tl;dr: LibrePlanet wants us back with a booth.
Since Tor was put on FSF's High Priority List (since Richard uses it now I hear?) very recently, this sounds like a good idea. https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-announces-a-major-overhaul-of-free-software-hig...
Anyone?
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Support computer-user freedom by exhibiting at LibrePlanet 2017 again Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:05:48 -0500
Dear Moritz,
Thank you very much for supporting us through the exhibit hall at LibrePlanet in 2014!
Over the past 8 years, **LibrePlanet** (https://www.libreplanet.org/2017) has become a prominent free software conference for a vibrant, diverse community of developers, policy experts, activists, students, and users who care about the intersection of technology, education, and user freedom. With past keynote speakers including **Edward Snowden**, **Sue Gardner** (Wikimedia Foundation), and **Allison Randal** (Open Source Initiative), LibrePlanet is a banner event with 400 attendees and thousands more watching conference sessions online. It is also one of the only technology conferences to run its infrastructure entirely on free software.
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Student Information Processing Board are working hard organizing **LibrePlanet 2017: The Roots of Freedom -- Saturday and Sunday, March 25 and 26, 2017 at the MIT Stata Center**. This year will feature keynote speakers **Cory Doctorow** (author, activist, and co-editor of boingboing.net), **Kade Crockford** (ACLU Massachusetts), **Sumana Harihareswara** (Changeset Consulting), and **Richard Stallman** (FSF founder and president). The conference is funded and staffed by the Free Software Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity, and we need your support. **Will you join us at LibrePlanet 2017 as an exhibitor again?**
Exhibiting at LibrePlanet will ensure Tor:
- has an exhibitor table in our lively, centrally located hall, - is listed in the program book and on the event website as an exhibitor, - receives 2 registrations for all conference events.
LibrePlanet could not happen without the contributions of donors, sponsors, and exhibitors. In addition to other logistics, sponsors and exhibitors fund gratis admission for all students and travel/lodging scholarships to help speakers and students who would not be able to make it otherwise. Last year, we received 37 applications for scholarships and were able to fulfill 10. This year, we hope to do even more with your support. You can be confident in our financial stewardship and responsible use of resources -- the FSF has been in operation for over 30 years, and we have the highest rating possible on Charity Navigator (4 stars).
LibrePlanet offers tremendous visibility, allowing you to showcase your support of free software to users, developers, and potential employees. While everything you do may not be free software, it is likely that a substantial portion of your organization relies on it. Sponsoring is a great way to give back and support the community that continues to make and improve the pool of software available to you. Conference sponsors and exhibitors are able to engage all the attendees and organization representatives at the two-day event, thousands of viewers who watch online, the FSF's 4,000 members and 130,000+ subscribers, and nearly 20 million unique web visitors who visit fsf.org, libreplanet.org, and gnu.org each year.
You can find more information on LibrePlanet sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities at https://libreplanet.org/2017/sponsors/. We would love for Tor to be part of the exhibit hall again. If you are interested, please let me know at membership@fsf.org by March 5th.
Thank you again for supporting our work to promote, protect, and develop free software.
Sincerely, j.