Dear all,
We've posted a blog post at
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/blog/139-6-years-of-sfd-maps which
looks at the evolution of the numbers of SFD teams over the years. There
are some important points addressed in the post and we would like to
hear from you on the subject.
you can either comment directly at the bottom of the article or reply on
sfd-discuss list.
I know you're all busy with the preparations, looking at my web counter
I see I have 20h and 10min left to SFD (the counter is local now, and
calculating SFD at Sept. 18th 9am). So you don't have to reply right
now, but within a week would be nice.
Thanks a lot and Happy SFD!
Fred
SFI Board
Dear all,
It is with great pleasure (and a bit of delay) that we're announcing the
results of the Best 2009 SFD Event Competition. Many thanks to all the
participants, organizers and sponsors for being here with us each year
on SFD date since 2004 and making it happen. We saw some excellent
examples of how to take software freedom to local communities, and we
were inspired, as you all will be to see some of the outcomes and
reports. Definitely a great read while you're still in the last stage of
your preparations before the big day.
Now to the prizes: the three outstanding teams will receive a Tux-Droid
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tux_Droid) and a trophy. The highly
commended entries will receive a certificate for their excellent
submissions.
We want to extend a warm congratulations in particular to the three
winners (in no particular order):
* Bluepoint Linux User Elite
* FOSS Nepal
* 8Layertech
and the three highly commended entries:
* KN FOSS
* TTCS Web
* Emakulam
Please do read more about the entries along with their reports in our
competition 2009 results page here:
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/competition/winners-2009
You will also have noticed that the 2010 Best Event Competition has been
announced together with the prizes for this year. The rules will be
finalized by the end of the month, but don't expect any drastic change:
http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/competition
We hope you're all as much excited as us to see Makerbot Industries (a
3D open source printer) joining the rank of our supporters, and that
will stimulate you to better document your event. Remember that the
recommend hashtag is #softwarefreedomday and all the best for Saturday
(or any other day if you had to find a better day)!
Thank you all.
SFI Board
