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Dear Free Software Supporter,

We've been inspired by seeing the 262 new associate members who have
decided to help us ring in the new year by joining the Free Software
Foundation (FSF). We're sincerely grateful for the way they've
answered the call by standing up for software freedom. We're just as
grateful for all of the donations and membership renewals we've had
during our [year end drive][1]. Since we've seen a strong show of
support in the latter half of our appeal, we're extending the date to
join and still receive one of the [special pins][1] we're offering to
**January 20th**.

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This late momentum isn't entirely unexpected. Due to supply chain
delays in the mailing of the FSF [*Bulletin*][2], many supporters are
only just now receiving our report of the work we've done for
computing freedom in the last sixth months.

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Though small, the FSF staff is driven by their dedication to ensuring
every computer user, everywhere can get all of the work (and play!)
that makes up their digital lives done without surrendering their
freedom. We hope that you'll help us continue in that mission, until
we can accomplish it. We rely on your support and the support of
others like you to keep up our work, like continuing [resistance to
Apple's power grabs][3], maintaining the [tech infrastructure][4] we
provide to the world, and helping everyone make [tangible
improvements][5] in their own freedom.

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We're entering the FSF's thirty-seventh year of fighting for computing
freedom. The landscape has changed in ways we couldn't have envisioned
at the time of the FSF's founding, and yet, the principal issue
remains the same: software freedom is a basic right of every user, and
the cornerstone of a free digital society. We've made headway toward
making sure that right is guaranteed in every computing environment,
but there's still a long way to go. To help further our efforts, we're
extending our [membership drive][1] until January 20th.

Our associate membership program helps us campaign for free software,
protect the GPL, and support free software initiatives all over the
world. Can you [join][15] this effort as an FSF associate member? It
will enable us to carry our mission forward, and fight for your
freedom in the coming year.

The more members we can count, the better we can help work for a world
powered by free software and its ideals. This starts with achieving
our goal of [500 new members][16]. Associate members enjoy all of the
[member benefits][17], which include merchandise discounts, a 16GB
bootable membership card, and use of our videoconferencing server.

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An associate membership makes for more than just a show of support.
It's a way of acting on your principles and moral convictions, and
doing your part to let the world (and especially the proprietary
software developers in it!) that freedom should be the norm rather
than the exception. As the recent message from [FSF president Geoff
Knauth][18] mentions, our associate members will have the opportunity
to help shape the next steps of the free software movement.

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Since each year tends to bring new and worrisome developments on the
part of proprietary software, our commitment to freedom needs to be
*proactive* rather than merely reactive. Together, as the free
software community, we've already had a tremendous impact on freedom
in the digital world, but we shouldn't rest content here. We need to
work hard to reach the finish line, and bring digital autonomy to all.
Together, I know we can do it.

In freedom,

Greg Farough
Campaigns Manager


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