Dear wiki-care-takers,

this is an official invitation to the first FSFE community meeting and you will find the general invitation below. I think that this community meeting would be a good opportunity for the wiki-care-takers, to meet each other and

- do a wiki-a-thon together or strategic discussion and decisions about the wiki - invite other participants to become part of the wiki-care-takers team - do a workshop for others or a general explanation of how to best use the wiki (structure, categories etc) - write up of a specific wiki-page - anything else you have in mind

There are grants available to cover travel and accommodation costs.

Looking forward, Erik

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Dear team,

the community meeting 2017 is the first edition of a hopefully annual meeting for the FSFE community. The idea behind: We are a growing community of active people who do inspiring activities, often, but not limited to, on a local level. Beyond that, we form collaborative teams on different matters and topics throughout Europe, run campaigns or give input to stakeholders. Not to forget, that on top of this, many of us visit Free Software related or similar events throughout the year or have other possibilities to form additional connections and networks. But, what we miss to some extension is the identity and the forming of our very own and widespread community. Time to change this! This is your invitation to come together for the FSFE community meeting 2017 and to be part in our very own community building process.

Of course, there will be many steps involved in such a community building process, not just the community meeting. However, the community meeting is an integral part of it. So, With this email I like to invite you to the FSFE community meeting 2017. It will happen

on: November 24 / 25 / 26 in: Endocode, Brückenstrasse 5A, 10179 Berlin, Germany. [1]

Please note, that there will also be more steps involved in forming the community meeting itself. Actually, a lot of what the community meeting will be like and what will happen during the community meeting is in your hands! Together, we will form the most interesting agenda for its participants in the upcoming weeks.

This first email is sent out now for you to save the date. There will be more details to follow in the next time, but to facilitate planning for all participants, we already start with this announcement and add more details over time.

All upcoming details will be added to the dedicated wiki-page: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/2017/the-fsfe-community-meeting-2017

So, if you already know that you are coming, I propose you "subscribe" to this page to keep track of its changes.

And to announce you are coming, please use the attendees-list on a seperate wiki-sub-page: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/2017/the-fsfe-community-meeting-2017/attendees

As said, much more details will come, so for now I leave you with a FAQ. But of course, I am already happy to answer any immediate question.

= Who is invited? = For organisational reasons we cannot invite everyone, although we would love to. This being said, we invite all members of topical teams of FSFE as well as local coordinators. In addition there will be the representatives and the staffers. This year, we cannot exceed 40 persons for logistic reasons but it will also help us to keep productivity. Find more details on the wiki-page.

= Accommodations = To keep it simple, we will leave accommodations in everyones own hands. However, soon we will list some ideas where to stay on the event's wiki page.

= Costs & grants = Participation will be for no cost and full catering (except breakfast) for a 10 euro flat-rate. If you cannot afford your accommodation or transportation, please get in touch with me, as we offer grants!

= Agenda = As mentioned above, it will be a meeting to form our community. One integral part of a community is to share knowledge within. This will be done with the help of our topical teams as well as our local coordinators. Depending a bit on the participants offers and interests, there will be possibilities to - engage in hands-on activities (e.g. wiki-sprint, translators-sprint, web-sprint or similar), - get introduced into new teams (web, wiki etc) - participate in workshops (what to consider to run a proper booth, tools the FSFE offers and you might not know yet, ...) - brainstorm (how can we achieve a common calendar for Free Software related events, ...) - give spontaneous input (lightning talks) - ... If you like to run a workshop or knowledge-sharing lesson, please get in contact with me!

As mentioned quite a few times, all the other details are still to follow : ) Stay tuned.

Finally, a special thanks to our current Fellowship representative Mirko Böhm, who offers this location for the FSFE without costs and this way enables us to offer more grants to our community!

And now, be the first to fill in your attendance: https://wiki.fsfe.org/Events/2017/the-fsfe-community-meeting-2017/attendees

Best regards and looking forward, Erik

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