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Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2008 - competition winners!

by Norman Garcia Aguilar

The making of SFD 2008 Nicaragua. Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e3riAMApDM Ogv format: http://www.linuxtour.org/sfd/sfdni2008.ogv -- Norman Garcia Aguilar http://normangaguilar.blogspot.com Linux user # 444131 Ubuntu user # 15806

Dec. 17, 2008

Publicity Officer required for Software Freedom International

by Robert Schumann

Hi SFD'ers, Software Freedom International (SFI), the organisation behind Software Freedom Day, is gearing up for SFD 2009 and is currently seeking the services of a Publicity Officer. The position offers the opportunity to serve a community of over 500 team leaders and thousands more software freedom enthusiasts, as well as gain exposure and experience in developing the public profile of Software Freedom Day. Like all positions at SFI, this is a voluntary position with no remuneration apart from reimbursement of approved costs. SFI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit company registered in New Hampshire, USA. We have been organising SFD since 2004 and have supported events in over 90 countries since then. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.... The chosen candidate may be appointed to the board of SFI, but in any case will be required to join in SFI's regular board meetings (which take place every 1-2 weeks via IRC or telephone). The specific responsibilities of the role are: * Manage all written publicity materials * Coordinate the SFD competition * Arrange an editorial team to develop the SFD website * Plan and manage the translation of materials into other languages * Draw up and execute a plan for promoting SFD through the web, media and other channels. The ideal candidate will have an excellent command of English and a demonstrated ability to write creative and targeted copy for press releases. They will work alongside the SFI team, and particularly with the technical director, media & design officer and the sponsorship officer. Particular sensitivity to the requirements of SFD teams - who operate across many time zones, in varying socio-economic and cultural environments, and in dozens of languages - will be essential. The successful candidate will be invited to work with SFI until December 2009 and possibly beyond that. HOW TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED... Please send a CV or summary of relevant experience to robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org, with the words "Application: SFI publicity officer" in the email subject line. References to previous written work or previous experience of managing publicity would be beneficial, as would evidence of managing a team. The deadline for submissions is 20 December 2008. Any questions regarding this position should be directed to info(a)softwarefreedomday.org. Robert Schumann President, Software Freedom International

Dec. 8, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork for 2009

by Frederic Muller

Dear Rik, I was responsible for sending the goodies and store purchases. I need to wait until Monday to check our records. I've also been traveling like hell during the past few months so I might have overlooked this issue. Sorry about it. Let me get back to you tomorrow off the list. If I don't then please do ping me directly. Now not submitting the report has unfortunately nothing to do with the t-shirt and you're missing out on the competition. Thanks Fred Rik Tindall wrote: > Steve Olive wrote: > >> On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 19:25 +0100, Mathias Friman wrote: >> >> >>> Hi! >>> >>> It's still a long year before the next Software Freedom Day.. >>> >> I'll second Mathias' request.. so people start to associate 19 September 2009 >> as Software Freedom Day? >> >> > > Hello, thirded. > > But first can we wrap up SFD08 outstanding matters, to set SFD09 on the > right track please? > > Our team hasn't submitted its team report yet, because it has yet to > receive all the t-shirts it paid for at the SFI store. > > 3 out of 4 arrived, and this is the second year our purchase pack has > been sent short. > > What is SFI doing to resolve these anomalies in its administration, to > garner stronger endorsement? > > Regards, Rik > > pp Team Christchurch NZ > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > >

Dec. 7, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork for 2009

by Rik Tindall

Steve Olive wrote: > On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 19:25 +0100, Mathias Friman wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> It's still a long year before the next Software Freedom Day.. > I'll second Mathias' request.. so people start to associate 19 September 2009 > as Software Freedom Day? > Hello, thirded. But first can we wrap up SFD08 outstanding matters, to set SFD09 on the right track please? Our team hasn't submitted its team report yet, because it has yet to receive all the t-shirts it paid for at the SFI store. 3 out of 4 arrived, and this is the second year our purchase pack has been sent short. What is SFI doing to resolve these anomalies in its administration, to garner stronger endorsement? Regards, Rik pp Team Christchurch NZ

