceCat browser is part of GNUzilla, the GNU version of
Mozilla's suite of software that includes the Firefox Web
browser. IceCat is a browser designed to respect your privacy and your
freedom.

When you first start up GNU IceCat, the default landing page is the
about:icecat page. It provides seven checkboxes that allow you to
enable privacy features including blocking non-free JavaScript and
privacy trackers, or disabling JavaScript entirely, and redirecting to
HTTPS whenever possible.

Under the hood, these options are implemented using several browser
add-ons and extensions. GNU LibreJS blocks execution of nonfree
JavaScript. Https-Everywhere encrypts your communications with many
major Web sites, making your browsing more secure. SpyBlock and
Adblock Plus block privacy trackers while in normal browsing mode, and
all third party requests when in private browsing mode. Also, there
are some important things you won't find under the hood, such as the
proprietary Adobe Primetime add-on, which is based on the W3C draft
specification for baking DRM into HTML5 via its Encrypted Media
Extension\footnote{ \protect\url{defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5}}. GNU
IceCat is committed to slamming shut and rooting out backdoors and
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In fact, GNU IceCat only recommends installing free software
add-ons. In fact, IceCat has replaced the Mozilla add-ons search with
GNU IceCat page from the FSF's Free Software Directory (FSD) --- which
lists all of the IceCat add-ons that have been reviewed and added to
the FSD \emph{so far}, which, at this point in time isn't nearly as many as
we would like, and not nearly as many as what Mozilla has listed on
their addons site.

The majority of add-ons on the Mozilla Add-ons site are free
software. As such, we were at first tempted to simply write a script
that imported all of the Mozilla Add-ons with free software licenses
listed into the FSD. However, after reviewing a sampling of add-ons by
hand, we found that there was a fair number of add-ons that had
incorrect licensing information listed, and in some cases the add-ons
were, in fact, proprietary.

To solve this problem, Free Software Directory volunteers are making a
concerted effort to add many more IceCat extensions to the
FSD. Driving much of this work is David Hedlund, who has curated lists
of hundreds of popular add-ons for our community of volunteers to
review and hopefully add to the FSD. David's approach is creative. His
top tier list is browser add-ons with over one million daily users,
his second tier list have between 100k and 999k daily users, and so
on. In addition to creating these lists, David has made over a
thousand edits and has added many new packages and pages to the FSD
over the past few months.

One interesting consequence of this work, and other work being done on
the Free Software Directory, is that it doesn't just result in a
bigger and better catalog of free software on the FSD. In their quest
to add new entries to the FSD, contributors often end up submitting
bug fixes or filing bug reports to other projects, to eliminate
nonfree bugs that are preventing a package from being listed in the
FSD. And when we add a new package to the FSD, we encourage FSD
contributors to notify its maintainers. After all, one thing most free
software developers agree upon (and there isn't much we agree upon!)
is that it is nice to know others appreciate and show interest in the
software we are making.

GNU IceCat add-ons are just one of the many ways we are improving the
Free Software Directory on a day-to-day basis. If you are interested
in learning more, visit \protect\url{directory.fsf.org/wiki/FSD:Participate}
to learn how to get started, or stop by IRC during our weekly Friday
Free Software Directory IRC Meeting. See \protect\url{fsf.org/blogs/directory}
for details on the next meeting.

Special thanks to our FSD volunteers and contributors, as well as to
Rubén Rodríguez for maintaining GNU IceCat and other important free
software projects.

Finally, if you haven't done so already, download GNU
IceCat\footnote{ \protect\url{gnu.org/s/gnuzilla}} now.
\ender
% END: GNU IceCat and the Free Software Directory



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\section{Demystifying copyleft}
\vspace{-0.35cm} 
\textbf{\textit{by Chrissie Himes \\Operations Assistant\\Donald Robertson, III \\Copyright and Licensing \\Associate}}

\cap{C}opyright is the legal mechanism afforded to the authors of original
creative works, such as books, music, and software. Under 17 U.S. Code
§ 106, the exclusive rights granted to the artists are: (1) the right
to reproduce the copyrighted work; (2) the right to prepare derivative
works based upon the work; (3) the right to distribute copies of the
work to the public; (4) the right to perform the copyrighted work
publicly; and (5) the right to display the copyrighted work publicly.

