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Gnome + SFD celebration
by Peter Eisinger 01 Oct '07

01 Oct '07

Boston MA, USA -- August 15, 2007 -- A one month, world-wide celebration of GNOME's tenth anniversary begins this week, culminating in mid-September with Software Freedom Day [1] Mailing lists: UP! ;) [1] http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/gnome10years.html Cheers, Peter http://PreguntasLinux.Org/ Comunidad de Software Libre Foro GNU/Linux/FOSS/*NIX Support Installfest FLISoL SFD

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SFDay in Pasto, Colombia
by andress calderon 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hi everybody, I want confirm the SFDay Event in Pasto - Colombia on September 21th. Yesterday i got 2 T-Shirt, FSF Bulletins, Stickers and CDs. Thanks for your help. We go on working!!! Forza!!! PD. excuse me my english, i speak little but i am trying. -- ANDRES O. CALDERON R. kKoDDa Group / Estrategia PIC ParqueSoft Pasto "Free Software Lives - Free Software Rules"

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Survey
by Peter Ruwoldt 02 Sep '07

02 Sep '07

Hi I would like information about the use of surveys on SFD. Have people surveyed people who attend a SFD event? Was it useful? What questions were used? etc 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/

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SFD team supplies: shipping update
by Robert Schumann 31 Aug '07

31 Aug '07

Hi Software Freedom Days teams, This email is to let you all know that all supplies have now been dispatched to teams that registered before the deadline and within the first 200 teams. This year we've been ambitious and multinational in our distribution: * T-shirts to Asian teams have been dispatched from Quezon City, Philippines (last week) * T-shirts to Australia and New Zealand have been dispatched from Sydney, Australia (yesterday) * T-shirts to teams in the Americas were sent courtesy of the Free Software Foundation in Boston, USA (two weeks ago) * T-shirts to African and European teams were dispatched from Abingdon, UK (last week) All these shipments have been via normal postage, and apparently some teams have already received their packages. We hope you like the T-shirts! Balloons and stickers are being sent from Sydney, Australia, today. In addition, CDs have been shipped via courier from the Netherlands this week. Mine were dispatched yesterday and arrived today! This weekend we will be sending out emails to all teams that registered in time to qualify for supplies, to let you know how many T-shirts and CDs you'll be receiving. I'd like to thank all teams for their patience with the various problems we've been having over the last few weeks with our shipments, website and mailing lists. And many thanks also go to John Sullivan and the rest of the team at the Free Software Foundation, who have partnered with us to ease some of our distribution problems by shipping supplies to all teams in North, South and Central America. Their contribution has been invaluable to making SFD a success this year. Happy SFDing, Robert.

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Website fixed
by Pia Waugh 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Hi all, The double links issue has now been resolved. Thank you for your patience. Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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Small issue with website links - fixing now
by Pia Waugh 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Hi all, just to keep you all in the loop, there is a small issue with the website links. We are looking into it now and hope to have it fixed today. Apologies for any issues caused. Basically you need to put the url link in twice for it to work atm. eg - http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams will go to the normal front page, but http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/teams will work. It will be resolved very soon, so please don't change any links to your pages. Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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No merchandise in the package
by Aleksandar Balalovski 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Hello, I today got the t-shirts from/for SFD2007 :) We are kinda happy here. What I noticed in the package is that we dont have merchandise such as balloons and whatever else was supposed to be sent. We said that we dont want CDs since we have a sponsorship of lots CDs for the celebration day, but we didn't cancel the balloons order :) So I was interested if we get balloons/other merchandise (except CDs) in separate package or is this some sort of mistake? Thanks in advance, Aleksandar/Macedonia -- Aleksandar Balalovski (keyID: FD341782) http://blog.gemidjy.info http://wiki.lugola.net - your future! gemidjy(a)lugola.net Coordinator of the Lugola (www.lugola.net)

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Leaflets and poster for Albury-Wodonga, Australia team
by Melissa Draper 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

Greetings, Over the past few days I've whipped up a pretty (well i think so ;)) little double-folded leaflet for SFD, as it was something I couldn't find already done. It explains briefly what Open Source is, and disambiguates the term 'free' (likely not necessary in languages other than english) some of the open source applications on TheOpenCD are, with the application logos in the descriptions. The files: (also added to the artwork wikipage) PDF of the flier - colour background: http://geekosophical.net/misc/sfd/sfdflier.pdf Source .sla and images for the above flier: http://geekosophical.net/misc/sfd/sfdflier.tar.gz PDF of the flier - white background (suitible for b/w photocopies): http://geekosophical.net/misc/sfd/sfdflier_bw.pdf Source .sla and images for the above flier: http://geekosophical.net/misc/sfd/sfdflier_bw.tar.gz I have also put up the poster I've done for the local event I am running. http://geekosophical.net/misc/sfd/sfdposter.svg Feedback welcome. Enjoy :) -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641

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Package Received in Ephraim, UT, USA
by Nz17 29 Aug '07

29 Aug '07

For those wondering about the shirt packages, I would like to inform you that the Snow College Freedom Team in Ephraim, Utah, (United States of America) received its first SFD package. It was sent directly from the Free Software Foundation, and it included a SFD welcome note, two SFD shirts, FSF oval stickers, GNU & Tux stickers, funny "Defective by Design" stickers, three FSF newsletters, and flyers explaining the meaning of Free Software. The note mentioned that there would probably be a second package containing balloons and additional stickers, and of course we are still expecting the third package which will include the Ubuntu and TheOpenCD discs. On behalf of my team, I would like to thank SFI and this years sponsors for the wonderful promotion packs. They will help to ensure a successful and fun day for all! Sean Robinson Team Leader Snow College Freedom Team

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Location for the wiki pages of the teams has changed?
by Julio Cesar Puigpinos 28 Aug '07

28 Aug '07

Hi When trying to get to my country wiki page (http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/centralandsouthamerica/argentina) I got a message "The page does not exist yet.......". I can see that what is wrong is the address, before we use http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/ and then we add the rest (regional team, country, etc), but now I have to add /teams/ again http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/teams/centralandsouthamerica/argentina ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ It's an error or the naming convention has changed? Saludos, Julio -- NO A LA MATRICULA!!!: http://noalamatricula.wordpress.com/ Software Freedom Day 15 de Septiembre http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/centralandsouthamerica/argentina?action… www.kwort.org Kwort Linux Distribution www.lugro.org.ar GNU/Linux User Group Rosario, Argentina Registered GNU/Linux User #358886 "Say No to Trolls with no Balls!" "Netiquette o Tablas!!!"

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