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FSFE Resignations and expulsions

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The last two FSFE e.V. members resigned immediately after the 2019 annual meeting decided to pursue a vendetta against the former fellowship representative.

These resignations don't reflect any wrongdoing on the part of the members who have departed, they reflect the fact FSFE e.V. itself is being consumed by foolish vendettas.

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  • FSFE General Assembly formally adopts Stasi policies to harass a former volunteer

    When we read the (defamation redacted by satire) minutes of the 2019 FSFE annual meeting, we see the same thing: a motion has been passed deciding that the community elected representative has to be blamed for everything that is wrong in the world. The text of the motion is irrelevant: the key point is that bunch of supposedly grown-up German males are getting together to whine about a volunteer who resigned over a year ago. This is no accidental slip of gaslighting: the minutes show that 11 people travelled to Essen on 12 October 2019, meeting at the LinuxHotel and making a formal resolution to continue in the footsteps of the GDR's secret police. The minutes do not include any positive plans for the next 12 months: just some administrative changes and the resolution to pursue a vendetta. Would Stasi predecessors feel a tingle of pride reading the unredacted version of the document, dripping with character assassination?

    This is even more despicable because the volunteer in question resigned at a time of personal tragedy and asserted that he is grieving for the loss of a family member. Hounding a volunteer who resigned at a time like that shows an utter lack of humanity.

    Corrupt elements of the FSFE management were already running evil campaigns like this in private emails before the Fellowship migrated to the fsfellowship.eu mailing list in May. In a #MeToo moment for Free Software, the former community representative called them out, leaking this quote from Herr Matthias Kirschner, FSFE president.

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