Copyleft is a tool that works within copyright law, easing the process
of licensing creative works to be used, retooled, and/or shared. For
instance, you may have a new piece of software that you would like the
general public to be able to build upon and fix bugs within. But under
U.S. copyright law you possess the exclusive right to prepare
derivative works. If you don't provide your users with a license, they
won't be able to do all the things that they should be able to do,
like modify and share the work. So while many projects think that
simply putting the source code up on a repository is good enough to
share their work, unless they choose and apply a license, all their
hard work will go to waste. So choosing a good copyleft license that
most communicates your intent is of great importance. The GNU General
Public License (GPLv3) is a strong copyleft license that ensures not
only that users have all the rights they need to share and modify your
work, but that every downstream user has those same rights. The GNU
Affero General Public License (AGPLv3) is also a strong copyleft
license like the GPL, but with an additional provision that ensures
that users interacting with modified versions of the code via a
network have the opportunity to receive the source code. Finally, the
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv3) is a weak copyleft
license. It allows users to link to the work under their own terms,
while still ensuring that downstream users receiving modified versions
of the work itself still have their rights intact.

While this brief introduction gives a basic idea of how copyleft
works, there is plenty more to learn. In addition to information
provided by the FSF via our licensing
portal\footnote{\protect\url{fsf.org/licensing}}, there is now another great
resource for learning about copyleft licensing:
Copyleft.org. \protect\url{Copyleft.org} is a collaborative project run
jointly by the FSF and the Software Freedom
Conservancy\footnote{\protect\url{sfconservancy.org}} that pools and shares
information about copyleft. This information is being made into a
book, \emph{Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive
Tutorial and Guide}. It combines resources developed by several
organizations into one comprehensive guide. Is a continual
work in progress, but the FSF will from time to time endorse and publish
particular versions of the document. For example, we used the guide as
part of the foundation for our continuing legal education (CLE)
seminar on GPL Enforcement and Legal Ethics last year, and plan to use
it for future CLE events.

But Copyleft.org is more than just a collaboration between the FSF and
the Software Freedom Conservancy: it is a community effort. Its
tutorial and guide consist of over 150 pages of useful information,
but it takes quite a bit of work to maintain. We invite everyone to
help update and revise the guide. You don't need to be a legal whiz
kid to help out; one of the biggest tasks to take on is copy
editing. Every pull request helps, so dive in!
\ender
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% START: On the road with RMS
\section{On the road with RMS}
\vspace{-0.35cm} 
\textbf{\textit{by Jeanne Rasata\\Assistant to the President}}

\cap{T}his past semester, Richard Stallman continued racking up air miles to raise worldwide awareness of the issues surrounding computer users' rights and freedoms. Since November, in addition to giving many interviews and meeting with policy and decision makers, he's given forty-nine speeches in forty-four cities across eighteen countries and four continents, with unflagging energy. 

While his schedule is as full as in any previous year, his 2015 engagements will include one of particular significance, as we will celebrate thirty years of the charity he founded, the Free Software Foundation. To mark this milestone, we are planning a new edition of his book of collected essays, currently in its second edition. This new edition will feature the same core essays from the second edition, shed others, and incorporate articles written more recently. It will clarify issues of morality regarding digital hardware, address the threat of mass surveillance, describe the various ways our freedoms are still being curtailed in spite of the advances the free software movement has made, educate us about new and ever more ingenious challenges we face every day, and offer clear directives for how we may share freely again with one another and reclaim our privacy and control of our own computing.

