June 2006 - SFD-announce - lists.mailman3.com

[SFD-TC] Team Reports

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, it is awesome to hear about all the great stuff that so many teams are planning for SFD06. I have only been on the board this year, and am very excited to be helping out. I ran an event in Sydney, Australia last year and I also helped coordinate a national approach in Australia, so we ended up with 15 teams nationally participating :) Anyway, I did want to ask everyone to do a couple of things for this year to ensure that the world can appreciate your efforts and to help SFD grow. 1) Please keep the wiki up to date with your team events so that people can see your team, participate and find the event when it's on. It is also then a good link to put on your web sites, posters and emails :) 2) We have a page for Team Reports (http://softwarefreedomday.org/TeamReports) and we are starting the process of getting all the old reports linked here. Please either link old reports you've done, or once you've completed events create a page here for your team. People interested in participating look at previous team reports and at the moment they are hard to find :) If everyone can take a minute or two to link to or write reports from previous events (even just a paragraph or two and a picture) that would be fantastic! 3) Anyone that wants to update information or contribute press releases, guides, posters, or anything else, they are all very much welcome!! Many thanks, and lets make this the best Software Freedom Day yet! Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ "There is no darkness but ignorance." - William Shakespeare

June 25, 2006

[SFD-TC] 2006 Sponsorship request registrations open!

by Matt Oquist

At long last, we're ready to accept requests for sponsored materials in 2006. Stop by http://softwarefreedomday.org/registration after you've got an event plan, and request CDs and T-shirts for your SFD celebration. From the posting on softwarefreedomday.org: Plan your event and register to request sponsored CDs and T-shirts for your team. Sponsorship requests must be received before July 19th. You must re-register even if you've registered in 2004 or 2005. We cannot assume that registrations from years past are valid or unchanged, so please plan your events and register your teams as soon as possible to ensure that we have a chance to allocate SFD materials for you! Let's get things moving for 2006! Regards, Matt Oquist Software Freedom International -- --------------------------------------------------------- SoftwareFreedomDay.org : Celebrating Free and Open Source Software in Your Community info AT softwarefreedomday.org http://softwarefreedomday.org/ SFD Sponsors: http://canonical.com/ http://www.dkuug.dk/

June 22, 2006

Re: [SFD-TC] SFD mailing list changes

by Matt Oquist

----- Forwarded message from MJ Ray ----- From: MJ Ray <> Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:16:41 +0100 To: moquist(a)softwarefreedomday.org Subject: Re: [SFD-TC] SFD mailing list changes >> We intended this list to be low-traffic, but there are things worth >> discussing, and it was a natural medium to carry on such discussions. >> So now we have a "planning-en" list (English) and a "planning-es" list >> (Spanish), and you are encouraged to join them and carry on >> SFD-related discussions as you wish: >> http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/planning-en > Will team-contacts be forwarded to planning-en? No, and thank you for raising the issue. We haven't yet finalized the requirements for teams receiving sponsored materials, but having at least one team member subscribed to the team-contacts list will very likely be a requirement for those teams. >> This list, team-contacts, has now become a one-way list. We will use >> it for announcements, but all replies must come to the sender >> @softwarefreedomday.org. Any other messages to the list itself will be >> rejected. >Please stop setting the reply-to then. Done. I hadn't actually changed the team-contacts list configuration before I sent the previous email, but the changes are complete now (I think). If you see any loose ends, please let let me/us know. Regards, Matt -- --------------------------------------------------------- SoftwareFreedomDay.org : Celebrating Free and Open Source Software in Your Community info AT softwarefreedomday.org http://softwarefreedomday.org/ SFD Sponsors: http://canonical.com/ http://www.dkuug.dk/

June 5, 2006

[SFD-TC] SFD mailing list changes

by Matt Oquist

Dear SFD Teams, After some discussion, we've decided to create some new SFD mailing lists intended to carry the sort of discussion that has been happening already on this "team-contacts" list. We intended this list to be low-traffic, but there are things worth discussing, and it was a natural medium to carry on such discussions. So now we have a "planning-en" list (English) and a "planning-es" list (Spanish), and you are encouraged to join them and carry on SFD-related discussions as you wish: http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/planning-en http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/planning-es Lists intended for other languages can be created; please contact info-at-softwarefreedomday.org if you have a request. This list, team-contacts, has now become a one-way list. We will use it for announcements, but all replies must come to the sender @softwarefreedomday.org. Any other messages to the list itself will be rejected. As always, please feel free to contact Software Freedom International at info-at-softwarefreedomday.org with any comments, questions, complaints, etc. We will shortly be announcing the beginning of the application period for getting sponsored CDs and T-shirts for your SFD teams, so stay tuned. We'll be posting on http://softwarefreedomday.org and to this list as soon as that's underway. Regards, Matt Oquist Software Freedom International -- --------------------------------------------------------- SoftwareFreedomDay.org : Celebrating Free and Open Source Software in Your Community info AT softwarefreedomday.org http://softwarefreedomday.org/ SFD Sponsors: http://canonical.com/ http://www.dkuug.dk/

