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Next Steps for Software Freedom Day 2023

by Jurgen Gaeremyn

Hey all, for the next edition of Software Freedom Day, the artist /*RoadArchie*/ created some really nice artwork - including a celebration edition of the logo for the 20th edition of SFD. You can find the artwork here: https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2023/Artwork So customize the countdown banner, we'd need your help translating 4 short strings into as many languages as possible. You can add/edit the strings to your language in this Collabora Office spreadsheet: https://jurgeng.ocloud.de/index.php/s/pXf9H7kpk4aMANA Here's already a preview of the countdown banner: SFD Countdown banner Also, if you would like to write a Software Freedom Day Song (or you already did in the past), would you like to share it? (a recording, or maybe even a MuseScore <https://musescore.org> file?) Just imagine your SFD song being sung al over the world, in a happy creative commons tune ... So don't forget to keep Saturday 16th of September on your agenda! Really looking forward to be rocking to the Software Freedom Day beat this year! Jurgen

July 11, 2023

Re: Software Freedom Day 2023

by Luna Jernberg

Did pre register to attend now :) Den tis 30 maj 2023 kl 12:15 skrev Frederic Muller - DFF <fred(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org>: > > Dear all, > > It seems my message didn't go out very well. So I am resending it. > > Mailing lists have moved to mailman3.com domain and is now: > sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > > The current board is also resigning. I'll stay around to help out and > ensure SFD runs again this year. > > If anyone wants to take over please let us know. > > Thank you. > > Fred > > On 05/05/2023 14:16, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We're planning for Software Freedom Day 2023 in Hackerspace Brussels > > (hey... it's our 20th edition, we should celebrate!) We picked the topic > > "Freedom in education" > > > > Is anyone else doing SFD this year? I haven't seen a lot of activity on > > the mailinglist. Maybe we could meet in a Matrix channel? I created > > #SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org where we could coordinate and exchange > > ideas) > > > > Grtz, > > Jurgen > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

July 6, 2023

SFD 2023 Registration soft launch

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Dear all, SFD registration has been opened for a few hours. Please try registering your event if you have already created a wiki page please go ahead and register, if you are planning on organizing SFD this year (it's SFD's 20th anniversary!) then create your wiki page on the SFD wiki and go to register your event. Let us know if you're experiencing any issue. Thank you very much. Happy SFD! Fred

July 5, 2023

online meeting July 6 14:00 UTC - Brainstorming about the future of Software Freedom Day

by Jurgen Gaeremyn

Hey all, Recently I shot out a poll for an online brainstorm session on the future of Software Freedom Day and the other events organized by the Digital Freedom Foundation. The poll showed a clear winner. The 7 persons who entered the poll, were all available (if needed) on next Thursday, July 6th at 14:00 UTC The meeting will take at most 90 minutes (capped). Chat will happen on Element (https://matrix.to/#/#SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org) and on there we will supply a Jitsi link for the participants. Thank you Ring for your inspiring testimonial from Bangladesh! Looking forward to be meeting you upcoming Thursday together with the other volunteers. As your life story also testifies... we are but humans and our commitments often depend on health and other circumstances. The current board also was confronted with this very harshly with the tragic accident of Patrick Sinz. Cordially, Jurgen

