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Re: [SFD-discuss] Registration is open for Software Freedom Day 2008!

by Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub

Hi, Sorry for the communication gap. We did celebrate it nation wide last year and it was covered by both print and electronic media. Here are some snapshots. - SFD celebrated by our Sylhet chapter SUST OSN<http://bd-it.blogspot.com/2007/09/bangla-it-celebrating-software-freedom.ht…> - IOSN list<http://lists.iosn.net/pipermail/iosn-south-asia/2007-October/000043.html> - BD IT news<http://bd-it.blogspot.com/2007/10/bangla-it-happy-birthday-bdosn.html> - BD Online Groups news<http://bdgroups.blogspot.com/2007/09/mobilebangladesh-celebrating-software.…> - Our chapter team page <http://www.sf-day.org/bucclinux> - Brack University news portal<http://www.bracuniversity.ac.bd/bulletin/print.php?file=2007/september> - SUST OSN web<http://www.sustosn.org/index.php?menu_id=2&activities_detail=true&activitie…> We were also covered on that very morning in nTV a popular television channel. In general, as our team page says, we publish all the updates to bdosn(a)googlegroups.com. So, please keep in touch and share your ideas. I am going to add you on the team page. Let us work together. We will be happy to work with you. Thanks Shehab Bangladesh Open Source Network On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 1:56 AM, PRAN-BD.ORG <info(a)pran-bd.org> wrote: > Hi > > Good see your mail. I hope the mailing is working as a bridge with us to > development partnership and understanding. > > I saw the team page of Bangladesh which created by BdOSN. I love to work > with BdOSN. In previous year we had our name ( Participatory Research & > Action Network-PRAN) in BdOSN page. But did not get any support or > campagin mattrial from BdOSN or SFD team. this is fact we have > celebrated the day without any support. > > From our last year experience we are afraid to celebrate day with any > other. But I am member of BdOSN and want to work with you. > > I have plan to celebrate the day at district town of Noakhali where > youth, professional, media peoples, telecentre, NGOs will participants. > At the same time we would like to arrange various action and fun in NSTU. > > Celebration of the day is important for us. So if you support us then we > have no objection to join with BdOSN. I hope it'll more strengthens for > OSS campaign. You can add us in BdOSN team page. > > Please, keep in touch. and update us with idea, matrial and resources. > > Thanks for your time > > Regards, > > -- > Nurul Alam Masud > Chief Executive > > Participatory Research & Action Network-PRAN > House # 08, Road # 30 > Maijdee Housing Estate, Maijdee Noakhali. > Bangladesh. > Phone : +88 0321 61920, +88 01727 231722 > E-mail : info(a)pran-bd.org <mailto:info@pran-bd.org>, pranbd(a)bttb.net.bd > <mailto:pranbd@bttb.net.bd> > > www.pran-bd.org <http://www.pran-bd.org> > > > Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Here is the team page for Bangladesh, created by Bangladesh Open > > Source Network. This is also the page for all the local chapters of > > BdOSN along with the one at the university of Noakhali. You can join > > here or create your own page individually. To join with us, just add > > your name on our page or mail us. To create an individual team, you > > have to register first. > > > > For your information, like the previous year, we are going to > > celebrate SFD nationwide. It includes programs in different programs > > in universities in and beyond the capital city including your own > > city. We have also regional chapters like Chittagong Open Source > > Network. Let us know if we can do any favor for you. > > > > Best of luck with your plan of celebration. You can talk to Mushfiq of > > Noakhali University if interested at 01710481761 or 01911154127. > > > > Shehab > > Bangladesh Open Source Network > > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:27 AM, PRAN-BD.ORG <http://PRAN-BD.ORG> > > <info(a)pran-bd.org <mailto:info@pran-bd.org>> wrote: > > > > Dear Pia > > > > Nice to see your mail with the link of registration. > > I am Masud, from Bangladesh. We have a group `Noakhali Open Source > > Group'. Totally > > 50 peoples are involved in there with a technology university. We are > > working for populating OS > > in NGO, community, tatecentre and youth group. > > > > We are not involved with Bangladesh open source Network-BdOsn. > Because > > of we are 300 kilomiter > > par from Dhaka, where BdOsn will arrange the event. So we would > > like to > > organize some event on the eve of > > SFD 2008. > > > > I am trying to registration our team, but I am failed to do. What > > can I do? > > I need your help. > > > > Thanks for your time > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Nurul Alam Masud > > Chief Executive > > > > Participatory Research & Action Network-PRAN > > House # 08, Road # 30 > > Maijdee Housing Estate, Maijdee Noakhali. > > Bangladesh. > > Phone : +88 0321 61920, +88 01727 231722 > > E-mail : info(a)pran-bd.org <mailto:info@pran-bd.org>, > > pranbd(a)bttb.net.bd <mailto:pranbd@bttb.net.bd> > > > > www.pran-bd.org <http://www.pran-bd.org> > > > > > > > > Pia Waugh wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > SFD2008 is around the corner - Saturday 20 September - and team > > > registrations are now open! The first 300 teams registered > > before the 15th > > > July will receive a SFD team pack including SFD 2008 tshirts, > > button pins, > > > stickers and balloons, as well some useful resource CDs > > including some > > > OpenEducation Discs (http://www.theopendisc.com/education/) a > > resource DVD > > > with artwork, documentation, presentation templates and video > > material, and > > > the option for some Ubuntu CDs. > > > > > > Additional T-shirts will also be available to purchase via our > > online store, > > > which will be open soon. > > > > > > You can register by visiting our registration page but don't > > forget that you > > > need to make your team page (or update your old page) *before* > > registering. > > > There is more information about how to form a team and how to > > register on > > > the teams page on our wiki: > > > > > > http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html > > > http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams > > > > > > Check out who has already registered on our new interactive > > world map! > > > > > > http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/map.shtml > > > > > > We wanted to change how people find teams so it was directly > > through the map > > > rather than by continent and then country due to your excellent > > feedback > > > last year, so teams can simply be softwarefreedomday.org/team > > <http://softwarefreedomday.org/team> rather than a > > > really long url. If you already have a team page you can create > > a new page > > > and shift all your data to the new page, or you can just link to > > your old > > > events from your new page. We will also be ensuring team > > packages are sent > > > much earlier this year so you get them on time. We had about 20 > > packages > > > returned to us last year from teams who put the incorrect > > address or didn't > > > pick up their packages so please ensure your address is 100% > > correct as we > > > can't check it! > > > > > > Good luck with your SFD 2008 preparations, and don't forget to > > pass the > > > message around and get more teams involved! We had over 330 > > teams last year > > > and are anticipating over 500 this year! > > > > > > Thank you all for helping take software freedom to the streets > > and make a > > > better world for everyone! After all, freedom isn't just for us > > geeks :) > > > > > > Cheers and happy planning! > > > Pia and the SFI team > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SFD-discuss mailing list > > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org <mailto:SFD-discuss@sf-day.org> > > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > > > > > > > > -- > > |=============| > > Regards, > > Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub > > (আবু মোহাম্মদ ওমর শেহাবউদ্দীন আইয়ুব) > > Software Engineer, Nilavo Technologies, Banani, Dhaka > > Bangladesh Open Source Network, Dhaka > > 2000 batch, Dept. of CSE, SUST > > www.nilavo.com <http://www.nilavo.com> > > www.bdosn.org <http://www.bdosn.org> > > www.sust.edu <http://www.sust.edu> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > SFD-discuss mailing list > > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- |=============| Regards, Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub (আবু মোহাম্মদ ওমর শেহাবউদ্দীন আইয়ুব) Software Engineer, Nilavo Technologies, Banani, Dhaka Bangladesh Open Source Network, Dhaka 2000 batch, Dept. of CSE, SUST www.nilavo.com www.bdosn.org www.sust.edu

