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Call for proposals to host SFD Summit 2012

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Dear all, Digital Freedom International (Aka Software Freedom International) is proud to announce it will start co-organizing Software Freedom Days under the name of SFD Summit with one local team each year starting this year, and therefore we are inviting local organizers to submit proposals to host our upcoming and first SFD Summit around September 15th 2012. The purpose of co-organizing such an event is to raise the profile of our celebrations while bringing a public space for discussions about the future of our movement. Over the past two years DFI/SFI has been through important changes in its governance such as expending community involvement through various committees, tightening our budget to remain cash positive, surveying SFD organizers and enhancing the team pack to enable teams to reuse the materials they receive, just to name a few of our efforts. It is now time to raise collaboration efficiency by getting together! While this will be the first occurrence of a SFD Summit we are still very open on the details and expect proposals to enhance our views on the matter. Our current vision is to initially organize a great local SFD bringing in international speakers and attracting both sponsors and media attention, thus boosting the reputation and influence of the selected local organizer. Furthermore an extra day or two should be planned to work on the year ahead, programs and actions which could be run under the DFI umbrella and status updates on ongoing activities such as software development, infrastructure, marketing and fund raising campaigns. If you are interested in hosting the upcoming SFD Summit in September 2012 please submit a formal proposal to board (at) softwarefreedomday (dot) org before July 1, 2012 Sunday UTC 2359. The proposal should address all of the relevant topics listed below: - Introduction of the country / city / organizer - why is this a good choice? - Recommended venues and logistics - Internet access - Accommodation choices - Local 1 day tour - Local community / government / industry support - Detail budget estimation and potential local sponsors The event is recommended to run for at least 2 days on 15 and 16, September 2012, with a combination of parallel tracks (at least 2 tracks). The planning sessions for SFD contributors should not conflict with other SFD sessions. Other key points which will be taken into account when choosing a proposal, are listed on the Requirement List page a thttp://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/SfdSummit/RequirementList . Please check it out when putting together your proposal and feel free to contact sfd-discuss mailing list (or the board) if you have any further question. Also note that all profits from the summit will go to the DFI to further help our actions. We are looking forward to hearing from you soon! Digital Freedom International

May 21, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Illegal Map of India on the DFI website

by Frederic Muller - SFI

Obviously you should know that we are not a map provider. We currently offer both Open Street Map and Google maps and are in no way qualified to handle your claim. Kind regards, Fred On 03/28/2012 05:56 PM, Manmohan Brahma wrote: > To me it seems to be a serious offence and request you to change the > website as per original google maps.

May 21, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Celebrate Free Culture with us on May 19th 2012

by Marcos Marado

On Friday 11 May 2012 19:19:23 Frederic Muller - SFI wrote: > On 03/23/2012 10:58 PM, Marcos Marado wrote: > > Yet, without context that sentence can be misleading, I would replace > > it... -- Marcos Marado > > You'll be happy to know it's been replaced. We found something much more > inspiring and less confusing hopefully. > > Thank you. Thanks. In the meantime: People in Portugal: CFD is happening *right now* in Portugal, today and tomorrow. Tomorrow I'll be present, giving a concert. If you happen to pass by, don't forget to talk to me and shake hands! :-) http://www.flausina.com/sonicarea.html#microestruturas Cheers, -- Marcos Marado

May 11, 2012

Re: [SFD-discuss] Celebrate Free Culture with us on May 19th 2012

by Frederic Muller - SFI

On 03/23/2012 10:58 PM, Marcos Marado wrote: > Yet, without context that sentence can be misleading, I would replace it... > -- Marcos Marado You'll be happy to know it's been replaced. We found something much more inspiring and less confusing hopefully. Thank you. Fred

May 11, 2012

FOSS in Agriculture Blog Post on Australian Science

by Sridhar Gutam

Dear All, Thanks for all suggestions for the FOSS in Agriculture logo. I tried to create one with suggestions using GIMP but I could not do it. Véronique Fritière had sent me his creations and I had used them in my blog post. Here is the title of that blog 'Sensitizing National Agricultural Research System on Free Open Source Software' and it available at < http://www.australianscience.com.au/news/sensitizing-national-agricultural-… > It may of some interest to you. I would like to thank Véronique Fritière for sharing FOSS in Agriculture images. Today I have got mail from Pravin that he would help me in creation of logo. You are all needed to take forward FOSS in Agriculture. You may see some of the initiatives here at the following urls. https://sites.google.com/site/fskiard/ https://www.facebook.com/FSKIARD https://www.facebook.com/groups/fridayfoss/ Thanks & Regards Sridhar __________________________________________________________ Sridhar Gutam PhD, ARS, Patent Laws (NALSAR), IP & Biotech. (WIPO) Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture <http://www.cishlko.org> Rehmankhera, Kakori Post Lucknow 227107, Uttar Pradesh, India Phone: +91-522-2841022/23/24; Fax: +91-522-2841025 Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136 Publications: http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/ <https://www.facebook.com/gutamsridhar> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/sridhargutam> <http://twitter.com/gutam2000><http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/rss.html>

May 11, 2012