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[Planning-en] Introduction and a proposal
by James Purser 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

If you have received the following through the team-contacts list already I apologise, but I haven't seen it come through so I thought I would try this list. Hi all, Firstly a brief introduction. My name is James Purser and I run a community news site ( http://www.localfoss.org ) which focuses on promoting FOSS communities around the world. I also, along with my wife Karin, produce a weekly online radio programme called Open Source On The Air ( http://www.localfoss.org/Open_Source_On_The_Air ). We are planning a SFD event with a difference. What we would like to do is run a live broadcast that will attempt to talk to SFD teams from around the world. This would be a combination of live interviews and pre-recorded interviews. The aim is to have this show streaming live for those SFD teams who have net access at their events to show that its a global event, as well as help the different regions listen in to what everyone else is up to. I am looking for groups in each region who would be interested in taking part. If you're interested then please let me know, either off list or on, it doesn't matter. If you want to talk to me further about the idea then you can contact me via Skype with the username purserj1977 or you can hop on irc and find me in either #sfd or #localfoss on freenode. -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Open Source On The Air A LocalFOSS Production http://www.localfoss.org irc: #localfoss on irc.freenode.net

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[Planning-en] Re: Planning-en Digest, Vol 3, Issue 10
by ramkumar＠rajaramsystems.com 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Dear All, We are going to celebrating by the name rajaram. Out Programme Schedule is as follows. Software Freedom Day - 2006 at Rajaram Computers (A Rural Based Training Institute), Mahadanapuram, Tamil Nadu, India. A Grand Celebration in Indian Village Mahadanapuram and Pulivalam. Software Awarness Week Basic Software Programme August 2006- 8 - 15 - Government High School, Mahadanapuram, Karur District, Tamil Nadu India. August 2006- 29 - September 2 - Government High School, Mettumahadanapuram. Linux Training Programme for Higher Secondary School Students September 2006 4 - 8 Batch I September 2006 11- 15 Batch II September 16 Certificate Distribution for Students Participated in the event.

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[Planning-en] Software Freedom Day online linkup...
by Paul Schulz 31 Aug '06

31 Aug '06

Greetings all, As part of our event at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide, South Australia we will be setting up a projector with (hopefully) pictures from other events around the world as they happen. To kick this off, I have created a wikipage for people to add their photo links to. http://softwarefreedomday.org/projects/picturewall I can supply the software/pages that I am using for anyone else who would like to do similar... Cheers, Paul Schulz

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[Planning-en] t-shirts?
by Deborah White 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

I'm confused and excited! I'm excited that my box of Ubuntu CD's arrived today. I'm confused because there were no T-shirts in the box. I was expecting the 2 shirts that each team was supposed to get. I had planned to use the T-shirts as part of our event. I thought I responded to the request for sizes. Did I misunderstand something? Thanks for any clarification you can provide. Debbie White Software Freedom Day Kids Asa C. Adams School Orono, ME USA

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[Planning-en] Re: Introduction and a proposal (James Purser)
by Girish Shukla 30 Aug '06

30 Aug '06

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear James, We are based at Indore India and the preparations are on for September 16th, 2006, by our LUG-Indore group here. Looking forward to hear from you. Regards, Girish Shukla __________________________ *Free Software-Free World* **Open Source-Open Minds** -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ _____________________________________________________________ ======================= Get an Email id now and be proud of your very apna Jabalpur where-ever you are.