Dec. 7, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Artwork for 2009

by Steve Olive

On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 19:25 +0100, Mathias Friman wrote: > Hi! > > It's still a long year before the next Software Freedom Day, but for viral marketing purposes > it would be nice to have some artwork for the 19th of september 2009. Especially the > software freedom day 09-logo would be nice to have available, in either SVG or high resolution > format for printing. > > For examples of web banners for this years event, see > http://softwarefreedomday.se/2008/08/16/28/ > > We'll try for next year to get these things out sooner, to be able to anchor the event in > organizations and institutions all over Sweden. > > For that, we need to produce posters and pamphlets with the new logo, so that people are > able to download and print them. And a new (good looking) website. > > Is it possible to release a 2009-version of the logo (at least)? > > Kindest Regards, > Mathias Friman > Sweden > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > Hi all, I'll second Mathias' request, it would be good to start putting the Software Freedom Day 2009 logo onto web sites and emails (if you use HTML email) as soon as possible. Can the date be incorporated into the logo as a smaller subtext so people start to associate 19 September 2009 as Software Freedom Day? -- Steve Computer Support Officer P/T Teacher Information Technology P/T Arts & IT Faculty Bathurst TAFE NSW Western Institute Phone: 02 6338 2450 email: steve(a)bathurst-tafe.nsw.edu.au .... _ ... (0)> ... //\ .. //. ) .. V__/_ Linux Powered! Registered Linux User #355382 Registered Ubuntu User #19586

Dec. 6, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2008 - competition winners!

by Subir Pradhanang

Hi everyone, It's really heartening to see the name of FOSS Nepal Community once again in the list of winners and making it two in a row. It'll certainly boost the morale of the community and encourage in organizing the event even better in the years to come. And congratulations to the other teams as well all the way from the himalayan nation, Nepal :) Cheers, Subir --- Subir Pradhanang President FOSS Nepal Community www.fossnepal.org On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:57 AM, Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > Dear SFD'ers, > > Following a highly successful SFD 2008 - with 50% more teams registered than > in 2007 - we are pleased to announce the winners of the competition for the > best event: > > FOSS Nepal Community (team leader Subir Pradhanang) - team report PDF 7.4MB > SFD Nicaragua (team leader Leandro Gomez) - team report 1.6MB > DabaweGNU (team leader Holden Hao) - team report > > Congratulations to these teams, and many thanks to Subir, Leandro and Holden > for leading their events and telling the world about their how it went! > > Each winning team will be receiving a prize of a pair of OLPC laptops. > > The winning entries were selected for the scope of their SFD activities, the > number of people reached (particularly from the wider, non-technical > community) and the quality of the reporting. However we received many high > quality entries - a total of almost fifty submissions - and special mention > also goes to: > > Guyana (team leader Vidyaratha Kissoon) - team report > Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (Dev Anand Teelucksingh) - team report > freeIT (team leader Mylene Sereno) - team report > > Thank you to all teams (over 500 teams in almost 90 countries) for their > efforts in making SFD 2008 such a great success, and don't forget to put > Saturday 19 Septermber 2009 in your calendars! To make sure you don't miss > out on registration, make sure that you are subscribed to the SFD-announce > mailing list. > > Robert Schumann > Vice President, Software Freedom International

Nov. 28, 2008

Artwork for 2009

by Mathias Friman

Hi! It's still a long year before the next Software Freedom Day, but for viral marketing purposes it would be nice to have some artwork for the 19th of september 2009. Especially the software freedom day 09-logo would be nice to have available, in either SVG or high resolution format for printing. For examples of web banners for this years event, see http://softwarefreedomday.se/2008/08/16/28/ We'll try for next year to get these things out sooner, to be able to anchor the event in organizations and institutions all over Sweden. For that, we need to produce posters and pamphlets with the new logo, so that people are able to download and print them. And a new (good looking) website. Is it possible to release a 2009-version of the logo (at least)? Kindest Regards, Mathias Friman Sweden

