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Thanet SFD (UK)
by Matthew Macdonald-Wallace June 20, 2007

June 20, 2007

Hi all, All of a sudden I might have a venue and people to exhibit at SFD 2007 in Thanet in Kent. This means I need more CDs, preferably at no cost to myself as I don't have any money at the moment! Who do I speak to? I'd probably be after about 100 CDs in total, so it's not a huge amount. Cheers, Matt. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace Group Co-Ordinator Thanet Linux User Group http://www.thanet.lug.org.uk/ matthew(a)truthisfreedom.org.uk GPG KEY: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xFEA1BC16

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Re: SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 8, Issue 13
by xolani Ndlovu June 20, 2007

June 20, 2007

hie there is seminar at bulawayo polytechnic and i was invited to deliver speech On 17/06/07, sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > > 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: help (Pia Waugh) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:32:52 +1000 > From: Pia Waugh <greebo(a)pipka.org> > Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] help > To: xolani Ndlovu <xolanimart(a)gmail.com> > Cc: sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > Message-ID: <20070617113252.GU17509(a)waugh.id.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Xolani, > > <quote who="xolani Ndlovu"> > > > hie everyone my name is xolani i am in Bulawayo i have been following > the > > opensource movement for the past > > three years heavily reading open source literature so i teamed up with a > > friend to start an open source movement in Bulawayo (OPEN SOURCE > > Bulawayo) its dead in Bulawayo so anyone who can help us > please > > do we are still at school so resources are problem please help > > It is great to here you are excited about FLOSS! To start a new community > I > highly recommend using Software Freedom Day as a launch event o get people > interested and get the group going. Plan with your friend to run some sort > of public event, perhaps at a University or school, and try to get lots of > young people to come along. Make sure you register as a team so we can > send > you some tshirts, CDs and other goodies to help make your event look > fantastic! > > For more ideas on running an event, check out the Start Guide at: > http://softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide > > And for more ideas about starting a new community, check out: > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Linux_PR/newlug.html > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/User-Group-HOWTO.html > > Hope that helps, good luck in spreading software freedom to Bulawayo! > > Cheers, > Pia > > -- > Linux Australia > http://linux.org.au/ > > "Man is born free, yet he is everywhere in chains." - Jean Jacques > Rosseau > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > End of SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 8, Issue 13 > ****************************************** >

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help
by xolani Ndlovu June 18, 2007

June 18, 2007

hie everyone my name is xolani i am in Bulawayo i have been following the opensource movement for the past three years heavily reading open source literature so i teamed up with a friend to start an open source movement in Bulawayo (OPEN SOURCE Bulawayo) its dead in Bulawayo so anyone who can help us please do we are still at school so resources are problem please help xolani On 11/06/07, sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > > 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: hello and t-shirt cost (Robert Schumann) > 2. CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams (Robert Schumann) > 3. Re: CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams (Matthew Macdonald-Wallace) > 4. Re: CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams (Melissa Draper) > 5. RE: CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams (Douglas A. Whitfield) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 09:52:37 +0100 > From: "Robert Schumann" <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> > Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] hello and t-shirt cost > To: "Open discussions about SFD" <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > Message-ID: > <d58237a20706110152y7f33d592u7f56c6f3a079c822(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Douglas, > > The sfd-announce list is generally pretty low-traffic, particularly when > we're more than three months from SFD. Traffic will probably start to pick > up soon, though.... > > Regarding T-shirts, we're aiming to have the sales website up within about > two weeks. Speaking entirely non-authoritatively, so don't quote me, I > believe the T-shirt price may be around US$12. The small profit we make on > selling the shirts goes to help us send supplies to all the teams around > the > world. > > Anyway, it's great to have you signed up and we hope you organise some > great > SFD events in North Carolina. Feel free to stay in touch with us and with > other teams from around the globe via this mailing list. > > Robert. > > On 10/06/07, Douglas A. Whitfield <whitdoug(a)email.unc.edu> wrote: > > > > All, > > > > I just signed up for this list today since no messages have come out of > > the sfd-announce since I joined it about a month ago. My group's site > > is http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/northamerica/ChapelHill. We > > are looking to purchase about $100 of the t-shirts if the price is > > right. I know the page says the shirts are being worked on, but do we > > have an estimated cost? > > > > This group is a new group begun this spring, so this obviously our first > > SFD. None of us had actually even heard of SFD until May 8th! We hope > > we can get similar events started at other local universities (Duke and > > NC State) as well as some other places we have ties (NCSSM and > > Gardner-Webb University). Any questions, comments or concerns are very > > welcome! > > > > Thank you, > > -- > > Douglas A. Whitfield > > > > UNC SILS MSIS Class of '08 > > Cell: 919-360-0306 > > AIM: DouglasAWh > > > > Carolina Open Source Initiative Co-President > > Carolina-opensource(a)listserv.unc.edu > > http://www.softwarefreedomday.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SFD-discuss mailing list > > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > >

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CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams
by Robert Schumann June 14, 2007

June 14, 2007

The organisers of Software Freedom Day have been discussing making some changes to the supplies we will be making available to SFD teams this year. Last year we helped Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, send shipments of Ubuntu CDs to teams, and teams once again have the opportunity to request Ubuntu CDs when they register this year. We have also been intending this year to ship copies of The Open CD ( http://theopencd.org/) which was supplied to teams in 2005 - and when teams register this year, they are offered the opportunity to specify how many of The Open CD they would like to receive. However, for various reasons we would like to avoid shipping The Open CD this year. The major reason is cost: although the cost per team might only be US$10 or US$15, when you have hundreds of teams registered that becomes a lot of money. Software Freedom International (the organisation behind SFD) has very limited funds and we believe this is not an effective use of those funds. What we are proposing instead is to send teams 1. One CD or DVD containing open source documentaries, interviews, music and any other open resources we can get hold of 2. A single copy of The Open CD, which can be replicated by teams if they wish to distribute this software 3. ...as well as the usual T-shirts and a few other little items! Another part of the reason for this proposed change is to make available to teams (including teams in parts of the world where internet connectivity is not great) a set of resources that can be used to convey the message of software freedom (for example, interviews with some leaders in the FLOSS world). These resources could then also be used to put together your own documentary or shown at other software freedom events you may plan ( e.g. for a campus fair at your college, or an IT exhibition). Before making this change, we wanted to hear feedback from you, the team leaders and FLOSS enthusiasts from around the world. So please do get in touch with us to let us know what you think (about this change, and about our proposed team supplies) and ask any questions you may have. You can either chat with other SFD participants on the SFD-discuss mailing list (you need to be a member: join at http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss) or you can send your comments/questions direct to the SFI board at info(a)sf-day.org. We are specifically interested in 1. suggestions for resources to be put on the CD/DVD (which must be under an open license). 2. whether your team would have a problem using a DVD and you'd prefer a CD. Looking forward to hearing from you, Robert. PS - Three months left to go before SFD! How are your preparations going?

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Re: [SFD-announce] CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams
by Robert Schumann June 12, 2007

June 12, 2007

To be clear, the suggestion is that the CD we send doesn't contain any software: it will likely contain only music and video footage. Thanks everybody for your suggestions - keep them coming. It is very helpful for us to get an idea of what teams are looking for from us. Robert. On 11/06/07, Fabian Rodriguez <magicfab(a)member.fsf.org> wrote: > > Robert Schumann wrote: > > The organisers of Software Freedom Day have been discussing making > > some changes to the supplies we will be making available to SFD teams > > this year. > > > > [...] > > However, for various reasons we would like to avoid shipping The Open > > CD this year. [...] > Personally, I tend to agree with whatever you would be able to send. We > can arrange for The OpenCD distribution locally, if absolutely necessary. > > What we are proposing instead is to send teams > > 1. One CD or DVD containing open source documentaries, interviews, > > music and any other open resources we can get hold of > > 2. A single copy of The Open CD, which can be replicated by teams if > > they wish to distribute this software > > 3. ...as well as the usual T-shirts and a few other little items! > > > > [...] > > 1. suggestions for resources to be put on the CD/DVD (which must be > > under an open license). > I'd like to suggest adding the Code breakers documentary to the mix, in > Ogg Theora format: > http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc > > We have produced an english transcript available as .SRT subtitle and a > spanish translation of it. Other translations are being coordinated if > anyone's interested: > http://tinyurl.com/2lppw9 > > > > 2. whether your team would have a problem using a DVD and you'd prefer > > a CD. > In this part of the world (Quebec, Canada), many people are now used to > DVDs, and most recent machines come wityh DVD readers. However CDs work > for everyone. So I would say if you send a master DVD we could > accomodate for reproduction of it. > > Cheers, > > Fabian Rodriguez, SFD contact at FACIL > http://facil.qc.ca/FabianRodriguez >