June 5, 2006

[SFD-TC] FSD in Burundi

by NKURUNZIZA Jean Paul

Hello all, Thanks a lot for the information about FSD 2006. Here in Burundi, we are going to prepare something to celebrate the event as we did last year. Sincerely -- NKURUNZIZA Jean Paul Secrétaire Général et Responsable Administratif du PAJE de l'association BYTC B.P 7031 BUJUMBURA BURUNDI Tél: 00257 21 96 45 Tél Mob : 00257 60 49 46 Fax : 00257 212485 E.Mail : nkurunziza(a)bytc.bi ou jnkurunz(a)hotmail.com Site web : http://www.bytc.bi

June 5, 2006

Re: [SFD-TC] Hola a todos...

by Alvaro AJO

ok i´m igree, and i hope your patience be extend thank for all -- Gnu Power

June 5, 2006

[SFD-TC] Hardware (was Re: Hola a todos...)

by Lars D. Noodén

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Mahomedalid Ivan <<Crow>> wrote: > Hi, so, talk about your plans! I'm also thinking about hardware. I think I can borrow computers from friends and their work places, but that it might be useful to borrow brand new LCD screens from local computer shops. The shops each have a few nice, very large LCD screens in their sales area and tend to close early (or completely) on Saturday. So it would be an easy way for them to get publicity if they were to loan a screen or two for that day. No changes would be needed with screens. I'll have to find some contacts at the shops and see what they think of it. I guess each screen would have a business card on it saying which company is loaning it out and contact information for the business. I think the profit on the screens and peripherals may be higher for the shops than for the computers. If people upgrade their computr with F/OSS software or systems, that means more money to spend on 'smaller' purchases like screens. -Lars Lars Nooden (lars(a)umich.edu) On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog ... ... until you start barking.

June 5, 2006

[SFD-TC] Plans for Sept 16 (was: Re: Hola a todos...)

by Lars D. Noodén

On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Mahomedalid Ivan <<Crow>> wrote: > Hi, so, talk about your plans! I'm still thinking about what to do and where to do it. My intial ideas are ambitious, we'll see how they turn out. So far I've been considering arranging space for SFD at the public library, it's a busy place Saturday afternoon and I have contacts there. I'd like to have a series of lecture-demonstrations that afternoon about different F/OSS topics and packages in the meeting room. In the lobby, it might be nice to have a variety of machines with different setups for people to wander by and try out. I'm thinking 15 or 20 minute lecture-demonstrations with 10 minutes of questions in a meeting room and having the same tools out in the lobby. These lecture-demonstrations would be oriented to average, non-technical people, businesses or institutions. Topics for these, I'm thinking: A simple explanation of the ideas and general benefits behind F/OSS are needed. i.e. why it is beneficial A demystification of the wide selection of Linux distros, BSD distros, and other operating systems is needed. A quick introduction to various activities like web browsing, e-mail, music, video, digital photo editing, and so on is needed and how the F/OSS versions are (usually) better. For demonstration computers, I'm thinking setting up several different distros of Linux (e.g. Ubuntu and Skolelinux) and maybe BSD. In addition to standalone machines, I'd like to have a multi-headed machine: http://linuxgazette.net/124/smith.html and a working sample of the Linux Terminal Server Project: http://ltsp.org/ For the applications, I'd pick some from this list http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lars/Tools/ and have them on each computer, but feature only one or two programs per station with small posters and handouts. Of course, all of that is very, very ambitious. But there is time to work out the details and figure out what there is time to do and not do. > I was thinking in maybe do a videoconference with many points around > the world! That would be very cool. We could run it the whole day and sites could join or leave whenever. People walking by on SFD could then talk with people in other countries! -Lars > Sorry for my bad english! :) No worries, it's much better than my Spanish has become. Lars Nooden (lars(a)umich.edu) On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog ... ... until you start barking.

