The EDRI-gram fundraising campaign has been very successful. Thanks to the kind donations of both individuals and companies, EDRI is confident it will be able to afford 24 editions of EDRI-gram in 2006. Pledges for support will be collected in February 2006, after EDRI is sure it has guarantees for the full amount of 3.500 euro. More donations are still very welcome, to help EDRI fund campaigns against the abundant invasions of digital civil rights.
Editor Sjoera Nas from the Dutch NGO Bits of Freedom is leaving EDRI-gram after having run it for 3 years. She will be on maternity leave later this year. She is replaced by a new editor, Bogdan Manolea from Romania. Bogdan has a legal background and plenty of expertise in IT and civil rights. He is the co-founder of the new Romanian association APTI, that has become EDRI-member in August 2005. The Association for Technology and Internet (APTI) is a group of internet experts who wish to promote human rights in the digital environment and support digital civil rights in the Romanian society.
EDRI-gram support page
http://www.edri.org/pledge