Nov. 26, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2008 - competition winners!

by Jorge Higueros

Contgratulation to everyone teams On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Alexjan Carraturo <axjslack(a)gmail.com>wrote: > 2008/11/26 Judy Okite <judyokite(a)gmail.com>: > > CONGRATULATIONS!! to the winning teams and for the rest of us we have > > almost a year to better our best. WATCH THIS SPACE :-) > > > > > Congratulations to the winners from Italy. We are happy for you.... > > we will wait for the next SFD, in 09.... > > > Kind Regards, > > > > On 11/26/08, Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > >> * ***Dear SFD'ers, > >> > >> Following a highly successful SFD 2008 - with 50% more teams registered > than > >> in 2007 - we are pleased to announce the winners of the competition for > the > >> best event: > >> > >> - FOSS Nepal Community (team leader Subir Pradhanang) - team report > PDF > >> > >> 7.4MB< > http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008?action=AttachFile&do=get&targ… > > > >> - SFD Nicaragua (team leader Leandro Gomez) - team report > >> 1.6MB< > http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008?action=AttachFile&do=get&targ… > > > >> - DabaweGNU (team leader Holden Hao) - team > >> report< > http://www.dabawegnu.org/Members/holden/software-freedom-day-2008> > >> > >> Congratulations to these teams, and many thanks to Subir, Leandro and > Holden > >> for leading their events and telling the world about their how it went! > >> > >> Each winning team will be receiving a prize of a *pair of OLPC > >> laptops*<http://laptop.org/> > >> . > >> > >> The winning entries were selected for the scope of their SFD activities, > the > >> number of people reached (particularly from the wider, non-technical > >> community) and the quality of the reporting. However we received many > high > >> quality entries - a total of almost fifty submissions - and special > mention > >> also goes to: > >> > >> - Guyana (team leader Vidyaratha Kissoon) - team > >> report< > http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/centralandsouthamerica/guyana> > >> - Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (Dev Anand Teelucksingh) - > team > >> report <http://www.ttcsweb.org/articles/sfd2008/index.htm> > >> - freeIT (team leader Mylene Sereno) - team > >> report< > http://mylenesereno.blogspot.com/2008/09/software-freedomday-08-gensan.html > > > >> > >> > >> Thank you to all teams (over 500 teams in almost 90 countries) for their > >> efforts in making SFD 2008 such a great success, and don't forget to put > >> Saturday 19 Septermber 2009 in your calendars! To make sure you don't > miss > >> out on registration, make sure that you are subscribed to the > SFD-announce > >> mailing list <http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-announce>. > >> > >> Robert Schumann > >> *Vice President, Software Freedom International* > >> > > > > > > -- > > "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path > > and leave a trail." > > ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SFD-discuss mailing list > > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > > > > -- > #################################### > Alexjan Carraturo > admin of > Free Software Users Group Italia > http://www.fsugitalia.org > #################################### > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- Jorge Higueros Executive Director && Transpersonal Therapeut GNU/Linux user #369545 Free Software Organization Guatemala (502) 23364840 Blogs fsoguatemala.wordpress.com jhigueros.wordpress.com Guatemala C.A.

Nov. 26, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2008 - competition winners!

