September 2009 - SFD-announce - lists.mailman3.com

Welcome to SFD 2009

by Robert Schumann

Hi SFDers, Welcome to Software Freedom Day 2009 - best wishes from all of us at SFD central for a successful SFD event. While you're out there spreading the word, remember to stay positive and focus on the benefits of software freedom and your rights in a digital world - not on the negatives of other approaches. Good luck, and we will be in touch after SFD to let you know how you can shape the future of SFD by letting us know how your event went. Best regards, Robert President, Software Freedom International

Sept. 19, 2009

You're invited to the annual meeting of Software Freedom International

by Robert Schumann

Hi all, On Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 1200 UTC, Software Freedom International will be holding its annual "regular meeting" to review progress to date and elect the board for the following year. All team leaders are invited to join in this meeting, which will take place via IRC (freenode.net channel #sfd-meeting). If you'd like to become more involved in SFD, or have some comments that you'd like to offer, then you may be interested to attend the meeting and influence the way that SFI works. We will also be looking for new members to join the board of SFD. If you'd like to join us, please send me via email - a short description (one sentence, if appropriate) of your involvement with SFD to date - if you'd like to join the board of SFI, please send a paragraph describing how you would contribute to the promotion of SFD For reference, we are looking for people with some familiarity with open source software and digital rights, some interest in mobilising a global community of free software enthusiasts, and possibly contacts that might help with the production of schwag (T-shirts, CDs) or sponsorship. The main requirements are enthusiasm and vision! This information must be sent to me before 17 November 2009, and further information about the meeting will be sent to those individuals who would like to participate. The meeting will be held publicly and all are welcome to attend, but only those who have contacted me will be eligible to contribute to the meeting. If you have any questions, feel free to direct these to me or info(a)sf-day.org. In the meantime, good luck with your preparations and please do give some thought to contributing to the global organisation that goes into SFD! Regards, Robert President, Software Freedom International

Sept. 5, 2009

Countdown: two weeks for Software Freedom Day!

by Robert Schumann

Hi all SFD'ers, With two weeks to go until Software Freedom Day (19 September), I hope that all your preparations for the event are going well. Regarding shipments of T-shirts and CDs: these were shipped from two separate locations and will therefore arrive at two separate times. Unfortunately we don't have the capability of tracking shipments, so we can't tell you anything further about where these shipments have got to - but from postings to the SFD-discuss mailing list<http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss>it appears that numerous teams have already received all their goodies. As in previous years, it is possible that customs officials in various countries will decide that taxes must be paid on the items that we ship to teams. Unfortunately we have no way to influence this, and we are not able to arrange to pay these taxes. Teams will either have to pay those duties, or find some way to convince authorities that the taxes do not need to be paid. Note that you can still buy further SFD T-shirts from our online store: http://sfd.openfreeway.org/ Good luck with your last two weeks of preparations, and we hope you have a great SFD! Regards, Robert President, Software Freedom International

Sept. 5, 2009