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Re: [SFD-discuss] "Promotional educational material" stickers on the pack for duty issues

by Frederic Muller

Hi! SFD is on September 20th. Are running the event earlier? Fred boscagarda-meetup2345d(a)yahoo.com wrote: > We're getting ready to run a SFD event in Cleveland, we expect about > 250 folks to attend. > So we're looking for CDs. I don't mind paying for them. Anyone know > where I can get some from? > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Janet Hawtin <lucychili(a)gmail.com> > To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:48:46 PM > Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] "Promotional educational material" stickers > on the pack for duty issues > > we also had this happen in adelaide for a run of ubuntu cds. > we had to pay duty on what the customs people decided they were worth. > perhaps something about them being for a community event might help. > janet > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:41 AM, shirish <shirishag75(a)gmail.com > <mailto:shirishag75@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > When you are sending the packages specifically to developing > > countries like India, please make sure to mark them as something like > > this :- > > > > "this pack contains only promotional material that has no commercial > > value and no duty or tax should be charged on this" . > > > > This would make sure that there would be no duty/tax payable by the > teams. > > > > Comments, suggestions, additions and modifications to the above are > welcome ;) > > -- > > Regards, > > Shirish Agarwal > > This email is licensed under > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > > > > 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SFD-discuss mailing list > > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org <mailto:SFD-discuss@sf-day.org> > > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org <mailto:SFD-discuss@sf-day.org> > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

July 24, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] "Promotional educational material" stickers on the pack for duty issues

by boscagarda-meetup2345d＠yahoo.com

We're getting ready to run a SFD event in Cleveland, we expect about 250 folks to attend. So we're looking for CDs. I don't mind paying for them. Anyone know where I can get some from? ----- Original Message ---- From: Janet Hawtin <lucychili(a)gmail.com> To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 6:48:46 PM Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] "Promotional educational material" stickers on the pack for duty issues we also had this happen in adelaide for a run of ubuntu cds. we had to pay duty on what the customs people decided they were worth. perhaps something about them being for a community event might help. janet On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:41 AM, shirish <shirishag75(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > When you are sending the packages specifically to developing > countries like India, please make sure to mark them as something like > this :- > > "this pack contains only promotional material that has no commercial > value and no duty or tax should be charged on this" . > > This would make sure that there would be no duty/tax payable by the teams. > > Comments, suggestions, additions and modifications to the above are welcome ;) > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal > This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > > 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss

July 23, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] "Promotional educational material" stickers on the pack for duty issues

by Janet Hawtin

we also had this happen in adelaide for a run of ubuntu cds. we had to pay duty on what the customs people decided they were worth. perhaps something about them being for a community event might help. janet On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:41 AM, shirish <shirishag75(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > When you are sending the packages specifically to developing > countries like India, please make sure to mark them as something like > this :- > > "this pack contains only promotional material that has no commercial > value and no duty or tax should be charged on this" . > > This would make sure that there would be no duty/tax payable by the teams. > > Comments, suggestions, additions and modifications to the above are welcome ;) > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal > This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > > 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

July 23, 2008

"Promotional educational material" stickers on the pack for duty issues

by shirish

Hi all, When you are sending the packages specifically to developing countries like India, please make sure to mark them as something like this :- "this pack contains only promotional material that has no commercial value and no duty or tax should be charged on this" . This would make sure that there would be no duty/tax payable by the teams. Comments, suggestions, additions and modifications to the above are welcome ;) -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

July 23, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day: supplies registration extended until Saturday!

by Robert Schumann

There are two ways to do this: 1. Register again, filling in all the information. Once you've re-registered, send me an email and I'll remove your first registration from the system. 2. Send me an email with all the required information (visit the registration page http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html to see what information is required). The required information concerns what schwag you'd like, and your mailing address/phone number. Robert. On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Dave Page <grimoire(a)cultofperf.org.uk> wrote: > On Tuesday 15 July 2008 22:24, Robert Schumann wrote: > > > That means that teams that if your team is registered before that > > time, you'll be getting T-shirts, balloons, stickers, CDs and a few > > other goodies to spice up your Software Freedom Day celebration. You > > can register a team by visiting > > http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html and filling in the > > registration form. > > Hi, > > When I registered > http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk/Manchester I didn't put > our group down for schwag, because I wasn't sure we were going to get > something off the ground. Now I'm sure that we'll have something to > promote free software in Manchester, but I don't seem to be able to > change my mind about the supplies now. Any idea how I can do this? > > Dave > -- > Dave Page <grimoire(a)cultofperf.org.uk> > Jabber: grimoire(a)jabber.earth.li > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

July 16, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day: supplies registration extended until Saturday!

by Dave Page

On Tuesday 15 July 2008 22:24, Robert Schumann wrote: > That means that teams that if your team is registered before that > time, you'll be getting T-shirts, balloons, stickers, CDs and a few > other goodies to spice up your Software Freedom Day celebration. You > can register a team by visiting > http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html and filling in the > registration form. Hi, When I registered http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk/Manchester I didn't put our group down for schwag, because I wasn't sure we were going to get something off the ground. Now I'm sure that we'll have something to promote free software in Manchester, but I don't seem to be able to change my mind about the supplies now. Any idea how I can do this? Dave -- Dave Page <grimoire(a)cultofperf.org.uk> Jabber: grimoire(a)jabber.earth.li

July 15, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Software Freedom Day: supplies registration extended until Saturday!