Please write to \protect\url{rms-assist@gnu.org} with any photographs or recordings you want to share or to invite RMS to speak. See \protect\url{u.fsf.org/zi} for his confirmed speeches or \protect\url{audio-video.gnu.org} for our archive of speech recordings.
\ender
% END: On the road with RMS



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\section{Found in translation}
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\textbf{\textit{by Georgia Young\\Outreach and Communication \\Coordinator}}

\cap{I}n January, I joined the FSF staff as outreach and communications
coordinator. In this role, I make sure all of the communications that
FSF staffers create --- mostly writing, but also images and video --- are
shared with you. Have you read a post on fsf.org this year? Most
likely, I gave it a final edit and then published it. Do you get our
monthly Free Software Supporter in your inbox? I compiled it from
writings by FSF staff and other affinity organizations and emailed it
to you. Do you read microblogs from FSF or Defective By Design on GNU
Social or other microblogs? They probably came from me, too.

As the newest member of the staff, starting only eight weeks before
LibrePlanet 2015, I had to get up to speed fast. One particularly
challenging and interesting aspect of my work is managing translation
from English --- the primary language the FSF uses for communication ---
to Spanish, French, and at least a dozen other languages. Just about
every translation of anything on fsf.org, including the subtitles for
our User Liberation video,\footnote{ \protect\url{u.fsf.org/usrlib}} was
created by enthusiastic volunteers from around the globe.

My role at the FSF is the main contact for translations, and for the
past five months I have been catching up on translation offers old and
new, and in the process, communicating with wonderful free software
enthusiasts around the world. The Free Software Supporter is
collaboratively translated each month, into French by free software
advocates at the French organization April\footnote{ \protect\url{april.org}}
and into Spanish by volunteers on the FSF Spanish translators
discussion list.\footnote{
\protect\url{lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsfwww-translators-es-discuss}}

As I learn about our translation needs and the multilingual volunteers
who love to help spread the word about free software, I am working to
figure out the most effective ways to coordinate translations. There
are challenges: we are a small staff, with each person shouldering
many responsibilities for the organization. We also don't have native
knowledge of many languages. So we rely on our volunteers to provide
material that has been translated by a person with fluency in the
language, preferably vetted by another fluent speaker, and formatted
according to the project's needs. That way, we can post and publicize
translated material quickly, and avoid having to make many corrections
later.

Translations are important to the FSF's central mission: to promote
computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software
users. Our members and supporters outside the United States are
crucial to this effort, and our relationships with them help us
maintain an international perspective --- something that can be
challenging when there are so many threats to computer user freedom
here in the States.

We need your help! Please watch for translation opportunities, or get in touch if you want to help with a specific project. If you have thoughts on how to make our translation process better, I'm interested in hearing them. You can reach me at \protect\url{campaigns@fsf.org}. And if you are already part of our translation efforts, thank you, truly. You make the FSF stronger and help us make the world a freer place.
\ender
% END: Found in translation


% START: Support the FSF by shopping at GNU Press
\section{Support the FSF by shopping at GNU Press}
\vspace{-0.35cm} 
\textbf{\textit{by Chrissie Himes\\Operations Assistant}}

\cap{T}he GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)\footnote{ \protect\url{gcc.gnu.org}} has had a triumphant year. In 2014, the Association for Computing Machinery\footnote{ \protect\url{acm.org}} Special Interest Group on Programming Languages\footnote{ \protect\url{sigplan.org}} honored the GCC developer community in recognition of its service and achievements in the programming language community. Here at GNU Press, you can learn more about GCC with our reference manual.\footnote{ \protect\url{u.fsf.org/gccman}} Following the smash hit Run GCC novelty t-shirt,\footnote{ \protect\url{shop.fsf.org/product/run-gcc-shirt}} GNU Press is now selling the design as a sticker.\footnote{ \protect\url{u.fsf.org/gccsticker}}

This past spring, the FSF also held our annual LibrePlanet conference\footnote{ \protect\url{libreplanet.org/2015}} in Cambridge, Massachusetts. LibrePlanet is a celebration of software developers, policy experts, activists, and computer users engaged in software freedom. You can still buy a commemorative LibrePlanet logo t-shirt\footnote{ \protect\url{shop.fsf.org/product/lp15}} in white, organic cotton with a green and black logo.

