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Re: Brainstorm swag ideas

by Marcos Marado

It isn't much of a craft, barwly an hack, but in the past we've used SFD stickers to turn "blank notebooks" into "SFD notebooks" to give to people to take notes on the event's presentations. On Tue, Jul 22, 2025, 20:27 LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Are you good at arts & crafts? Help us brainstorm ideas for homemade > swag for #SoftwareFreedomDay2025. Have a printer & mailing labels? You > can create #SFD2025 stickers: > > https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/blog/software-freedom-day-artwork-and-ex… > What about bookmarks, origami disk/USB holders or calligraphy > projects? You could even make your own minizine with #FreeSoftware. > What would you make? > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

July 23, 2025

Brainstorm swag ideas

by LM

Are you good at arts & crafts? Help us brainstorm ideas for homemade swag for #SoftwareFreedomDay2025. Have a printer & mailing labels? You can create #SFD2025 stickers: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/blog/software-freedom-day-artwork-and-ex… What about bookmarks, origami disk/USB holders or calligraphy projects? You could even make your own minizine with #FreeSoftware. What would you make?

July 22, 2025

We need guest bloggers

by LM

Have you ever wanted to be a guest blogger? We'd love to share blog posts on our Software Freedom Day blog. Any Software Freedom Day topic is fair game from organizing tips for Software Freedom Day events to ideas for activities during Software Freedom Day. You can even share an article on your favorite Free Software picks. We'll promote guest blogger articles on the DFF social media accounts. Ready to see your name published as a guest blogger? Send submissions to the SFD-discuss mailing list or to me. Plus, if you have banner ideas for your article, feel free to include a banner of your choice with a 3 x 1 aspect ratio image.

July 15, 2025

Beyond 40

by LM

For areas that may not have active Software Freedom Day planning groups, I thought this might be helpful: https://beyond40.codeberg.page/ They're trying to reignite local interest in Free Software in various areas. We're hoping to get more local FOSS groups organized and interested in creating local Software Freedom Day events.

July 11, 2025

Re: Free Software meeting

by murph

Would have been interesting, would have like to join. Just read this now. I'm also planning an event in NJ. Still working on it. Will look forward to what you come up with. --murph ----- Original message ----- From: LM <lmemsm(a)gmail.com> To: sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com Subject: [SFD-discuss]Free Software meeting Date: Friday, June 27, 2025 16:48 I'm hosting a short virtual meeting to brainstorm ideas for Software Freedom Day and discuss FLOSS programs in general this Saturday, June 28th at 10:30 AM Eastern on Jitsi at https://meet.jit.si/SoftwareFreedomDay If anyone would like to join, they're welcome to. _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

June 28, 2025

Free Software meeting

by LM

I'm hosting a short virtual meeting to brainstorm ideas for Software Freedom Day and discuss FLOSS programs in general this Saturday, June 28th at 10:30 AM Eastern on Jitsi at https://meet.jit.si/SoftwareFreedomDay If anyone would like to join, they're welcome to.

June 27, 2025

local SFD events

by LM

Here's the current map of local Software Freedom Day 2025 events: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/archive?view=list&layout=default&date-st… If you haven't registered yet and are planning to, please do so. If you don't see an event near you, but would like one, join us in brainstorming some ideas of bringing Software Freedom Day 2025 to your area. Are there local groups in your area that would be interested in participating in Software Freedom Day 2025? How can we reach more people and invite them to celebrate with us? Do you have a local library or school where you could hold an event and introduce FLOSS to the public? Do you have tech groups in your area that could discuss Free, Libre and Open Source software topics during a meeting? Please feel free to share event brainstorming and organizing tips and ideas here or on Matrix in the #SoftwareFreedomDay channel.

June 7, 2025

Re: Help us grow Software Freedom Day – Call for new board members

by সাজেদুর রহিম জোয়ারদ ার

Hi Jurgen Peace be upon you. From you email I am a bit curious about the role. I am Shazedur Rahim Joardar (Ring). As to describe myself in very short – I am a GNU/Linux enthusiast who also loves cooking. I am an IT professional with 22+ year of experience in GNU/Linux deployment, maintenance and end-user support. Resolving daily 15+ on-site and remote support to Debian/Ubuntu/OracleLinux/Alma/Rocky. I am an user of GNU/Linux based systems with Free software since 1999 and started my career with an ISP in Dhaka as a part-time technical support in 2003. Later I had join NIIT and achieved a 2 years Diploma in IT major in Software Engineering in 2005. From October 2014 to December 2016 worked as an Adjunct Faculty member at Software Engineering Department in Daffodil International University at Dhaka, Bangladesh. I had shared my knowledge on Modern Operating Systems and Database among the pupils. Moreover I had frequently conducted various hardware and software hacking sessions and FOSS events for the pupils. Besides my work, I love to contribute to the society by helping people using GNU/Linux distributions and free software as a member of various Bengali and International online forum sites. My email and telegram ( https://t.me/toshazed) id are very public and open to all Digital Freedom enthusiasts, lovers, users and interested ones. I can communicate in Bengali, English, Hindi & Urdu. Have organized 100+ local events regarding digital freedom (SFD-EFD-HFD-DBD and more) and have participated in many more since 2010. You may get some info regarding me -- 1. https://launchpad.net/~toshazed 2. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/07/01/community-member-monday… 3. https://www.fsf.org/events/rms-20141212-dhaka Hope my interests and my activities are synced and relevant and helpful for the role to perform. with regards -- রিং/ring

June 4, 2025

Help us grow Software Freedom Day – Call for new board members

by Jurgen Gaeremyn

Hi all, Over the past two years, you may have noticed a renewed energy around Software Freedom Day and, to a lesser extent, our other Digital Freedom Foundation events. This has been a deliberate effort — one we’re proud of, but we also know it’s just the beginning. To keep the momentum going (and to grow sustainably), we’re looking for a few extra hands to help with coordination — and possibly to join the board of the Digital Freedom Foundation. We believe that healthy growth means bringing in new voices regularly. By expanding the board, we: * Prevent burnout for existing members * Avoid consolidating too much influence in one place * Ensure smoother transitions when people eventually step down * Encourage fresh ideas and perspectives * Maintain continuity for our community and sponsors * Build resilience and avoid a situation where things grind to a halt due to lack of volunteers We’re especially interested in people who are passionate about software freedom, have a global outlook, and are willing to commit some time to helping the movement thrive. Personally, I’m aiming to reduce my active role by the end of 2025 — but I will only do so if we’ve successfully welcomed and onboarded new board members. So consider this both an open invitation and a gentle call for succession planning. If you’re curious, interested, or just want to talk more about what it would involve, don’t hesitate to reach out. We’d love to hear from you. You can join us in the Matrix channel <https://matrix.to/#/#digitalfreedoms:matrix.org> - or if you prefer - reply to me privately. Warm regards, Jurgen

June 3, 2025

end of 10

by LM

The It's FOSS community bulletin board mentioned this web site: https://endof10.org/ They're organizing events all over the world and trying to get groups together to help people with computers that can't upgrade to Windows 11 to install a Linux operating system. This might be a great opportunity to partner with one of these groups and have an install fest at a local Software Freedom Day celebration.

June 3, 2025