July 2, 2023

Re: 20 years Software Freedom Day - and the future

by সাজেদুর রহিম জোয়ারদ ার

Dear Comrades for Digital Free Society Peace be upon you all. Myself Shazedur Rahim Joardar, nickname Ring (in Bengali- রিং). I am from Bangladesh located in South East Asia. I am volunteering with Software Freedom advocacy since 2002. Got to know about this "Software Freedom, GNU and more" while started running GNU/Linux on my system in 2001. In 2006 I got Cerebrovascular Disease, right side of my body got paralyzed, speech impaired. By the blessings of my parents and the Creator I have got 80%-85% recovered by 2008 and got back to daily life. In 2011 with a team of 21 volunteers founded FOSS Bangladesh and started the advocacy to spread out more and more in organized way. Till 2016, FOSS Bangladesh had organized each SFD, HFD, EFD and CFD along with DADRM, LinuxDay, GNU/Linux installation Fest and 83 local events in various schools and universities here in Bangladesh to spread out about "Digital Freedom" and it's urgency among the next generation people. In 2014 on my invitation Mr. Stallman (RMS, Founder of FSF) visited in Bangladesh. In 2014-2016 I was an Adjunct Faculty member in the software engineering department of a reputed university in Bangladesh. In December 2016 my health condition got worse again and I had just got home bounded. Later on survived from CoVid-19 in 2021 and Pancreatitis in 2022. But as I am alive and active again, I believe that, I have many more left to do for the society with my software and hardware knowledge and activities to achieve the true "Free Digital Society". In 2022 after the Corona pandemic FOSS Bangladesh had organized a public event in an university and me restarted with my public speeches. FOSS Bangladesh also getting strengthened with it's 88+ volunteers and planning for public events like SFD in 2023. I am freelancer for my living with a little knowledge in C, C++ and Python. I am very much fond of Open or Free software and not in just any Freeware or just the Open Source codes. To ensure my digital freedom, I demand for proper commented code, proper documentation to make use of the code along with the freedom to modify and distribute the modified copy to all. While in freelancing I also deliver the same to my clients with the same digital freedom philosophy. Me also volunteer with Mozilla and LibreOffice and few others local communities and groups and on online forum sites as I love to provide User Support/Help on using GNU/Linux distros and Free Software. বুধ, ২৮ জুন, ২০২৩ তারিখে ২:১৮ AM টায় তারিখে Jurgen Gaeremyn < jurgen(a)gaeremyn.be> লিখেছেন: > Dear Friends of Digital Freedoms, > With the 20th edition of SFD up the horizon, we need to look who is > willing to step up and put in a helping hand for the Digital Freedom > Foundation (DFF), who is willing to put their shoulders under respectively > SFD, DFD, HFD and EFD? > I will try my best to work with you people. > Are you willing and able to help think about shaping the Digital Freedom > Foundation and help organize their events? Please fill out this Framadate > page <https://framadate.org/OJEn7rqio6NX37LN> so we can pick a time slot > for an online meeting. > I suggest to do this meeting in a [https://meet.jit.si/] session. My 2nd preference is [Telegram Group Voice/Video Chat]. In Telegram you can find me -- [https://t.me/toshazed] with regards -- রিং/ring মহাসচিব/General Secretary এফওএসএস বাংলাদেশ/FOSS Bangladesh মোজিলিয়ান/Mozillian সদস্য, লিনাক্স মিন্ট বাংলাদেশ/Member, LinuxMint Bangladesh

July 2, 2023

20 years Software Freedom Day - and the future

by Jurgen Gaeremyn

Dear Friends of Digital Freedoms, (if nothing else, please read the last paragraph with a practical question) Over the last 20 years, many people have stepped up to make Software Freedom Day big. Under the leadership of Frederic Muller, Patrick Sinz, Pockey Lam and Julien Forgeat - the celebration of Software Freedom Day grew further to an international event with celebrations in every continent, gathering thousands of people. Read more about the history on https://www.digitalfreedomfoundation.org/index.php/about On May 27th 2019, Patrick died in a traffic accident. He contributed very much to the French speaking Open Source community, was a friend to many and was also a loving father and spouse. The other board members were struck hard by this blow. This loss, with consequently the COVID pandemic and personal health issues, have lead the board into being less and less active the last few years. Recently it was announced on the mailing list that the complete board of the Digital Freedom Foundation have resigned and are looking for people to take over the task. Despite multinational companies growing into bigger and bigger closed source eco systems, great projects like Linux, LibreOffice, NextCloud, Inkscape and Moodle succeed in setting an example in an economical viable way, while still setting new standards for Open Source Software. It is more important than ever to give voice to the many great projects out there that choose to be available to every person on the globe, giving them the freedom to use, study, modify and pass on this software. Putting Free and Libre software front and center, is a core challenge of the Digital Freedom Foundation. Over the years, we gradually grew bigger and next to Software Freedom Day (SFD, since 2004) also added the Document Freedom Day (DFD, since 2008), the Hardware Freedom Day (HFD, since 2013) and the Education Freedom Day (EFD, since 2013) to their calendar. With the 20^th edition of SFD up the horizon, we need to look who is willing to step up and put in a helping hand for the Digital Freedom Foundation (DFF), who is willing to put their shoulders under respectively SFD, DFD, HFD and EFD? Are you willing and able to help think about shaping the Digital Freedom Foundation and help organize their events? Please fill out this Framadate page <https://framadate.org/OJEn7rqio6NX37LN> so we can pick a time slot for an online meeting. Greetings, Jurgen

