From Friday June 29th to Sunday July 1st, FSFE held its annual
meeting of the
General Assembly in
Brussels. Starting at 10am each morning, we were in the meeting
room until 8pm, 10:30pm, and 5pm. Being an employee, I was there as
a guest.
In preparation for the meeting,
a two year
executive summary of FSFE's projects was published.
On the Monday afterward, Sean Daly interviewed Georg Greve. The
audio and a transcript
of the
interview is on Groklaw. We had been trying to arrange that
interview all weekend, and Sean was always ready, but the annual
meeting was so draining that it kept being put off til the next day.
While in Brussels, we
had a
social event where we met with some of the Fellows from Belgium
and the Netherlands. Before the weekend, some of us were saying it
was a pity not to organise a more formal event since so many
people of FSFE were present. After the weekend, I realised that
it's just not possible to add more work to the schedule. The social
event was just right.
It was funny that the meeting coincided with the release
of GPLv3. This
was one of the biggest announcements of the year, but we were all
too busy and tired to be able to participate much.
--
Ciarán O'Riordan,
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