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[Planning-en] Software Freedom Day online linkup...
by Paul Schulz Aug. 31, 2006

Aug. 31, 2006

Greetings all, As part of our event at Mawson Lakes in Adelaide, South Australia we will be setting up a projector with (hopefully) pictures from other events around the world as they happen. To kick this off, I have created a wikipage for people to add their photo links to. http://softwarefreedomday.org/projects/picturewall I can supply the software/pages that I am using for anyone else who would like to do similar... Cheers, Paul Schulz

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[Planning-en] t-shirts?
by Deborah White Aug. 30, 2006

Aug. 30, 2006

I'm confused and excited! I'm excited that my box of Ubuntu CD's arrived today. I'm confused because there were no T-shirts in the box. I was expecting the 2 shirts that each team was supposed to get. I had planned to use the T-shirts as part of our event. I thought I responded to the request for sizes. Did I misunderstand something? Thanks for any clarification you can provide. Debbie White Software Freedom Day Kids Asa C. Adams School Orono, ME USA

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[Planning-en] Re: Introduction and a proposal (James Purser)
by Girish Shukla Aug. 30, 2006

Aug. 30, 2006

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[Planning-en] online SFD meetup
by Rik Tindall Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

Hi SFD-Team-World(-En), And thanks James Purser for picking up on the idea Team Christchurch put forward on top of our pictorial report from SFD2, one year ago next month. The link/quote may be lost in the institutional history now, but it proposed that team events be streamed into a conference mode that can be joined or observed from all around the world. Christchurch came up with this idea having realised that, as (currently) NZ is the first timezone to see SFD dawn, we could offer to launch/anchor said streamed SFD coverage. Also, as a very geographically isolated country, these sort of international hookups have great significance to us - explaining why we thought of it. Consequently, we have stepped forward in our goal of participating in SFD the whole time it is 16Sept2006 somewhere in the world, and have organised a (first?) two-day SFD built around a webcam-PC teaching suite: http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd3 So, once we've mastered the technology use, we will be there in 'the great online SFD conference call' too :-) Good luck with organising it James. A very fine suggestion indeed. James: "We are planning a SFD event with a difference. What we would like to do is run a live broadcast that will attempt to talk to SFD teams from around the world. This would be a combination of live interviews and pre-recorded interviews. The aim is to have this show streaming live for those SFD teams who have net access at their events to show that its a global event, as well as help the different regions listen in to what everyone else is up to. I am looking for groups in each region who would be interested in taking part. If you're interested then please let me know, either off list or on, it doesn't matter." Cheers! Rik pp Team Christchurch NZ

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[Planning-en] howdy + Ts-$US?
by Rik Tindall Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

Hi SFD Planning list, Greetings from (Team) Christchurch NZ. All is well for SFD3 in our locale, with posters and newspaper advertisements going out from next week: http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd3 I have put two queries onto the SFD forum, where dialogue is not brisk, so I repeat them here: 1) We got our T-shirt order in at the start of the week, with the team discount rate applied of 7 items = $105. The SFD website says these are Australian dollars, but Paypal has converted from US$ apparently. Paypal's receipt converted the $105 into AUD$136.82, which our credit card company has then converted into NZD$167.21 - getting pricey. How did this go wrong? Also, when will we be asked what sizes our free team shirts should be please? 2) Can anyone onlist recommend which webcam & messaging software we should use while running the SFD / Ubuntu liveCDs? And is there a common URL site through which we can all direct our report streams? We want to connect up with SFD teams worldwide too, but don't quite know how - to answer James Purser (AU?). All the best everyone with your SFD fun :-) Cheers, Rik pp Team Christchurch NZ

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[Planning-en] wiki changes
by Jacqueline McNally Aug. 12, 2006

Aug. 12, 2006

Hello Please can you remove the 'angels' link from http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/oceania/au and delete the wiki page http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/oceania/au/angels The information is from SFD 2005 and there is no organisation or place called angels. Thankyou. Regards Jacqueline

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[Planning-en] SFD '06 Team Registrations
by Robert Schumann Aug. 8, 2006

Aug. 8, 2006

The teams that registered before the 19 July deadline are listed on the SFD website at http://softwarefreedomday.org/registration We are still taking registrations for teams that would like to be part of the action, although sponsored treasures may not be possible. It would be great if you could find your latitude/longitude and add your team to the map http://softwarefreedomday.org/map/2006 So it's time to get into gear making plans for SFD! We'd love to hear from you on the planning mailing lists http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/planning-en (English) http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/planning-es (Spanish) or on the forum at http://forum.sf-day.org/ It would be great to see some streaming webcam coverage of your Software Freedom Day! Robert.

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[Planning-en] planning
by UDUS FOSS Aug. 3, 2006

Aug. 3, 2006

Project Report Project Management The project is being handled by the UDUNet FOSS LAB, a lab setup to widen use of FOSS & Linux in UDUS, with the support of Nigerian North-west FOSS Zonal coordinator (Mall. N.S. Zarummai). Ongoing Project o UDL Projects (using FOSS tolls) 70% compiled. o Module (using FOSS tolls) 80% compiled. o Hostel Accommodation on line (using FOSS tolls)- 95% compiled. o Student Registration on line (using FOSS tolls) - o and many more others. The Future of the Project We are very enthusiastic and optimistic about the future of the project. The positive response we have received from the management and the students has encouraged us to continue our work, and to increase the effort we put into it. We would in the future like to see this project developed to having a volunteer visiting the LAB on regular intervals to support the students in further development of Open Source awareness. The project will be of great advantage to the University and the community as the use of FOSS is saving a lot of money on the porches of software. Giving the community an awareness of alternatives that they would otherwise never have received is a very important part of this project. This awareness is necessary to develop a future generation for the challenges that they have to meet. FOSSM - University Event Target Audience: IT/Non-IT University Students / Students from others institutes Participants: 10 Students per University + Lecturers Venue: Mini-Campus UDU Sokoto Date and Time: 15th Sept, 06 : 8.30 a.m 12.00 noon Software Freedom Day 06 Target Audience: IT/Non-IT University Students / Students from others institutes and the general public. Venue: Main-Campus Date and Time: 16th Sept, 06 : 8.30 a.m 12.00 noon --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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[Planning-en] News on Registration & CDs?
by Cat Scratch Aug. 1, 2006

Aug. 1, 2006

Hi There, I haven't received any confirmation regarding my team registration? vsl team for victoria, australia? vsl is the Victorian School of Languages We are focussing on Free Software for Education. cheers Donna Benjamin -- donna benjamin - executive director http://www.creativecontingencies.com/ ph +61 3 9326 9985 | mob +61 418 310 414 research - facilitation - web development

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[Planning-en] Dates on t-shirts?
by Steve Smith July 9, 2006

July 9, 2006

Do the t-shirts have the date of SFD on them? We're holding our event in university, so it will be a month late to make it in term time! Steve https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SteveSmith

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