[en] FSFLA News Issue #4

[Beatriz Busaniche]

FSFLA News
Issue #4
November, 2005

First General Assembly

FSFLA will hold its first General Assembly during the Fifth Regional
Free Software Convention, which take place in Rosario, Argentina between
November 20th and 23rd. This Assembly will elect FSFLA's initial
Administrative and Executive committees, and will be the starting point
for FSFLA's activities.

All current members of FSFLA's founding team will assist to the
assembly: Fernanda Weiden, Alexandre Oliva, Mario Bonilla, Enrique
Chaparro, Federico Heinz, Juan José Ciarlante and Beatriz Busaniche.

FSFLA's formal introduction to the public will take place on Wednesday,
November 23rd at 5:00pm in the main auditorium of the Patio de la Madera
Convention Centre in Rosario, Argentina. These activities will also be
attended by Georg Greve, president of FSFLA's sister organization FSF
Europe.

After the first General Assembly and FSFLA's formal introduction, the
organization will begin the process of registration with the local
authorities. Meanwhile, the team continues working on the legal
statutes, drafts of which are currently being looked at by lawyers and
accountants specialized on NGOs.

Work Teams

Two work teams are in the process of formation.

People who are interested in participating in the translation team
should please get in contact with info at fsfla.org with the string
"[traductores]" in the Subject line. Participation in this team requires
fluency in at least two of FSFLA's working languages: Portuguese,
Spanish and English.

FSFLA is also calling for people who would like to volunteer in the
development of the organization's web site. Those who are interested to
contribute in the areas of design, content, administration, etc, should
please get in contact with info at fsfla.org with the string "[sitio]" in
the Subject line.

Events 

FSFLA will participate in the Fifth Regional Free Software Convention in
Rosario, Argentina. Between November 20th and 23rd, Alexandre Oliva,
Federico Heinz, Fernanda Weiden, Mario Bonilla, Juan José Ciarlante,
Enrique Chaparro y Beatriz Busaniche will give talks and conferences.
Richard M. Stallman, president of the FSF, will hold a video conference
on Sunday, November 20th at 7:00pm. Georg F. Greve, president of the
FSFE, will deliver a keynote speech on Monday 21st, at 7:00pm. The
Convention's program can be visited at
http://www.ant.org.ar/jornadas/html/content.php

During November, Federico Heinz and Beatriz Busaniche will participate
of various activities promoting the book "¿Un mundo patentado? La
privatización de la vida y el conocimiento", published by the Heinrich
Böll Foundation, which contains articles by Richard M. Stallman, James
Boyle, Pat Mooney and others. Both members of FSFLA's founding team will
attend events in Buenos Aires and La Plata. On November 2nd, Beatriz
Busaniche will travel to the Summit of the Peoples in Mar del Plata,
while Federico Heinz will participate in the events planned for November
7th in Córdoba and November 14th in Montevideo, Uruguay. Two events are
planned also for Rosario, on November 22nd and 23rd. The full agenda of
the events can be found in
http://www.vialibre.org.ar/index.php/article/articleview/268/1/17/

Between November 6th and 16th Beatriz Busaniche will travel to the
Dominican Republic on an invitation of the Heinrich Böll Foundation's
Office for Central American and the Caribbean in México, in order to
work with different social organizations in Central America, and to give
talk on Free Software, issues of access to knowledge, copyrights,
patents, and to continue the promotion of the book "¿Un mundo patentado?
La privatización de la vida y el conocimiento", which can be downloaded
freely from http://boell-latinoamerica.org/es/web/315.html .

From November 27th to December 3rd, Federico Heinz will visit México,
where he will participate in activities to promote Free Software
together with the Heinrich Böll Foundation and several social
organizations in the region.





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