Join us in saying goodbye to our beloved office on August 16!
The FSF is officially going remote, so come visit the FSF office one last time. We've immensely enjoyed our nineteen years at 51 Franklin Street and have made so many wonderful memories here. We've celebrated many GNU and FSF birthdays, created signs for our multiple protests, and spent time together before and after multiple LibrePlanet conferences at our beloved office. We've gotten to meet and team up with so many amazing volunteers here, as well as welcome countless visitors to the FSF. We're so grateful for the many years that we called 51 Franklin Street our home, but the time has come for a change.
After August 31st, we will no longer be residing at our office on 51 Franklin Street. There were many factors that lead to this decision, and while some of them were out of our control, we're very excited for this new chapter in the FSF. We are confident that shifting to a remote working model will strengthen the FSF and empower us to continue advocating for user freedom long into the future. But first we must say goodbye to our office, and we'd love for you to join us.
For the final time, we will open the office to everyone who would like to visit the office one last time on Friday, August 16th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. for our move-out party. While we're spending time together and saying farewell to our office, we will have our GNU Press shop open for you to get any FSF merch that you've had your eye on, but haven't quite made the leap to purchase, and we will also be running a donation-based garage sale. We have a variety of furniture (including desks, chairs, and a conference table) and other office odds and ends that we'd like to go to the community. Everything that we have up for grabs will be priced as "pay what you want." If you've been looking to sustainably add something new to your office, definitely swing by to see if anything from our office might be a good fit for yours!
If you haven't visited our office in Boston, or it's been a little while, check out our guide on getting to the FSF office.
Throughout the month of August, we could use your help with tasks such as mailing, fulfilling shop orders, packing, and other things. Even if you can only volunteer for an hour or two, we would be very grateful. If you would like to help us move, please email resources@fsf.org or call us first at (617) 542-5942 so that we can best coordinate everyone who wants to.
We hope you'll be able to join us in saying goodbye to 51 Franklin Street!
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