For a limited time only, GNU Press is selling NeuG USB True Random Number Generator\footnote{ \protect\url{shop.fsf.org/product/usb/}}, which is a tiny USB 32-bit computer based on a free (as in freedom) hardware design. The most common uses of a TRNG include generating cryptographic keys, input for a simulation, and games (including video games and slot machines). For more information about the NeuG USB, you can read this analysis: \protect\url{fsf.org/blogs/gnu-press/neug-trng}. 

For the latest news about the shop, join the GNU Press mailing list at \protect\url{u.fsf.org/gnupresslist}. And be on the alert for new editions of the \emph{GNU Emacs Manual}\{\footnote{ \protect\url{u.fsf.org/emacs24}} and \emph{Free Software Free Society}\footnote{ \protect\url{u.fsf.org/fsfs2}}. If you have any suggestions for GNU Press, don't hesitate to add them to our Ideas page.\footnote{ \protect\url{u.fsf.org/gpideas}}  We would particularly love your input on bumper sticker designs or any other fun ideas. GNU Press inquiries can be directed to \protect\url{sales@fsf.org}.
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% END: Support the FSF by shopping at GNU Press



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\section{Interview: Graphic \\designer Reda Lazri}
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\textbf{\textit{by Zak Rogoff\\Campaigns Manager \\GPG key ID: B5090AC8}}

\cap{W}hile working on multimedia projects at the FSF, I've had the privilege of working with graphic designers in our community.

I respect them due to the unique challenges they face: they are often outsiders to the general graphic design community, which is so firmly in the grips of Adobe's proprietary programs like Photoshop and Illustrator that most professionals don't even bother trying free software tools.

I recently spoke with Reda Lazri, a free software graphic designer from Algeria who created our logo for LibrePlanet 2015, as well as the visual identity of the 2014 Giving Guide.

\subsubsection*{Tell us about yourself}

I'm twenty-nine years old and a self-taught freelance designer from Algeria. I mainly design interfaces and logos, but I do other things for fun, like desktop customization (themes, wallpapers, icons). And I love doing redesigns.

I help maintain the graphics side of the GNOME Firefox theme and have contributed to free software projects like GNOME and LibreOffice.

\subsubsection*{How did you get interested in free software?}

I'm a computer geek and there was a time where I would install GNU/Linux and play with it, then get frustrated and go back to Windows. I kept going back and forth until I fell in love with the Tango icon set,\footnote{ \protect\url{tango.freedesktop.org}} (a standalone project to help create a consistent graphical user interface experience for free software) and decided to give Ubuntu\footnote{Note that the FSF does not endorse Ubuntu because, in its default configuration, it includes and recommends nonfree software. We haven't formally reviewed elementary OS, also mentioned here, for endorsement. See a list of distributions we do endorse at \protect\url{gnu.org/distros/free-distros.}} another spin so I could use the icons properly. It was mature enough at that time for it to become my only OS.

Since Windows tools aren't available for GNU/Linux I spent a huge amount of time researching their free replacements. I collected information and tutorials and followed artists that use free tools just to convince myself that I could survive without the Adobe oxygen.

\subsubsection*{What tools do you use?}

My main vector illustration tool has always been Inkscape. I've never liked Adobe Illustrator much. I use Inkscape for drawing some of my wallpapers, for quick wireframing, for all my logo work, and for making icons. I also like Blender.



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\subsubsection*{What role would you like for designers in free software?}

I think that designers should play two major roles in the free software world. The first is helping projects focus on user experience. Long gone are the days when free software developers would put together a quick interface and call it a day; now you need designers to be included in the process of making software from the very beginning. Just take a look at what the people at GNOME, KDE, and elementary OS are doing right now and compare it to some years ago.

