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SFD Artwork for 2009
by sCrIpT mUnKeE Sept. 11, 2009

Sept. 11, 2009

Hello All, I was looking at the SFD wiki and found the artwork section, but the artwork is from 2007. When will the artwork for 2009 be available? This is the link that I am looking at http://softwarefreedomday.org/Artwork If anything, I would like a link to the SVG version of this image http://softwarefreedomday.org/Artwork/2009/Logo?action=AttachFile&do=get&ta…. Then I can great my own posters, CD Labels, etc. Thanks - Ken

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY AND MATERIAL
by misheck mutuzana July 27, 2009

July 27, 2009

Dear ALL, Our team here in Zambia specifically Copperbelt region have arranged various activities to be held during the SFD. The following are the activities: 1. We shall have an interview with our local Broadcasting to sensitize people about SFD and FLOSS 2. Working in collaboration with CAMARA - Zambia an NGO that distributes computers which are installed with Open office products (LINUX) Edubuntu, UBUNTU to schools. We are going to have a demo on how to install software and how to use software e.g. Openoffice products. 3. We are going to involve students to showcase some of the programs they have made using Scratch (Animation). 4. Distribute software to the local people, schools, companies, institutions. With the above simple program layout i think we are going to make this day a success. By the way, we would like to find out when the material (Software, T-shirts) are arriving. We are just remaining with few weeks or a month to go before the SFD. Regards Misheck Mutuzana Coordinator SchoolNET Zambia - Mufulira Branch Copperbelt Region Copperbelt Coordinator - Global Teenager project (GTP) Member: OERtn, e-brain, CSZ, OSZ, Itrainer, Project Implementation Team -ENEDCO Email: mutuzana@yahoo.com,mutuzana@gmail.com +260 955-418926 /966-418926/977-418926 --- On Sat, 7/25/09, sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > From: sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> > Subject: SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 10 > To: sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > Date: Saturday, July 25, 2009, 7:00 AM > Send SFD-discuss mailing list > submissions to > sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > to > sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sfd-discuss-owner(a)sf-day.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of SFD-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 33, > Issue 9 (Girish Shukla) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:17:05 +0530 > From: Girish Shukla <girish.shukla(a)apnajabalpur.com> > Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 33, > Issue 9 > To: sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > Message-ID: > <1a3faff0907241047i5ed75768u443e79867bd1a054(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:08:35 -0700 (PDT) > > From: Luis Gustavo Lira <dr_complexity(a)yahoo.com> > > Subject: [SFD-discuss] Gain potential members > > To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > > > > What is the good way or the best tool to reach people > for a SFD event? How > > I have to motivate people to join the SFD? So any > idea? anything it's really > > appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > http://twitter.com/yachachiq > > > > Here are some quick points I could note and you may > find useful: > 1. for students: > a. approach educational institutes and arrange simple and > maybe informal > seminar on FOSS. > b. after seminar, appoint volunteers from among the > audience to co-ordinate > activities so it does not end up being a one time affair. > c. approach college and school level students differently > and as per their > specific perspectives. > d. distribute and demo educational material to staff and > goodies to students > :) > > 2. for administrative and business people: > a. simply run on-the-face campaign which teases them to > probe what SFD is > about. > b. explain why SFD is an important event and how adoption > of FOSS can make > business and administration "easier". > c. invite them along with media to the SFD event > > 3. for techies, > a. simply suggest them to start thinking about a change of > career if they > still do not find a global FOSS event interesting. ;-) > b. it is generally better to keep two parts of event, one > for technical > discussions and other for general activities. > > 4. for other: > a. relate and arrange SFD with local traditions, customs > and situations. > b. relate the SFD event with community practices and > celebrations and > publicise appropriately. > c. other points may include explaining its global and > universal nature, its > value beyond being a technical issue and not just another > boring seminar. > > Lastly, it has been my observation that it is not always > the numbers but the > quality, effectiveness and continuity of SFD which matters > more. I prefer to > refer here when in doubt:- http://catb.org/esr/writings/ > > Regards and have a great SFD, > > Girish > SFD-Indore, India 2006-2009 >

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 9
by Girish Shukla July 24, 2009

July 24, 2009

Hi, > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:08:35 -0700 (PDT) > From: Luis Gustavo Lira <dr_complexity(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: [SFD-discuss] Gain potential members > To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > > What is the good way or the best tool to reach people for a SFD event? How > I have to motivate people to join the SFD? So any idea? anything it's really > appreciated. > > Regards, > http://twitter.com/yachachiq > > Here are some quick points I could note and you may find useful: 1. for students: a. approach educational institutes and arrange simple and maybe informal seminar on FOSS. b. after seminar, appoint volunteers from among the audience to co-ordinate activities so it does not end up being a one time affair. c. approach college and school level students differently and as per their specific perspectives. d. distribute and demo educational material to staff and goodies to students :) 2. for administrative and business people: a. simply run on-the-face campaign which teases them to probe what SFD is about. b. explain why SFD is an important event and how adoption of FOSS can make business and administration "easier". c. invite them along with media to the SFD event 3. for techies, a. simply suggest them to start thinking about a change of career if they still do not find a global FOSS event interesting. ;-) b. it is generally better to keep two parts of event, one for technical discussions and other for general activities. 4. for other: a. relate and arrange SFD with local traditions, customs and situations. b. relate the SFD event with community practices and celebrations and publicise appropriately. c. other points may include explaining its global and universal nature, its value beyond being a technical issue and not just another boring seminar. Lastly, it has been my observation that it is not always the numbers but the quality, effectiveness and continuity of SFD which matters more. I prefer to refer here when in doubt:- http://catb.org/esr/writings/ Regards and have a great SFD, Girish SFD-Indore, India 2006-2009

