July 2007 - SFD-discuss - lists.mailman3.com

Make sure your team addresses are correct!

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, We recently had a package return to sender from last years Software Freedom Day and I thought that the photos and story would act as a good reminder to all teams to ensure they get their contact details right! http://inodes.org/blog/2007/07/11/sfd2006-return-to-sender/ Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." - J. R. R. Tolkien

July 20, 2007

request from macedonia

by Novica Nakov

HI all, I recently learned that there are few teams from Macedonia working on SFD07 and we are going to try to coordinate things here. One of the things we are doing is cooperating with local companies in order to have a rather large amount of CD/DVDs with free software hopefully in time for SFD. We are doing this mainly because it is way to complicated to receive CDs from abroad because of Customs. That is why I would like to ask if it is possible for Macedonian teams to get more T-shirts and other items instead of the usual pack of CDs. Cheers, -- Novica Nakov Free Software Macedonia http://freesoftware.org.mk

July 18, 2007

Press Release about SFD 07

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, please find a new press release about SFD 2007 at: http://softwarefreedomday.org/PressReleases/18072007 If anyone can help get this out by posting on slashdot, or any other news forums, that would be great! I've already posted it on the IOSN website, on LXer (including their events database), Linux Today, Linux Magazine, and a few calendars around the place. If anyone wants to take this, modify and use for your own local press releases please go ahead! There are some more press tools available on the global marketing page (http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/global/marketing) and press releases you do can be linked from the main press page (http://softwarefreedomday.org/press) so make some noise people! If anyone wants to create a translation, please just add a language code to the url, and then link the new url in this story for easy reference :) Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire." - Lao-tzu

July 18, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] good luck "xolani"

by Janet Hawtin

On 7/17/07, xolani Ndlovu <xolanimart(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Lets shout out loud for software freedom. shouts out!=)

July 17, 2007

good luck "Janet Hawtin"

by xolani Ndlovu

good luck "Janet Hawtin" i was also invited by the Bulawayo polytechnic marketing society to give a speech on IT in business today and my speech was titled OPEN SOURCE A BUSINESS ADVANTAGE. Lets shout out loud for software freedom. -- member of OpenSourceBulawayo

July 17, 2007

Free SFD 2007 tshirts in Second Life

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, an Australia FOSS developer, Chris Yeoh has created a virtual SFD 2007 tshirt for anyone in Second Life. You can check it out at: http://www.ozlabs.org/~cyeoh/diary.cgi/2007/07/16#sfd07_virtual Cool work :) As people are doing their prep for SFD07 please feel free to share more ideas like this so everyone can join in the fun. (For the record, although the SL engine isn't FOSS yet, there is a GPL'd client, several parts of the rendering engine components and talk of the entire thing being GPL'd eventually. Plus it is an avenue into a large online community of people who can all learn about Software Freedom :) Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ "Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Tse Tung

July 16, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD graphics

by Judy Wilson

There are graphics you can use on the SFD website. There is an Artwork section on the home page. Modify and create your own if you like! Email me if there is something special you'd like judy at corozal dot com. Make the subject SFD graphics so it won't so in the spam box, but I do check that. Judy in Belize Przemysław Kulczycki wrote: > Hi! > Can we get the SFD graphics (logo, sun graphic, etc...) to build our > local SFD page? > Is there anything like a build-your-sfd-page kit? > Greetz > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss

July 15, 2007

SFD graphics

by Przemysław Kulczycki

Hi! Can we get the SFD graphics (logo, sun graphic, etc...) to build our local SFD page? Is there anything like a build-your-sfd-page kit? Greetz -- -\ Przemek Kulczycki <--> Azrael Nightwalker /- -/ #==> KNI AE <==> CLUG <==> Ubuntu-PL <==# \- -\ >> jabber id: azrael(a)jabber.autocom.pl << /- -/ > http://reksio.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~azrael/ < \-

July 15, 2007

Fwd: SFD Publicity - WIN TV interview

by Janet Hawtin

W00t! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Ruwoldt (wrk) <ruwoldtp(a)internode.on.net> Hi All I have been contacted by WIN TV for an interview re the SFD event at Grant High. The appointment is for 11:30am at the school. Hopefully we will get to talk about * what SFD is for, * why Grant High is hosting it and Penola High also gives out Open CD's to all students * the GTWT stand at the IT Techno Expo in Naracoorte on Aug 31st as a precursor to the SFD event and another way to check this stuff out If you happen to be at a loose end then maybe I'll see you there. If not hopefully someone has a way of making a digital copy of the news item when/if it is published. Cheers Peter -- Free and Open education for all Peter Ruwoldt Grant High School Hosking Avenue MOUNT GAMBIER SA 5290 P. 08 87263107 (Do not leave voice mail) F. 08 87250173 ruwoldtp(a)granths.sa.edu.au http://www.watiwara.com/

July 13, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Finding out what items are on the way

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, <quote who="Pia Waugh"> > A few questions have come up about schwag and I am discussing this with the > Board at the moment and will come back to you all with exactly what is > happening, how to find out what your team is getting and where we are up to. My bad, I should have read _all_ my email before responding. Thanks to Robert for his prompt response to everyone! Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all and the earth itself to nobody." - Jean Jacques Rosseau

July 11, 2007