June 5, 2006

Re: [SFD-TC] Hola a todos...

by Jim Craner

Yo hablo ingles solamente, pero pienso la gente que habla espanol son agradables hablar espanol aqui! :) Well, I only speak English fluently (unfortunately), but I think Spanish-speakers SHOULD be able to speak Spanish on this list. I would hate to exclude anyone from Central or South America because they don't speak English. Recipients can usually tell by the subject line if the message is written in Spanish or English. I can read some Spanish and I'm always trying to learn more, so I usually read them. If you can't read Spanish or don't want to, just delete the emails. I'd rather hit Delete a few times to get rid of Spanish (or Mandarin or French or Arabic...) languages than prevent a whole continent of people from participating in this list :) My $0.02 ;) -Jim Lars D. Noodén wrote: > Saludos a todos del norte de finlandia > > Me da mucho gusto a leer de actividades en las americas. Es de verdad > en comienzo buenisimo de SFD-2006. > > Yo mismo escribo malamente y dificilamente y largomente la español. > Pero leo bastante. Hay muchos otros en la lista quienes no leen nada ni > siquiera una palabra. Ellos pueden ayudar mejor si escribamos en inglés > lo más que possible y en la misma habremos acercerado en publica grande > en el pacífico, america del norte, europa y asia. > > Es una lista mundial y un proyecto mundial. > > No es importante que escribamos inglés perfectamente sino escribamos. > En lo menos mejoramonos que escribamos ambos la español y la inglés. Un > abstracto en la lengua otra es bastante a incluyir todos en todas las > actividades. > > -Lars > --- > > Greetings everybody, from the north of Finland, > > It's a great please to read so much activity in the Americas. It's > really a fantastic start to SFD-2006. > > I myself write Spanish very poorly (as demonstrated above), with great > difficulty and slowly. However, I read it just fine. Many others on > the list can't read it at all, not even a word. They could participate > better if we write as much as possible in English. And at the same time > we would be be reaching out to the Pacific, North America, Europe and Asia. > > This is a world-wide list and a world-wide project. > > It's not important we write English perfectly only that we write it. At > the least we might write both in English and Spanish. Even just summary > in English language would help so that all folks can stay a part of > activities. > > -Lars > > On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, andress calderon wrote: >> Hola a todos, creo que hubo problemas hace unos dias al escribir en >> español >> pero no domino muy bien el ingles (aun) y me gustaria muchisimo seguir >> posteando en español, igual veo que hay muchos hispanohablantes y eso me >> alegra muchisimo ... > > Lars Nooden (lars(a)umich.edu) > On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog ... > ... until you start barking. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Team-contacts mailing list > Team-contacts(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/team-contacts

June 5, 2006

Re: [SFD-TC] Hola a todos...

by Mahomedalid Ivan <<Crow>>

Hi, so, talk about your plans! I was thinking in maybe do a videoconference with many points around the world! Sorry for my bad english! :) Greetings from Mexico! =============== Hola, así que, hablen de sus planes! Estaba pensando en tal vez hacer una videoconferencia con varios puntos alrededor del mundo. Perdón por mi mal inglés! ;) Saludos desde Mexico On 6/5/06, Lars D. Noodén <lars(a)umich.edu> wrote: > Saludos a todos del norte de finlandia > > Me da mucho gusto a leer de actividades en las americas. Es de > verdad en comienzo buenisimo de SFD-2006. > > Yo mismo escribo malamente y dificilamente y largomente la español. Pero > leo bastante. Hay muchos otros en la lista quienes no leen nada ni > siquiera una palabra. Ellos pueden ayudar mejor si escribamos en inglés > lo más que possible y en la misma habremos acercerado en publica grande en > el pacífico, america del norte, europa y asia. > > Es una lista mundial y un proyecto mundial. > > No es importante que escribamos inglés perfectamente sino escribamos. En > lo menos mejoramonos que escribamos ambos la español y la inglés. Un > abstracto en la lengua otra es bastante a incluyir todos en todas las > actividades. > > -Lars > --- > > Greetings everybody, from the north of Finland, > > It's a great please to read so much activity in the Americas. It's really > a fantastic start to SFD-2006. > > I myself write Spanish very poorly (as demonstrated above), with great > difficulty and slowly. However, I read it just fine. Many others on the > list can't read it at all, not even a word. They could participate better > if we write as much as possible in English. And at the same time we would > be be reaching out to the Pacific, North America, Europe and Asia. > > This is a world-wide list and a world-wide project. > > It's not important we write English perfectly only that we write it. At > the least we might write both in English and Spanish. Even just summary > in English language would help so that all folks can stay a part of > activities. > > -Lars > > On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, andress calderon wrote: > > Hola a todos, creo que hubo problemas hace unos dias al escribir en español > > pero no domino muy bien el ingles (aun) y me gustaria muchisimo seguir > > posteando en español, igual veo que hay muchos hispanohablantes y eso me > > alegra muchisimo ... > > Lars Nooden (lars(a)umich.edu) > On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog ... > ... until you start barking. > > > _______________________________________________ > Team-contacts mailing list > Team-contacts(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/team-contacts > > > -- Mahomedalid Pacheco ------------------------------------------------- http://mahomedalidp.blogspot.com

June 5, 2006