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We have over 250 SFD teams!
by Robert Schumann July 24, 2009

July 24, 2009

Hello SFD'ers, We've passed the 250 registered teams mark, and we're rapidly closing in on our shipping deadlines to get supplies to teams. I hope your preparations for SFD are going well! This email is to let you know that, although we will definitely be shipping supplies to all teams that have registered before now, any teams that register from now on will receive supplies only if we have availability. Naturally we will be trying to ship materials to as many teams as we can, so there may still be time. Note that we will send out emails to all team leaders who have registered, letting them know when shipments have been sent and whether or not they'll be receiving anything. Good luck with your preparations - and don't forget you can get in touch with the SFI team with any questions/comments by emailing us at info(a)sf-day.org. Regards, Robert. President, Software Freedom International

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Any ideas of shipment of the goodies ?
by shirish July 21, 2009

July 21, 2009

Hi all, There was an e-mail on 6th of July telling about shipment of the goodies but nothing after that. Does anybody know when the shipments are going to be scheduled ? There's roughly 2 months left (just a day short) to the event. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 5
by misheck mutuzana July 13, 2009

July 13, 2009

Thanks Edgar Hoffmann,Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub,Clinton Meyer, Dave for the links. Regards Mutuzana Misheck Coordinator SchoolNET Zambia - Mufulira Branch Copperbelt Region Member: e-brain, CSZ,OSZ, Itrainer, PIT ENEDCO +260 955-418926/ 966-418926/ 977-418926 --- On Sun, 7/12/09, sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > From: sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> > Subject: SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 33, Issue 5 > To: sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 7:00 AM > Send SFD-discuss mailing list > submissions to > sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > to > sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sfd-discuss-owner(a)sf-day.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of SFD-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: PRGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN OPEN > SOURCE (Edgar Hoffmann) > 2. Re: PRGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN OPEN > SOURCE > (Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub) > 3. Re: PRGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN OPEN > SOURCE (Clinton Meyer) > 4. Re: PRGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN OPEN > SOURCE (Edgar Hoffmann) > 5. Re: PRGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN OPEN > SOURCE (Dave Page) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:19:56 +0200 > From: Edgar Hoffmann <kontakt(a)freiesoftwareog.org> > Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] PRGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN OPEN > SOURCE > To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > Message-ID: <1247325596.6194.1.camel@ubuntu-desktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Am Freitag, den 10.07.2009, 10:08 -0700 schrieb misheck > mutuzana: > > Dear All, > > Is there any other programming languages in Open > Source that i can teach my students apart from Python? > Please may you send me materials on programming languages > that can be used in schools for the students. Also i would > be happy if programming software are sent to me or links > where i can download them. > > > > Regards > > Mutuzana Misheck > Coordinator SchoolNET Zambia - Mufulira > Branch Copperbelt Region Member: e-brain, > CSZ,OSZ, Itrainer, PIT ENEDCO +260 955-418926/ > 966-418926/ 977-418926 > > Hello. > As a non-programmer may I suggest Gambas > (http://gambas.sourceforge.net/) which is quite a good > starting point > even if it's not that "scientific" as C, Fortran, etc. > > Greetings from Germany > > Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann > >

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PRGRAMMING LANGUAGES IN OPEN SOURCE
by misheck mutuzana July 12, 2009

July 12, 2009

Dear All, Is there any other programming languages in Open Source that i can teach my students apart from Python? Please may you send me materials on programming languages that can be used in schools for the students. Also i would be happy if programming software are sent to me or links where i can download them. Regards Mutuzana Misheck Coordinator SchoolNET Zambia - Mufulira Branch Copperbelt Region Member: e-brain, CSZ,OSZ, Itrainer, PIT ENEDCO +260 955-418926/ 966-418926/ 977-418926

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Deepening the GNU/Linux community
by shirish July 10, 2009

July 10, 2009

Hi all, Apart from the usual things that one needs to speak about Free Software, I have also made some pointers as to the way I see things in my community http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/deepening-the-gnulinux-com… This is just an attempt to let some of the developers, testers, users and to be users to know what some of the problem areas and atleast have awareness about them. Some of them have answers, for some answers need to be found and so on and so forth. Feel free to add or rip apart whatever you think is right. Also perhaps some of these questions could be used if found fitting with technical audiences (as they love challenges :) ) . Comments, suggestions, brickbats all welcome :) -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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Team registration problem
by Evgeny Sinelnikov July 4, 2009

July 4, 2009

Hello, I have a question about team registration. I tried to register Saratov Linux User Group (http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/europe/russia/saratov) two times. All times I get a message about confirm with two days, but letters not comes to my box. My email to info@ ignored too. What do I wrong? -- Sin (Sinelnikov Evgeny)

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