June 27, 2023

Re: Software Freedom Day 2023

by Benson Muite

Would be happy to help with server and website administration. Benson On 6/14/23 09:16, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: > Hi Jurgen and everybody, > > Thank you all for the kind words. > > Documentation is ... non-existent. Well not really really but yes I'd > have to write something from almost scratch. Vps installation is very > well documented though. But the rest is really hacks here and there to > make everything look "integrated". > > We probably should have a dedicated group for server & website > administration. Those are not the same skill set but some people have > both and they need to interact. Historically the board used to do that, > and everything else. > > We once had a guy helping out only on Moinmoin though. So we (you as a > group I mean) could either have a technical team and the board, or the > new board could also be in charge of this. I believe at the start the > board will mainly do tech stuff and some marketing. But not my decision. > > If I remember correctly we have the following candidates to join the board: > - Jurgen > - Marcos > > Then we have a few potential candidates to help out here and there: > - Mostafa > - Ruwan > > And we did work with Rick (New-Zealand) a bit last year but he then had > some health related issue in his family. So not sure if he would still > be available or interested. > > I'll set up admin accounts for Jurgen on our website and follow up when > done. > > Thank you again. > > Fred > > > On 13/06/2023 15:05, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >> Hi Fred, >> >> (other people - please read further down) >> >> thanks for replying. I feel your pain. And when hands are short to >> keep the boat afloat, communication is indeed the hardest one to keep >> going. >> >> I hope you're recovering well and the stress over SFD and the >> foundation around it doesn't harm you in that process. >> >> Is the VPS-administration well documented? That's a big one for me. >> >> Could you create an admin account for me on the SFD site? I'd like to >> see what that looks like and if I can do some quick updates to set the >> practical stuff straight. >> >> Given your health condition, are you (or someone else from the >> resigning board) in any shape to set up a meeting to talk through this >> list? >> >> >> *Hi everybody on the list:* >> >> This has become quite a beast to take over. Let's join forces and keep >> this great event alive! >> >> Let's see how these things can be split up or broken down into modular >> parts, and make a distinction between (essential) core parts and (nice >> to have) features. >> >> Let's figure out how to get things rolling first for the 2023 edition. >> After that we'll see what we can do, en where we end up. >> >> I've started with a cryptpad so we can work on the below list, and >> break it up into urgents, neededs and nice to haves: >> https://pad.libre.brussels/7P52HTKGRlOYHM4LWuu8fw# >> >> Please, also join the Matrix chat if you feel that it's important to >> keep SFD alive: https://matrix.to/#/#SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org >> >> >> Looking forward to get onto this. >> >> Grtz, >> Jurgen >> >> >> On 13/06/2023 04:42, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> Sorry I was in hospital for a week and it took me an extra week to >>> recover. And now the sky is falling over my head... >>> >>> Thank you for the prompt answers (some which I initially didn't >>> receive). Subscription to this list is done on this page: >>> https://lists.