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Right to repair advocate Elizabeth Chamberlain to keynote FSF's LibrePlanet
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- March 2, 2023 -- The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the director of sustainability at iFixit, Elizabeth Chamberlain, as its closing keynote for LibrePlanet 2023, the fifteenth edition of the FSF's conference on ethical technology and user freedom. The annual technology and social justice conference will be held March 18 and 19, 2023 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center as well as online.
FSF now accepting board nominations from associate members
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA -- Thursday, January 19, 2023 -- Associate members of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) now have the chance to nominate and evaluate candidates to serve on the board of directors for the first time since the nonprofit was founded thirty-seven years ago.
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