by Alexjan Carraturo

2008/11/26 Judy Okite <judyokite(a)gmail.com>: > CONGRATULATIONS!! to the winning teams and for the rest of us we have > almost a year to better our best. WATCH THIS SPACE :-) > Congratulations to the winners from Italy. We are happy for you.... we will wait for the next SFD, in 09.... > Kind Regards, > > On 11/26/08, Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: >> * ***Dear SFD'ers, >> >> Following a highly successful SFD 2008 - with 50% more teams registered than >> in 2007 - we are pleased to announce the winners of the competition for the >> best event: >> >> - FOSS Nepal Community (team leader Subir Pradhanang) - team report PDF >> >> 7.4MB<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008?action=AttachFile&do=get&targ…> >> - SFD Nicaragua (team leader Leandro Gomez) - team report >> 1.6MB<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008?action=AttachFile&do=get&targ…> >> - DabaweGNU (team leader Holden Hao) - team >> report<http://www.dabawegnu.org/Members/holden/software-freedom-day-2008> >> >> Congratulations to these teams, and many thanks to Subir, Leandro and Holden >> for leading their events and telling the world about their how it went! >> >> Each winning team will be receiving a prize of a *pair of OLPC >> laptops*<http://laptop.org/> >> . >> >> The winning entries were selected for the scope of their SFD activities, the >> number of people reached (particularly from the wider, non-technical >> community) and the quality of the reporting. However we received many high >> quality entries - a total of almost fifty submissions - and special mention >> also goes to: >> >> - Guyana (team leader Vidyaratha Kissoon) - team >> report<http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/centralandsouthamerica/guyana> >> - Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (Dev Anand Teelucksingh) - team >> report <http://www.ttcsweb.org/articles/sfd2008/index.htm> >> - freeIT (team leader Mylene Sereno) - team >> report<http://mylenesereno.blogspot.com/2008/09/software-freedomday-08-gensan.html> >> >> >> Thank you to all teams (over 500 teams in almost 90 countries) for their >> efforts in making SFD 2008 such a great success, and don't forget to put >> Saturday 19 Septermber 2009 in your calendars! To make sure you don't miss >> out on registration, make sure that you are subscribed to the SFD-announce >> mailing list <http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-announce>. >> >> Robert Schumann >> *Vice President, Software Freedom International* >> > > > -- > "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path > and leave a trail." > ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- #################################### Alexjan Carraturo admin of Free Software Users Group Italia http://www.fsugitalia.org ####################################

Nov. 26, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2008 - competition winners!

by Judy Okite

CONGRATULATIONS!! to the winning teams and for the rest of us we have almost a year to better our best. WATCH THIS SPACE :-) Kind Regards, On 11/26/08, Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > * ***Dear SFD'ers, > > Following a highly successful SFD 2008 - with 50% more teams registered than > in 2007 - we are pleased to announce the winners of the competition for the > best event: > > - FOSS Nepal Community (team leader Subir Pradhanang) - team report PDF > > 7.4MB<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008?action=AttachFile&do=get&targ…> > - SFD Nicaragua (team leader Leandro Gomez) - team report > 1.6MB<http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008?action=AttachFile&do=get&targ…> > - DabaweGNU (team leader Holden Hao) - team > report<http://www.dabawegnu.org/Members/holden/software-freedom-day-2008> > > Congratulations to these teams, and many thanks to Subir, Leandro and Holden > for leading their events and telling the world about their how it went! > > Each winning team will be receiving a prize of a *pair of OLPC > laptops*<http://laptop.org/> > . > > The winning entries were selected for the scope of their SFD activities, the > number of people reached (particularly from the wider, non-technical > community) and the quality of the reporting. However we received many high > quality entries - a total of almost fifty submissions - and special mention > also goes to: > > - Guyana (team leader Vidyaratha Kissoon) - team > report<http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/centralandsouthamerica/guyana> > - Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (Dev Anand Teelucksingh) - team > report <http://www.ttcsweb.org/articles/sfd2008/index.htm> > - freeIT (team leader Mylene Sereno) - team > report<http://mylenesereno.blogspot.com/2008/09/software-freedomday-08-gensan.html> > > > Thank you to all teams (over 500 teams in almost 90 countries) for their > efforts in making SFD 2008 such a great success, and don't forget to put > Saturday 19 Septermber 2009 in your calendars! To make sure you don't miss > out on registration, make sure that you are subscribed to the SFD-announce > mailing list <http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-announce>. > > Robert Schumann > *Vice President, Software Freedom International* > -- "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nov. 26, 2008