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Any SFD enthusiasts in Buenos Aires?
by Robert Schumann June 11, 2007

June 11, 2007

I'm going to be in Buenos Aires this weekend and was wondering if I could persuade any local software freedom supporters on this list to let me buy them a drink. As a board member of Software Freedom International I'm involved with the behind-the-scenes organisation for SFD, which means I can tell you all you ever wanted to know about where we get our T-shirts and what our plans for the future are, and how SFD all got started. I can also take your feedback to our board meetings. If you're in or near Buenos Aires on Saturday, feel free to respond either to directly to me or via this mailing list. And if you know of other FLOSS supporters in BA, you're welcome to pass on this email to them. Looking forward to meeting you! Robert.

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hello and t-shirt cost
by Douglas A. Whitfield June 11, 2007

June 11, 2007

All, I just signed up for this list today since no messages have come out of the sfd-announce since I joined it about a month ago. My group's site is http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/northamerica/ChapelHill. We are looking to purchase about $100 of the t-shirts if the price is right. I know the page says the shirts are being worked on, but do we have an estimated cost? This group is a new group begun this spring, so this obviously our first SFD. None of us had actually even heard of SFD until May 8th! We hope we can get similar events started at other local universities (Duke and NC State) as well as some other places we have ties (NCSSM and Gardner-Webb University). Any questions, comments or concerns are very welcome! Thank you, -- Douglas A. Whitfield UNC SILS MSIS Class of '08 Cell: 919-360-0306 AIM: DouglasAWh Carolina Open Source Initiative Co-President Carolina-opensource(a)listserv.unc.edu http://www.softwarefreedomday.org

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Pleading and grovelling
by Matthew Davidson June 8, 2007

June 8, 2007

Hi, When registering my team I foolishly declined to request any Ubuntu Feisty CDs as I had already ordered sufficient for SFD from Canonical. Of course my special request for a bulk quantity was declined by Canonical, and now I'm left with fewer CDs than I would expect to distribute in an average month, never mind SFD. I know it's dangerously late, but does anybody know at whose feet I should prostrate myself to get an emergency stock? Matthew Davidson Coffs Harbour NSW Australia Team -- 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://clublinux.almatech.net.au -- "He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me." - Thomas Jefferson http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_8s12.html

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Re: Pleading and grovelling
by Nathaniel Jayme June 4, 2007

June 4, 2007

I hope our request will be granted as well. We also look forward for possible partners and sponsors to the event. http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/asiaandmiddleeast/Philippines/Dabaw… More power to all. Sincerely, Nathaniel B. Jayme ____________________________________________________________________________________ Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting

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Hello from Macedonia
by Aleksandar Balalovski May 9, 2007

May 9, 2007

Hello, this is the coordinator of the GNU/Linux user group of Bitola/Macedonia, Aleksandar Balalovski. We are registered as team to celebrate this year World SFD as event merged to the SFD of our city which is 21 September. We hope to get all the necessary support and requirements to make it successful and relevant event. Laterz -- Aleksandar Balalovski http://blog.gemidjy.info gemidjy(a)lugola.net Coordinator of the Lugola (www.lugola.net)

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