On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 15:47, John Sullivan<johns@fsf.org> wrote:
Danny Piccirillo<danny.piccirillo@member.fsf.org> writes:
How about: "The LibrePlanet project exists to build a global network
of activists organized around furthering the ideals of software
freedom and related issues concerning digital rights as necessary
means for a free society."
All of these might need some tweaking but let me know if you agree
with the overall idea or not.
How about:
The mission of the LibrePlanet project is to build a global network of
local groups contributing to the advancement of free society, by
promoting free software ideals.
The main point of my email was that our mission statement should be
concise and broad. This statement which more specifically defines what
we do should *supplement* the mission statement.
Because:
1) The emphasis on local groups is a critical part of the project's
identity,
Hm, is it? It may be the #1 main activity of LibrePlanet, and it may
be 95% of what LP activists see and do, but i think our's scope goes
beyond that. Two examples off the top of my head are the
FSF-community-team and GNU Social which are both organized on
LibrePlanet.
Again, our slogan could be "Free as in freedom" and/or "Working
together for free software"
We could then include a very short paragraph about libreplanet's work
organizing local groups, as well as make sure the whole of the LP wiki
focuses on that.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 21:09, Patrick Anderson<agnucius@gmail.com> wrote:
Carolina Flores Hine wrote:
I wonder if saying "free society" leads to think
there's only one society or if it includes diversity.
In this context, "society" refers to the global society, not one group
in particular. Can this concept be translated properly?