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/sfd-discuss.mailman3.com/ >>> >>> Websites needs to be updated I guess... >>> >>> ok so let me try to start with a short version: >>> >>> general maintenance tasks: >>> . VPS administration >>> . Website updates (Joomla! currently) >>> . Sponsors searching & securing >>> . Wiki cleanup >>> >>> Yearly tasks for each event: >>> . Slight updates to website to reflect the new date >>> . We used to create new yearly designs for SFD at least. We no longer >>> do. Not a must but if the team is big enough it's doable >>> . Registration script update >>> . Wiki updates >>> . Registration soft launch (to see if any problem) >>> . Registration launch >>> . Marketing for teams participation (FB, Mastodon, Twitter, >>> Slashdot,etc...) >>> . Sponsors communication (especially press which needs to be done early) >>> . Schwag design and creation if there is budget, which there isn't at >>> the moment. >>> . Schwag packing shipping 2+ months prior to event >>> >>> Upgrades needed: >>> . SFD website >>> . HFD website remake >>> . DFD website >>> . Registration script probably needs to be rewritten as it's Python >>> 2.x and it could be much better >>> . Wiki migration as Moinmoin 2.x doesn't seem to be coming. We >>> thought of DokuWiki as a replacement but... we won't be here. >>> >>> So now whole DFF board is resigning and it's all DFF events (SFD, >>> DFD, HFD). There is no replacement but we did talk to a few people in >>> the past, with poor success I would say (we've become really bad at >>> communicating among other things). >>> >>> Hope it covers most of the things. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Fred >>> >>> >>> On 31/05/2023 15:59, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Where can one subscribe to this mailing list? I don't see any links >>>> in the footer for the mailman panel. >>>> >>>> Given the current board is resigning (who is on this board? is this >>>> the board of digitalfreedomfoundation - so all the events - or only >>>> SFD?), is there a new board that is starting? How many people do you >>>> realistically need? I'm willing to take up some responsibility (but >>>> not take over SFD completely). >>>> >>>> Is there some overview of what the current workload is? Just a >>>> matter of knowing what needs to be done, and what skills and time we >>>> need to take into account. >>>> >>>> I would like to invite everyone doing SFD locally to join the Matrix >>>> chat at https://matrix.to/#/#SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org >>>> >>>> From in there, we can look into what can be done with the website >>>> and the SFD ecosystem. >>>> >>>> For sure I want to thank you for the 20 years or so that you have >>>> been pulling the SFD wagon! You've inspired me with the initiative >>>> and I think you actually turned it into a global event. Now let's >>>> hope it stays one for the long run. I thing Software Freedom is more >>>> important than ever! >>>> >>>> Grtz, >>>> Jurgen >>>> >>>> >>>> On 30/05/2023 12:14, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> >>>>> It seems my message didn't go out very well. So I am resending it. >>>>> >>>>> Mailing lists have moved to mailman3.com domain and is now: >>>>> sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com >>>>> >>>>> The current board is also resigning. I'll stay around to help out >>>>> and ensure SFD runs again this year. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone wants to take over please let us know. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>> Fred >>>>> >>>>> On 05/05/2023 14:16, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> We're planning for Software Freedom Day 2023 in Hackerspace >>>>>> Brussels (hey... it's our 20th edition, we should celebrate!) We >>>>>> picked the topic "Freedom in education" >>>>>> >>>>>> Is anyone else doing SFD this year? I haven't seen a lot of >>>>>> activity on the mailinglist. Maybe we could meet in a Matrix >>>>>> channel? I created #SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org where we could >>>>>> coordinate and exchange ideas) >>>>>> >>>>>> Grtz, >>>>>> Jurgen >>>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com >>> To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com >> To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

