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<p>Dear associate organisations,</p>
<p>Router Freedom is one of the FSFE's core policy activities. In
the last months, there have been a lot of new developments in the
European level, due to a reform in the telecommunications law. New
rules will impact the right of consumers to choose and use their
own routers and modems[1]. <br>
</p>
<p>This legal reform has been now being implemented by EU member
states. In particular, national regulatory agencies are the
competent bodies to decide and enforce the rules. Since 2019, we
have been in contact with the regulators, but the implementation
process is not uniform and has varied a lot across the countries.
Therefore, <b>we need your help to engage our community with
Router Freedom and raise awareness for this topic in your
country</b>.</p>
<p>We have prepared a comprehensive package[2] with all relevant
information about router freedom and how to engage with the
community and decision makers. The package contains a summary of
arguments, a monitoring map, a wiki page and - very important for
us - a end-user survey to map the overall state of this right in
the EU. <br>
</p>
<p>There are a broad range of activities and initiatives that you
could endeavor to spread the word and, most importantly, help us
in the decision making process with the regulatory body of your
country. I would love to discuss with you the format of activities
that can be organized, and for now I imagine that the following
initiatives could carry the message further:</p>
<ul>
<li>Online workshops, meetings and "policy cafés" for gathering
people, explaining the basics and conducting discussions. For
that we have our BBB instance that could be used in case you
need an online instance. I would love being of help here;<br>
</li>
<li>Talks in local events, meetings in hackerspaces, digital
rights groups, Free Software local groups and consumer
organisations. We would love to help you participating in events
you would organise or be invited. Count on us for organizing or
taking part in such initiatives;<br>
</li>
<li>Contact with local media, as newspapers, tech-related
magazines and websites, radio and social media prominent
figures. For that we would love to collaborate with and support
you in case you need help writing an article, or being invited
to a podcast, etc;<br>
</li>
<li>Contact local policy leaders as members of communal councils,
parliaments and political parties. Router Freedom can be
communicated to members of all political spectrum and its
arguments don't need to be polarized to only one fraction or
ideology. For this we could also definitively help you sorting
this out.</li>
</ul>
<p>Perhaps as a first step I would love hearing back from you and
would really appreciate when you:</p>
<ul>
<li> inform me about other organisations and contacts that are
involved in promoting digital rights and consumer protection
that we could get in touch and send our material;</li>
<li>take part in our router freedom survey[3] and ask other people
and organisations to do so.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p>I thank you very much already and looking forward working with
you. <br>
</p>
<p>Kind regards,</p>
<p>Lucas <br>
</p>
<p><br>
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<p>[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200601-01.en.html">https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200601-01.en.html</a><br>
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<p> [2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210330-01.html">https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210330-01.html</a></p>
[3] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://survey.fsfe.org/index.php/628449">https://survey.fsfe.org/index.php/628449</a>
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Lucas Lasota - Deputy Legal Coordinator
Free Software Foundation Europe
Schönhauser Allee 6/7, 10119 Berlin, Germany | t +49-30-27595290
Registered at Amtsgericht Hamburg, VR 17030 |(fsfe.org/support)</pre>
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