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

[SFD-TC] Tshirts, balloons and CDs - status update

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, just a quick status update on everything. We have ordered and picked up the tshirts to be shipped. All teams will be receiving 2 free tshirts and can order extra tshirts at $20 (Australian dollars and includes shipping) from http://tinyurl.com/h3kgl and we recommend ordering them as teams so we can include extra tshirts in the same shipment as your cds and such. You can see what the tshirts are going to look like on the website above :) If any teams cannot order through paypal or are from developing nations we can sort out some extra tshirts by special request sent to info(a)sf-day.org and we'll see what we can do. Each team will be receiving CDs as requested and some balloons for their event. We will be shipping everything within the fortnight to get to you all in good time for the 16th, so make sure your tshirt orders by then and that we have any change of addresses or anything by then. I recommend you print up posters and pamphlets to hand out locally so you can ensure the right languages and local information. There is artwork, posters and flyers available at http://softwarefreedomday.org/Artwork so check that out and choose what is best for your events :) Also, make sure you all plan to have fun. Ensure that your volunteers have a great time, and that the mood is light and fun. The happier your volunteers are, the more successful your event will be. We have 5 weeks to go everyone! :) I heartily recommend you all make sure your event page on the wiki is up to date, and then do a big local announcement about "one month to go" on the 16th August. That will hopefully build interest for your event and get your local communities interested in coming along. Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Tse Tung

Aug. 12, 2006

[SFD-TC] SFD '06 Supplies

by Matt Oquist

SUPPLIES Pia Waugh, the [new!] president of SFI, has just put in the order for the SFD '06 t-shirts. 136 of your teams are registered to receive SFD supplies for your celebrations in 2006; this is up from 90 in 2005. This year, we're sending each team TWO FREE SHIRTS, and additional shirts can be purchased for AUD$20 at the Software Freedom Day store: http://tinyurl.com/h3kgl AUD$20 is currently approximately 11.93 Euros or USD$15.50, and this price includes global shipping from Australia...and Paypal fees that we incur :(. All proceeds will be used for purchasing and shipping the free shirts and other SFD supplies for SFD teams around the world. A discounted price is available to teams in developing nations; email info(a)softwarefreedomday.org for further information. The orders for CDs and balloons will be submitted this week, so we're getting closer to pushing these supplies out to all of you! SFD'06 MAP In the meantime, as we've already mentioned a time or two :), please add yourself to the SFD map so we can see where all your teams are located: http://softwarefreedomday.org/map/2006 LATE TEAM REGISTRATIONS And if your team doesn't show up in the list of registered teams, email info(a)softwarefreedomday.org right away to sign up; we can't promise to get any supplies to you, but we'll do our best: http://softwarefreedomday.org/registration SFD'06 COMPETITIONS - WIN A SERVER! Lastly, don't forget about the *awesome* prizes we have for the winners of the SFD'06 competitions! We have 5 servers from IBM and several shirts signed by cool FOSS leaders from around the globe. See http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2006#preview for competition details, and note that some of your entries ("best event publicity", for example) should be well underway already... Cheers, 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 http://ibm.com

Aug. 3, 2006

[SFD-TC] SFD '06 Team Registrations

by Robert Schumann

The teams that registered before the 19 July deadline are listed on the SFD website at http://softwarefreedomday.org/registration We are still taking registrations for teams that would like to be part of the action, although sponsored treasures may not be possible. It would be great if you could find your latitude/longitude and add your team to the map http://softwarefreedomday.org/map/2006 So it's time to get into gear making plans for SFD! We'd love to hear from you on the planning mailing lists http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/planning-en (English) http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/planning-es (Spanish) or on the forum at http://forum.sf-day.org/ It would be great to see some streaming webcam coverage of your Software Freedom Day! Robert.

Aug. 2, 2006