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The Open CD image - update
by Pia Waugh Sept. 5, 2007

Sept. 5, 2007

Hi all, Thanks all for bringing the issue of the faulty Thunderbird application on the SFD The Open CD image to our attention, there is a fixed iso available at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=51874. Of course if you've already downloaded the previous version the only change is the inclusion of a working copy of thunderbird so if you don't want to download the whole thing again then replacing /programs/thunderbird/setup.exe with http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/download.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge… will work just as well. If you are going to amend the ISO yourself please ensure that you have up to date and trustworthy antivirus software installed. The Thunderbird application is the only one with an error, and our apologies for this oversight. It was overlooked in the madness to get it to you all in time for printing. Please let people you hand the CDs to know about the issue, and feel free to download the updated ISO which has this issue fixed. Happy SFD planning! Only 10 days to go! And remember to check out this years competitions at http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2007. There are two OLPCs for the two winners :) Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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The Open CD SFD 2007 edition (TBird)
by alan c Sept. 5, 2007

Sept. 5, 2007

I have just noticed that the TheOpenCD_SFD2007_Edition seems to contain an install for Thunderbird which reports as 'corrupt' file. I already have a significant number of copies so I will simply be mentioning to those accepting a CD, unless anyone has other suggestions please? -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391

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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 9, Issue 20
by Gadhula Rumbidzayi Sept. 4, 2007

Sept. 4, 2007

Hello all you guys We are trying to move forward our SFD celebrations to 29 September instead of the official date of 15 September. Do you think there could be a problem with that? Most of our members (LCZ) won't be able to make the 15 September date and we have agreed that the 29th will be more convenient. Robert and Pia, if you can see this email please can you respond? I've been trying to contact you but the mails are bouncing back. TIA Rumbi

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Flyers / posters
by Matthew Davidson Sept. 4, 2007

Sept. 4, 2007

Hi all, For your potential re-use, some things we're using in Coffs Harbour, Australia: Flyers: http://www.clublinux.org.au/node/200 Posters with inspirational quotes on a free software / free culture theme: http://www.clublinux.org.au/node/201 Matthew. -- Alma Technology - The future is free and open http://www.almatech.net.au ... (02) 6658 1607 ... 0419 242 316 -- http://computerclub.cex.com.au http://www.clublinux.org.au -- Soyez réalistes, demandez l'impossible!

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SFDay in Pasto, Colombia
by andress calderon Sept. 2, 2007

Sept. 2, 2007

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 Sept. 2, 2007

Sept. 2, 2007

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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'What is Open Source' Leaflet
by Alex Gretlein Sept. 2, 2007

Sept. 2, 2007

I'm trying to edit Melissa Draper's excellent 'What is Open Source?' leaflet using the Scribus source files provided on the SFD wiki and on the geekosophical site (which appear to be slightly different based on md5sums). In either case, Scribus tells me that the .sla files are not in Scribus format. This is with Scribus 1.2.5 on Ubuntu Feisty. Has anyone had better luck editing these? Obviously Melissa was able to. Does anyone with more Scribus experience have any idea what I might be doing wrong? Thanks Alex Gretlein SFD - Lehigh Valley PA, USA team

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SFD team supplies: shipping update
by Robert Schumann Aug. 31, 2007

Aug. 31, 2007

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 Aug. 29, 2007

Aug. 29, 2007

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 Aug. 29, 2007

Aug. 29, 2007

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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