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Subject: [FC-discuss] Hello From Your New Board Of Directors<br>
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Writes Ben Moskowitz on our blog:<br>
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Hello!<br>
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The five of us are thrilled to join (and rejoin) the 2009-2010 board of<br>
directors. We're very excited about guiding Students for Free Culture<br>
over the next year?there's plenty of awesome stuff in store.<br>
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You'll hear more from us over the coming days about what we'll be doing<br>
to re-energize SFC and the Free Culture movement. For now, we want to<br>
take the opportunity to (re)introduce ourselves:<br>
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![Kevin Driscoll][1]**_Kevin Driscoll_ completed a Master's degree in<br>
[Comparative Media Studies][2] at MIT last semester where he was a<br>
member of the MIT Free Culture chapter and part of the [YouTomb][3]<br>
research project. Kevin is concerned with encouraging everyday<br>
creativity and highlighting unexpected uses of consumer technologies by<br>
young people - especially in resistance to systemic oppression. In the<br>
fall, he will continue graduate work at the [Annenberg School for<br>
Communication][4] at USC. You can see his digital traces on his<br>
[superfeed][5].<br>
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![Ben Moskowitz][6]**_Ben Moskowitz_** co-founded the?[SFC@Berkeley][7]<br>
chapter of Students for Free Culture and created a seminar on the<br>
cultural dimensions of piracy. He also co-organized the [Free Culture<br>
2008 Conference][8] and the [Open Video Conference in NYC][9].<br>
?He?is?currently a student of Mandarin language at NYU SCPS and serves<br>
as General?Coordinator?of the Open Video Alliance, promoting openness in<br>
online video. See [<a href="http://openvideoconference.org" target="_blank">http://openvideoconference.org</a>][10] for more. Ben<br>
wants to see SFC become a force on campuses all over the world?let's<br>
make it happen!<br>
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![Kevin Donovan][11]**_Kevin Donovan_**_ _is a rising junior at<br>
Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, majoring in Science,<br>
Technology & International Affairs with a certificate in International<br>
Development. He started the Georgetown chapter of SFC and has worked on<br>
technology policy issues at the World Bank's _info_Dev program and is<br>
currently working on an OpenCourseWare pilot program. He writes about<br>
technology policy at [Techdirt][12], his [personal blog][13], and on<br>
[Twitter][14].While in South Africa recently Kevin had the chance to go<br>
sandboarding, which is easily the coolest sport ever devised.<br>
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![Christina Ducruet][15]**_Christina Ducruet_** graduated from Brown<br>
University in May 2008 with a degree in Modern Culture and Media. While<br>
an undergrad, she founded the Brown chapter of Students for Free Culture<br>
in reaction to the RIAA lawsuits that hit 20+ campuses in Spring 2007.<br>
She's been involved with SFC ever since, creating resources and<br>
organizing campaigns to rally people to the Free Culture movement.<br>
Christina is excited and honored to serve on the SFC Board for a second<br>
term and thinks the best is yet to come for SFC. She currently lives and<br>
works in Connecticut.<br>
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![Parker Higgins][16]**Parker Higgins** is entering his senior year at<br>
New York University's Gallatin School for Individualized Study.? He is<br>
the president of the NYU chapter of Students for Free Culture. ?Stemming<br>
from his previous work with the Participatory Culture Foundation,<br>
creators of the Miro HD video player, he runs the occasionally updated<br>
internet TV channels [Free Culture TV][17] and[ Yes We're Open][18].<br>
?The channels feature freely-licensed FC-related content and highlight<br>
emerging issues for the community. This summer he is volunteering for<br>
Creative Commons.<br>
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## So, what's next?<br>
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You can review the notes of the first 09/10 board meeting [here][19].<br>
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The [nominations page][20] contains each candidates' thoughts on SFC and<br>
its future. Here is where the five of us agree that our time should be<br>
focused:<br>
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* Ensuring that the Open University Campaign is a success, potentially<br>
through a stand-alone site or committee-based action;<br>
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* Collaborating with other organizations and establishing SFC as a key<br>
public voice on free culture issues;<br>
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* Planning the next Free Culture conference; and<br>
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* Making involvement in SFC as user-friendly and accessible to new<br>
members and chapters.<br>
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Of course, SFC's strength lies in the awesome people and projects of its<br>
local chapters. Chapter leaders can expect to hear from us shortly as we<br>
work to bring everyone up to speed with our plans to revitalize SFC. In<br>
the meantime, we want to hear from you?what do you think is necessary to<br>
keep SFC going strong through this year and beyond? What's next for SFC?<br>
How can we improve? Sound off in the comments.<br>
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[1]: <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2369/2255271125_1bcc9bc210_o.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2369/2255271125_1bcc9bc210_o.jpg</a><br>
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[2]: <a href="http://cms.mit.edu/" target="_blank">http://cms.mit.edu/</a><br>
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[3]: <a href="http://youtomb.mit.edu/" target="_blank">http://youtomb.mit.edu/</a><br>
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[4]: <a href="http://annenberg.usc.edu/" target="_blank">http://annenberg.usc.edu/</a><br>
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[5]: <a href="http://kevindriscoll.info/" target="_blank">http://kevindriscoll.info/</a><br>
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[6]: <a href="http://freeculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/ben.jpg" target="_blank">http://freeculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/ben.jpg</a><br>
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[7]: <a href="http://freeculture.berkeley.edu/" target="_blank">http://freeculture.berkeley.edu/</a><br>
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[8]: <a href="http://conference.freeculture.org/" target="_blank">http://conference.freeculture.org/</a><br>
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[9]: <a href="http://openvideoconference.org/" target="_blank">http://openvideoconference.org/</a><br>
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[10]: <a href="http://openvideoconference.org" target="_blank">http://openvideoconference.org</a><br>
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[11]: <a href="http://freeculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/donovan.jpg" target="_blank">http://freeculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/donovan.jpg</a><br>
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[12]: <a href="http://blurringborders.com/other-writing/" target="_blank">http://blurringborders.com/other-writing/</a><br>
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[13]: <a href="http://blurringborders.com/" target="_blank">http://blurringborders.com/</a><br>
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[14]: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/kevindonovan" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/kevindonovan</a><br>
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[15]: <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/2255271181_e6e01bf39f_o.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/2255271181_e6e01bf39f_o.jpg</a><br>
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[16]: <a href="http://freeculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/parker.jpg" target="_blank">http://freeculture.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/parker.jpg</a><br>
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[17]: <a href="http://freeculture.tv/" target="_blank">http://freeculture.tv/</a><br>
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[18]: <a href="http://freeculture.tv/yeswereopen" target="_blank">http://freeculture.tv/yeswereopen</a><br>
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[19]: <a href="http://wiki.freeculture.org/Board09/2009-06-30" target="_blank">http://wiki.freeculture.org/Board09/2009-06-30</a><br>
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[20]: <a href="http://wiki.freeculture.org/Nominations" target="_blank">http://wiki.freeculture.org/Nominations</a><br>
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URL: <a href="http://freeculture.org/blog/2009/08/07/hello-from-your-new-board-of-directors/" target="_blank">http://freeculture.org/blog/2009/08/07/hello-from-your-new-board-of-directors/</a><br>
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</blockquote><div>How about a Q&A session with all the chapters through the IRC? I'm sure many chapters have a lot of questions for the new board. <br></div></div><br>