June 16, 2023

Re: Software Freedom Day 2023

by Jurgen Gaeremyn

Hi Fred, I'm certainly willing to help get things back up and running. As for the bigger story, I'd first like to have a talk with you and maybe some others of the board... just to get an idea of how everything looks. I detailed some questions in the document that I shared in the previous mail too: https://pad.libre.brussels/7P52HTKGRlOYHM4LWuu8fw# Maybe it's worth giving it a look. It would be nice if you (= some people of the previous board) could join in the matrix channel to help out with the hand-over. Looking forward to be getting those credentials! Grtz, Jurgen On 14/06/2023 08:16, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: > Hi Jurgen and everybody, > > Thank you all for the kind words. > > Documentation is ... non-existent. Well not really really but yes I'd > have to write something from almost scratch. Vps installation is very > well documented though. But the rest is really hacks here and there to > make everything look "integrated". > > We probably should have a dedicated group for server & website > administration. Those are not the same skill set but some people have > both and they need to interact. Historically the board used to do > that, and everything else. > > We once had a guy helping out only on Moinmoin though. So we (you as a > group I mean) could either have a technical team and the board, or the > new board could also be in charge of this. I believe at the start the > board will mainly do tech stuff and some marketing. But not my decision. > > If I remember correctly we have the following candidates to join the > board: > - Jurgen > - Marcos > > Then we have a few potential candidates to help out here and there: > - Mostafa > - Ruwan > > And we did work with Rick (New-Zealand) a bit last year but he then > had some health related issue in his family. So not sure if he would > still be available or interested. > > I'll set up admin accounts for Jurgen on our website and follow up > when done. > > Thank you again. > > Fred > > > On 13/06/2023 15:05, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >> Hi Fred, >> >> (other people - please read further down) >> >> thanks for replying. I feel your pain. And when hands are short to >> keep the boat afloat, communication is indeed the hardest one to keep >> going. >> >> I hope you're recovering well and the stress over SFD and the >> foundation around it doesn't harm you in that process. >> >> Is the VPS-administration well documented? That's a big one for me. >> >> Could you create an admin account for me on the SFD site? I'd like to >> see what that looks like and if I can do some quick updates to set >> the practical stuff straight. >> >> Given your health condition, are you (or someone else from the >> resigning board) in any shape to set up a meeting to talk through >> this list? >> >> >> *Hi everybody on the list:* >> >> This has become quite a beast to take over. Let's join forces and >> keep this great event alive! >> >> Let's see how these things can be split up or broken down into >> modular parts, and make a distinction between (essential) core parts >> and (nice to have) features. >> >> Let's figure out how to get things rolling first for the 2023 >> edition. After that we'll see what we can do, en where we end up. >> >> I've started with a cryptpad so we can work on the below list, and >> break it up into urgents, neededs and nice to haves: >> https://pad.libre.brussels/7P52HTKGRlOYHM4LWuu8fw# >> >> Please, also join the Matrix chat if you feel that it's important to >> keep SFD alive: https://matrix.to/#/#SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org >> >> >> Looking forward to get onto this. >> >> Grtz, >> Jurgen >> >> >> On 13/06/2023 04:42, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> Sorry I was in hospital for a week and it took me an extra week to >>> recover. And now the sky is falling over my head... >>> >>> Thank you for the prompt answers (some which I initially didn't >>> receive). Subscription to this list is done on this page: >>> https://lists.