by Nurul Alam Masud

Dear Robet Greetings! I am masud from Noakhali Open Source Group. I have registered our group, http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/Noakhali_Open_Source_Group But I am confused is it done properly or not. Please check our group and let me know. In solidarity Masud Nurul Alam Masud Chief Executive Participatory Research & Action Network-PRAN House # 08, Road # 30 Maijdee Housing Estate, Maijdee Noakhali. Bangladesh. Phone : +88 0321 61920, +88 01727 231722 E-mail : info(a)pran-bd.org, pranbd(a)bttb.net.bd www.pran-bd.org Robert Schumann wrote: > There are two ways to do this: > > 1. Register again, filling in all the information. Once you've > re-registered, send me an email and I'll remove your first > registration from the system. > 2. Send me an email with all the required information (visit the > registration page http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html to > see what information is required). The required information concerns > what schwag you'd like, and your mailing address/phone number. > > Robert. > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Dave Page > <grimoire(a)cultofperf.org.uk <mailto:grimoire@cultofperf.org.uk>> wrote: > > On Tuesday 15 July 2008 22:24, Robert Schumann wrote: > > > That means that teams that if your team is registered before that > > time, you'll be getting T-shirts, balloons, stickers, CDs and a few > > other goodies to spice up your Software Freedom Day celebration. You > > can register a team by visiting > > http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html and filling in the > > registration form. > > Hi, > > When I registered > http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/uk/Manchester I didn't put > our group down for schwag, because I wasn't sure we were going to get > something off the ground. Now I'm sure that we'll have something to > promote free software in Manchester, but I don't seem to be able to > change my mind about the supplies now. Any idea how I can do this? > > Dave > -- > Dave Page <grimoire(a)cultofperf.org.uk > <mailto:grimoire@cultofperf.org.uk>> > Jabber: grimoire(a)jabber.earth.li <mailto:grimoire@jabber.earth.li> > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org <mailto:SFD-discuss@sf-day.org> > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

July 15, 2008

Software Freedom Day: supplies registration extended until Saturday!

by Robert Schumann

Hi software freedom enthusiasts, Due to a rush of late registrations, and a bit of extra schwag* that we got hold of, registration to receive supplies for Software Freedom Day has been extended until 23:59 UTC on Saturday 19 July. That means that teams that if your team is registered before that time, you'll be getting T-shirts, balloons, stickers, CDs and a few other goodies to spice up your Software Freedom Day celebration. You can register a team by visiting http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html and filling in the registration form. You'll need to read the instructions at http://softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide, and you'll also need to create a wikipage on our site for your team. Please go and check out the map of registered teams ( http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/map.shtml) - see if you can fill in the blanks on the map by forwarding this email to friends, colleagues, fellow software freedom enthusiasts and community mailing lists in those countries! This deadline extension is only available while our schwag stocks last - if we run out, you're still welcome to register your team to be part of SFD but you won't be offered team supplies. Sorry, it's not our fault: shipping supplies to almost 100 countries requires us to set a firm shipping deadline. And for those who haven't participated in SFD before: Software Freedom Day is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), taking place this year on Saturday 20 September 2008. Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International * <http://softwarefreedomday.org/sfi>*coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities. Good luck with preparations for your SFD! Robert Board member, Software Freedom International * Schwag (for those unfamilar with the term) is "team supplies", like stickers, balloons and badges!

July 15, 2008

Goodies

by shirish

Hi all, First of all Robert, thank you for getting back so quickly so that got resolved :) Ok, now for the goodies. From what I saw you are sending the following :- (three T-shirts, plus stickers, balloons, badges, FOSS CDs and some resource CDs) all good and all needed. What caught my eye is some resource cd's. Could you elaborate as to how many resource cd's and what they contain? Some of the options as I look are :- 1. Views and interviews of people like RMS, Eden Moglen and others who validate, and/or question free software strategies and business models so people understand not only from a moral point of view but also from a business point of view as well. Perhaps [rant] 2. Perhaps you could also add about "Open Content" and "Open Standards" and "Open Access" . This would dilute the message a bit but on the other hand, these other players are also needed, without either and all of the above 'free software' cannot win on its own. More friends are always welcome, I should say. Two recent examples of "Open Content" which I like are :- 1. "Big Buck Bunny" made by blender which could also be downloaded, but the movie itself and the production files make for 1.5 GB which people from developing nations like myself can't get to due to bandwidth limitations and stuff. 2. The sound samples being released by the OLPC team. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Sound_samples Again bandwidth is a limiting all the same :( [/rant] All and any responses to the above are appreciated :) -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

July 14, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Name and details

by Robert Schumann

Hi Shirish, People are free to post as much information as they wish about them and their SFD event on the wiki. At a minimum, we publish the group's name, and the name of the team leader - if anyone would like to contact the team leader, we here at SFD central have their email address. I also have your mailing address, from when you registered, so don't fear: we do know where to send packs! Robert. On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 6:38 PM, shirish <shirishag75(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I've registered almost a month or more before. I have a bunch of > questions but would use a single mail to query a single question. > > I registered on the wiki using my name and other things which were > required or was told is nice to have on the wiki. After I did that I > tried to see how many others have done something similar. Almost all > the people who are in Category homepage of the wiki haven't put up > anything more than their e-mail addresses. It might be they have > privacy concerns or something else altogether. Also was confused as to > where to put the picture. > > A suggestion is when people are putting up their own page it should > also give a link to some person (maybe from softwarefreedomday.org > itself) which makes it easier for people to have something to > use/build on. > > Alternatively, how or where should we post our contact details so > people at softwarefreedomday.org know where to send the packs and > perhaps interact on a regional level. > > All any ideas, suggestions, alternatives are welcomed :) > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal > This email is licensed under > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > > 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17 > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

July 13, 2008