The second role is for designers to drive the development of the very tools they use. It's easier said than done, but if designers are the ones using the software, it's logical for them to set the priorities. As designers we need good, up-to-date tools, and the free software world will benefit when our tools are able to compete better with the proprietary options that dominate graphic design.

\subsubsection*{What inspires you in the design world?}

What inspires me are the creative solutions to different problems, whether they are life problems or design problems. I especially love creative logos and punny illustrations. I like the work of Glenn Jones,\footnote{ \protect\url{dribbble.com/Glennz}} and in the free software community I enjoy following the GNOME designers\footnote{ \protect\url{github.com/gnome-design-team}}.

\emph{You can see Reda's work on Dribbble\footnote{ \protect\url{dribbble.com/0rax0}} and deviantART.}\footnote{ \protect\url{0rax0.deviantart.com}}
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\section{Our CiviC[RM] duty}
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\textbf{\textit{by Stephen Mahood\\System Administrator}}

\cap{T}his spring, I attended CiviCon, an annual conference focused on the
free software (AGPL) program CiviCRM, in the mile high city of Denver,
Colorado. If you are not familiar, CiviCRM is an amazing tool,
focusing on membership management, but expanding beyond that to
events, registrations, email and postal mailings, and non-member
contacts. It has many applications --- no pun intended --- for many
types of organizations, and it has a great community at its heart.

When organizing for a social movement, as the FSF does, keeping track
of your constituents, supporters, and members is crucial. With
CiviCRM, organizations can get to know their community by creating
events and tracking responses to petitions or surveys. I have
implemented CiviCRM instances for various organizations, so when I
began working at the FSF, I was delighted to see that CiviCRM is used
here, too! The FSF uses CiviCRM to manage member, donor, and supporter
data, to send emails, for event registration, and to manage donations
--- it is at the core of our work.

I had two goals for CiviCON: to build a stronger relationship
between the FSF and the CiviCRM community, and to bring back ideas for
improving the FSF's CiviCRM instance.

This was my first time meeting the CiviCRM community in
person. Prior to CiviCon, most of my communication with CiviCRM people
was via IRC, so an in-person meeting in meat (or tofu) space was a
great opportunity to strengthen relationships. When I was not in a
session, I was getting to know many of CiviCRM's core developers and
figuring out ways to further connect with the community.

A few sessions shared some great ideas in progress, such as
Leukemia and Lymphoma Research of the UK's work on an extension that
expands a fundraising feature called Personal Campaigns from
individual fundraising pages into Team Campaigns, where multiple
Personal Campaigns connect to a Team Goal. This is being developed
into a CiviCRM extension to expand CiviCRM's core functionality.

Another great extension I discovered is CiviVolunteer. This extension
expands CiviCRM's events capability, adding an ``Interested in
Volunteering'' option for event-specific or general volunteering. In
addition to recording volunteer interest, it lets organizations record
data about volunteers: whether they arrived on time, stayed beyond
their scheduled time slot or left early, and even a review of the
volunteer. That data is associated with the volunteer's contact
record, allowing the organization to better track volunteering within
their community. I want to explore using CiviVolunteer for LibrePlanet
2016. Extension development is a great way to expand CiviCRM's
features without modifying the core code directly, and can be added to
\protect\url{extensions.civicrm.org} for others to use or contribute to.



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Along with the excitement of CiviCon itself, I did some community
organizing in the form of an FSF member and supporter gathering held
after the conference. I was expecting around twenty
people, but after the CiviCon folks promoted the event, nearly
eighty people showed up. I met some great FSF members and some folks
became members for the first time.

All in all, I did my CiviC[RM] duty and I look forward to representing
the FSF at another conference. If you happen to be in the Boston area
and want to learn more about CiviCRM, every month on the third Tuesday
the FSF hosts the Boston CiviCRM meetup in our office. Contact me at
\protect\url{mv@fsf.org} for more information, and check out the FSF's CiviCRM
instance at \protect\url{my.fsf.org}.
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