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/sfd-discuss.mailman3.com/ >>> >>> Websites needs to be updated I guess... >>> >>> ok so let me try to start with a short version: >>> >>> general maintenance tasks: >>> . VPS administration >>> . Website updates (Joomla! currently) >>> . Sponsors searching & securing >>> . Wiki cleanup >>> >>> Yearly tasks for each event: >>> . Slight updates to website to reflect the new date >>> . We used to create new yearly designs for SFD at least. We no >>> longer do. Not a must but if the team is big enough it's doable >>> . Registration script update >>> . Wiki updates >>> . Registration soft launch (to see if any problem) >>> . Registration launch >>> . Marketing for teams participation (FB, Mastodon, Twitter, >>> Slashdot,etc...) >>> . Sponsors communication (especially press which needs to be done >>> early) >>> . Schwag design and creation if there is budget, which there isn't >>> at the moment. >>> . Schwag packing shipping 2+ months prior to event >>> >>> Upgrades needed: >>> . SFD website >>> . HFD website remake >>> . DFD website >>> . Registration script probably needs to be rewritten as it's Python >>> 2.x and it could be much better >>> . Wiki migration as Moinmoin 2.x doesn't seem to be coming. We >>> thought of DokuWiki as a replacement but... we won't be here. >>> >>> So now whole DFF board is resigning and it's all DFF events (SFD, >>> DFD, HFD). There is no replacement but we did talk to a few people >>> in the past, with poor success I would say (we've become really bad >>> at communicating among other things). >>> >>> Hope it covers most of the things. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Fred >>> >>> >>> On 31/05/2023 15:59, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Where can one subscribe to this mailing list? I don't see any links >>>> in the footer for the mailman panel. >>>> >>>> Given the current board is resigning (who is on this board? is this >>>> the board of digitalfreedomfoundation - so all the events - or only >>>> SFD?), is there a new board that is starting? How many people do >>>> you realistically need? I'm willing to take up some responsibility >>>> (but not take over SFD completely). >>>> >>>> Is there some overview of what the current workload is? Just a >>>> matter of knowing what needs to be done, and what skills and time >>>> we need to take into account. >>>> >>>> I would like to invite everyone doing SFD locally to join the >>>> Matrix chat at https://matrix.to/#/#SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org >>>> >>>> From in there, we can look into what can be done with the website >>>> and the SFD ecosystem. >>>> >>>> For sure I want to thank you for the 20 years or so that you have >>>> been pulling the SFD wagon! You've inspired me with the initiative >>>> and I think you actually turned it into a global event. Now let's >>>> hope it stays one for the long run. I thing Software Freedom is >>>> more important than ever! >>>> >>>> Grtz, >>>> Jurgen >>>> >>>> >>>> On 30/05/2023 12:14, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: >>>>> Dear all, >>>>> >>>>> It seems my message didn't go out very well. So I am resending it. >>>>> >>>>> Mailing lists have moved to mailman3.com domain and is now: >>>>> sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com >>>>> >>>>> The current board is also resigning. I'll stay around to help out >>>>> and ensure SFD runs again this year. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone wants to take over please let us know. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>> Fred >>>>> >>>>> On 05/05/2023 14:16, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> We're planning for Software Freedom Day 2023 in Hackerspace >>>>>> Brussels (hey... it's our 20th edition, we should celebrate!) We >>>>>> picked the topic "Freedom in education" >>>>>> >>>>>> Is anyone else doing SFD this year? I haven't seen a lot of >>>>>> activity on the mailinglist. Maybe we could meet in a Matrix >>>>>> channel? I created #SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org where we could >>>>>> coordinate and exchange ideas) >>>>>> >>>>>> Grtz, >>>>>> Jurgen >>>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com >>> To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com >> To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

