[SFS] Fwd: Re: Beyond40 Free Software Caucus

[dlwillson at sofree.us]

FYI

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robbie <mointerop at tuta.com>
Date: Mar 18, 2026 19:42
Subject: Re: Beyond40 Free Software Caucus
To: Andrew <andrew at hoa-colors.com>,Formerlytomato
<formerlytomato at proton.me>,"David (SFS)" <dlwillson at sofree.us>
Cc:


    Andrew and David, 

    I hope all is well!

    As I am sure that you have heard, Colorado in the early stages of trying to
    advance a bill for age verification on app stores: https://aphyr.com/posts/
    408-colorado-sb26-051-age-attestation

    What do you think about having LibrePlanet Colorado and the SFS doing
    something to fight this?
    Such as broadcasting to your local circles to have them reach to Colorado
    Senator Matt Ball (as mentioned in the article above), having a presence at
    University of Colorado Denver, Denhac, or something other location to get
    people to take action, etc.. I am also willing to bet that System76 is help
    with any movements that you all create (I can reach out to S76 or Denhac if
    that helps?).
    It looks like Beyond40 and Formerlytomato (FT, included in this email)
    would be willing to support you all in this in any way.
     
    other stuff worth looking at:
      □ System76 stance on age verifciation: https://blog.system76.com/post/
        system76-on-age-verification
      □ see below for more information that I sent introducing Formerlytomato
        (FT) and Beyond40
      □ when you join the ⁨B40: A Free Software Caucus⁩ Signal chat (https://
        signal.group/#
        CjQKINRshmHloc7YZJMWLRhP_OaAWQAJGkq5wO8agsCQXHYIEhAnbqwmNK_h-Qw1fQavImlU
        ), look at the conversation from March 7th 2026 at 10:27 AM talking
        about the Colorado bill mentioned above
    --Robbie



    Jan 24, 2026, 1:45 PM by mointerop at tuta.com:

        Andrew and David, 
        happy New Years! I hope that life is going good! I heard that it is
        mighty cold out there :p
        I wanted to introduce you all to Formerlytomato (FT), included here!
        see below for more info

        FT, 
        Andrew is the LibrePlanet Denver Group Leader and David is the Creator
        and Leader of the Software Freeedom School located in Denver. together
        they manage LP Denver.

        ---

        FT recently (May 2025) created a blog post after visiting and taking
        notes of all United States LibrePlanet group pages - a much needed
        effort! it turns out that LP Denver is 1 of 3 LP groups considered to
        be Active in the US!

        since then, FT created the Beyond40 Free Software Caucus - an
        US-focused group that looks to be adding new energy and momentum to the
        FLOSS community via groups/Chapters, similar to LP.
        *Beyond40 (B40) was also presented at the FSF40 celebration! slides
        here.

        FT and I recently got in contact and they mentioned interest in making
        contact with Colorado, so I figured that I would introduce you all!

        if you all are interested, B40 has a Signal chat (over 65 members
        currently): https://signal.group/#
        CjQKINRshmHloc7YZJMWLRhP_OaAWQAJGkq5wO8agsCQXHYIEhAnbqwmNK_h-Qw1fQavImlU

        note: if we were to be involved with B40 in the future, this does not
        necessarily mean that we split away from our LP efforts, we could
        include our involvment with B40 as one of activities on our LP pages.
        everything is a collaboration

        --Robbie




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