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[Planning-en] online SFD meetup
by Rik Tindall 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hi SFD-Team-World(-En), And thanks James Purser for picking up on the idea Team Christchurch put forward on top of our pictorial report from SFD2, one year ago next month. The link/quote may be lost in the institutional history now, but it proposed that team events be streamed into a conference mode that can be joined or observed from all around the world. Christchurch came up with this idea having realised that, as (currently) NZ is the first timezone to see SFD dawn, we could offer to launch/anchor said streamed SFD coverage. Also, as a very geographically isolated country, these sort of international hookups have great significance to us - explaining why we thought of it. Consequently, we have stepped forward in our goal of participating in SFD the whole time it is 16Sept2006 somewhere in the world, and have organised a (first?) two-day SFD built around a webcam-PC teaching suite: http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd3 So, once we've mastered the technology use, we will be there in 'the great online SFD conference call' too :-) Good luck with organising it James. A very fine suggestion indeed. James: "We are planning a SFD event with a difference. What we would like to do is run a live broadcast that will attempt to talk to SFD teams from around the world. This would be a combination of live interviews and pre-recorded interviews. The aim is to have this show streaming live for those SFD teams who have net access at their events to show that its a global event, as well as help the different regions listen in to what everyone else is up to. I am looking for groups in each region who would be interested in taking part. If you're interested then please let me know, either off list or on, it doesn't matter." Cheers! Rik pp Team Christchurch NZ

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[Planning-en] howdy + Ts-$US?
by Rik Tindall 25 Aug '06

25 Aug '06

Hi SFD Planning list, Greetings from (Team) Christchurch NZ. All is well for SFD3 in our locale, with posters and newspaper advertisements going out from next week: http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd3 I have put two queries onto the SFD forum, where dialogue is not brisk, so I repeat them here: 1) We got our T-shirt order in at the start of the week, with the team discount rate applied of 7 items = $105. The SFD website says these are Australian dollars, but Paypal has converted from US$ apparently. Paypal's receipt converted the $105 into AUD$136.82, which our credit card company has then converted into NZD$167.21 - getting pricey. How did this go wrong? Also, when will we be asked what sizes our free team shirts should be please? 2) Can anyone onlist recommend which webcam & messaging software we should use while running the SFD / Ubuntu liveCDs? And is there a common URL site through which we can all direct our report streams? We want to connect up with SFD teams worldwide too, but don't quite know how - to answer James Purser (AU?). All the best everyone with your SFD fun :-) Cheers, Rik pp Team Christchurch NZ

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[Planning-en] wiki changes
by Jacqueline McNally 12 Aug '06

12 Aug '06

Hello Please can you remove the 'angels' link from http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/oceania/au and delete the wiki page http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/oceania/au/angels The information is from SFD 2005 and there is no organisation or place called angels. Thankyou. Regards Jacqueline

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[Planning-en] SFD '06 Team Registrations
by Robert Schumann 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

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.

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[Planning-en] planning
by UDUS FOSS 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Project Report Project Management The project is being handled by the UDUNet FOSS LAB, a lab setup to widen use of FOSS & Linux in UDUS, with the support of Nigerian North-west FOSS Zonal coordinator (Mall. N.S. Zarummai). Ongoing Project o UDL Projects (using FOSS tolls) 70% compiled. o Module (using FOSS tolls) 80% compiled. o Hostel Accommodation on line (using FOSS tolls)- 95% compiled. o Student Registration on line (using FOSS tolls) - o and many more others. The Future of the Project We are very enthusiastic and optimistic about the future of the project. The positive response we have received from the management and the students has encouraged us to continue our work, and to increase the effort we put into it. We would in the future like to see this project developed to having a volunteer visiting the LAB on regular intervals to support the students in further development of Open Source awareness. The project will be of great advantage to the University and the community as the use of FOSS is saving a lot of money on the porches of software. Giving the community an awareness of alternatives that they would otherwise never have received is a very important part of this project. This awareness is necessary to develop a future generation for the challenges that they have to meet. FOSSM - University Event Target Audience: IT/Non-IT University Students / Students from others institutes Participants: 10 Students per University + Lecturers Venue: Mini-Campus UDU Sokoto Date and Time: 15th Sept, 06 : 8.30 a.m 12.00 noon Software Freedom Day 06 Target Audience: IT/Non-IT University Students / Students from others institutes and the general public. Venue: Main-Campus Date and Time: 16th Sept, 06 : 8.30 a.m 12.00 noon --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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