June 14, 2023

Re: Software Freedom Day 2023

by Frederic Muller - DFF

Hi Jurgen and everybody, Thank you all for the kind words. Documentation is ... non-existent. Well not really really but yes I'd have to write something from almost scratch. Vps installation is very well documented though. But the rest is really hacks here and there to make everything look "integrated". We probably should have a dedicated group for server & website administration. Those are not the same skill set but some people have both and they need to interact. Historically the board used to do that, and everything else. We once had a guy helping out only on Moinmoin though. So we (you as a group I mean) could either have a technical team and the board, or the new board could also be in charge of this. I believe at the start the board will mainly do tech stuff and some marketing. But not my decision. If I remember correctly we have the following candidates to join the board: - Jurgen - Marcos Then we have a few potential candidates to help out here and there: - Mostafa - Ruwan And we did work with Rick (New-Zealand) a bit last year but he then had some health related issue in his family. So not sure if he would still be available or interested. I'll set up admin accounts for Jurgen on our website and follow up when done. Thank you again. Fred On 13/06/2023 15:05, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: > Hi Fred, > > (other people - please read further down) > > thanks for replying. I feel your pain. And when hands are short to keep > the boat afloat, communication is indeed the hardest one to keep going. > > I hope you're recovering well and the stress over SFD and the foundation > around it doesn't harm you in that process. > > Is the VPS-administration well documented? That's a big one for me. > > Could you create an admin account for me on the SFD site? I'd like to > see what that looks like and if I can do some quick updates to set the > practical stuff straight. > > Given your health condition, are you (or someone else from the resigning > board) in any shape to set up a meeting to talk through this list? > > > *Hi everybody on the list:* > > This has become quite a beast to take over. Let's join forces and keep > this great event alive! > > Let's see how these things can be split up or broken down into modular > parts, and make a distinction between (essential) core parts and (nice > to have) features. > > Let's figure out how to get things rolling first for the 2023 edition. > After that we'll see what we can do, en where we end up. > > I've started with a cryptpad so we can work on the below list, and break > it up into urgents, neededs and nice to haves: > https://pad.libre.brussels/7P52HTKGRlOYHM4LWuu8fw# > > Please, also join the Matrix chat if you feel that it's important to > keep SFD alive: https://matrix.to/#/#SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org > > > Looking forward to get onto this. > > Grtz, > Jurgen > > > On 13/06/2023 04:42, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Sorry I was in hospital for a week and it took me an extra week to >> recover. And now the sky is falling over my head... >> >> Thank you for the prompt answers (some which I initially didn't >> receive). Subscription to this list is done on this page: >> https://lists.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/sfd-discuss.mailman3.com/ >> >> Websites needs to be updated I guess... >> >> ok so let me try to start with a short version: >> >> general maintenance tasks: >> . VPS administration >> . Website updates (Joomla! currently) >> . Sponsors searching & securing >> . Wiki cleanup >> >> Yearly tasks for each event: >> . Slight updates to website to reflect the new date >> . We used to create new yearly designs for SFD at least. We no longer >> do. Not a must but if the team is big enough it's doable >> . Registration script update >> . Wiki updates >> . Registration soft launch (to see if any problem) >> . Registration launch >> . Marketing for teams participation (FB, Mastodon, Twitter, >> Slashdot,etc...) >> . Sponsors communication (especially press which needs to be done early) >> . Schwag design and creation if there is budget, which there isn't at >> the moment. >> . Schwag packing shipping 2+ months prior to event >> >> Upgrades needed: >> . SFD website >> . HFD website remake >> . DFD website >> . Registration script probably needs to be rewritten as it's Python >> 2.x and it could be much better >> . Wiki migration as Moinmoin 2.x doesn't seem to be coming. We thought >> of DokuWiki as a replacement but... we won't be here. >> >> So now whole DFF board is resigning and it's all DFF events (SFD, DFD, >> HFD). There is no replacement but we did talk to a few people in the >> past, with poor success I would say (we've become really bad at >> communicating among other things). >> >> Hope it covers most of the things. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Fred >> >> >> On 31/05/2023 15:59, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >>> Thank you. >>> >>> Where can one subscribe to this mailing list? I don't see any links >>> in the footer for the mailman panel. >>> >>> Given the current board is resigning (who is on this board? is this >>> the board of digitalfreedomfoundation - so all the events - or only >>> SFD?), is there a new board that is starting? How many people do you >>> realistically need? I'm willing to take up some responsibility (but >>> not take over SFD completely). >>> >>> Is there some overview of what the current workload is? Just a matter >>> of knowing what needs to be done, and what skills and time we need to >>> take into account. >>> >>> I would like to invite everyone doing SFD locally to join the Matrix >>> chat at https://matrix.to/#/#SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org >>> >>> From in there, we can look into what can be done with the website >>> and the SFD ecosystem. >>> >>> For sure I want to thank you for the 20 years or so that you have >>> been pulling the SFD wagon! You've inspired me with the initiative >>> and I think you actually turned it into a global event. Now let's >>> hope it stays one for the long run. I thing Software Freedom is more >>> important than ever! >>> >>> Grtz, >>> Jurgen >>> >>> >>> On 30/05/2023 12:14, Frederic Muller - DFF wrote: >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> It seems my message didn't go out very well. So I am resending it. >>>> >>>> Mailing lists have moved to mailman3.com domain and is now: >>>> sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com >>>> >>>> The current board is also resigning. I'll stay around to help out >>>> and ensure SFD runs again this year. >>>> >>>> If anyone wants to take over please let us know. >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Fred >>>> >>>> On 05/05/2023 14:16, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> We're planning for Software Freedom Day 2023 in Hackerspace >>>>> Brussels (hey... it's our 20th edition, we should celebrate!) We >>>>> picked the topic "Freedom in education" >>>>> >>>>> Is anyone else doing SFD this year? I haven't seen a lot of >>>>> activity on the mailinglist. Maybe we could meet in a Matrix >>>>> channel? I created #SoftwareFreedomDay:matrix.org where we could >>>>> coordinate and exchange ideas) >>>>> >>>>> Grtz, >>>>> Jurgen >>>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com >> To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

June 14, 2023

Re: Software Freedom Day 2023

by Mostafa Ahangarha

Hi everyone Sorry Fred to hear about your situation. I checked the list. Not sure on which part I can help. Maybe I can help with social media, but I am not sure about it. Maybe it would be good to have bi-weekly meeting to sync up. And what will happen to the foundation? -- Regards, Mostafa Ahangarha

June 13, 2023