June 2, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Registration is open for Software Freedom Day 2008!

by Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub

Hi, Here is the team page for Bangladesh, created by Bangladesh Open Source Network. This is also the page for all the local chapters of BdOSN along with the one at the university of Noakhali. You can join here or create your own page individually. To join with us, just add your name on our page or mail us. To create an individual team, you have to register first. For your information, like the previous year, we are going to celebrate SFD nationwide. It includes programs in different programs in universities in and beyond the capital city including your own city. We have also regional chapters like Chittagong Open Source Network. Let us know if we can do any favor for you. Best of luck with your plan of celebration. You can talk to Mushfiq of Noakhali University if interested at 01710481761 or 01911154127. Shehab Bangladesh Open Source Network On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:27 AM, PRAN-BD.ORG <info(a)pran-bd.org> wrote: > Dear Pia > > Nice to see your mail with the link of registration. > I am Masud, from Bangladesh. We have a group `Noakhali Open Source > Group'. Totally > 50 peoples are involved in there with a technology university. We are > working for populating OS > in NGO, community, tatecentre and youth group. > > We are not involved with Bangladesh open source Network-BdOsn. Because > of we are 300 kilomiter > par from Dhaka, where BdOsn will arrange the event. So we would like to > organize some event on the eve of > SFD 2008. > > I am trying to registration our team, but I am failed to do. What can I do? > I need your help. > > Thanks for your time > > Regards, > > -- > Nurul Alam Masud > Chief Executive > > Participatory Research & Action Network-PRAN > House # 08, Road # 30 > Maijdee Housing Estate, Maijdee Noakhali. > Bangladesh. > Phone : +88 0321 61920, +88 01727 231722 > E-mail : info(a)pran-bd.org, pranbd(a)bttb.net.bd > > www.pran-bd.org > > > > Pia Waugh wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > SFD2008 is around the corner - Saturday 20 September - and team > > registrations are now open! The first 300 teams registered before the > 15th > > July will receive a SFD team pack including SFD 2008 tshirts, button > pins, > > stickers and balloons, as well some useful resource CDs including some > > OpenEducation Discs (http://www.theopendisc.com/education/) a resource > DVD > > with artwork, documentation, presentation templates and video material, > and > > the option for some Ubuntu CDs. > > > > Additional T-shirts will also be available to purchase via our online > store, > > which will be open soon. > > > > You can register by visiting our registration page but don't forget that > you > > need to make your team page (or update your old page) *before* > registering. > > There is more information about how to form a team and how to register on > > the teams page on our wiki: > > > > http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html > > http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams > > > > Check out who has already registered on our new interactive world map! > > > > http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/map.shtml > > > > We wanted to change how people find teams so it was directly through the > map > > rather than by continent and then country due to your excellent feedback > > last year, so teams can simply be softwarefreedomday.org/team rather > than a > > really long url. If you already have a team page you can create a new > page > > and shift all your data to the new page, or you can just link to your old > > events from your new page. We will also be ensuring team packages are > sent > > much earlier this year so you get them on time. We had about 20 packages > > returned to us last year from teams who put the incorrect address or > didn't > > pick up their packages so please ensure your address is 100% correct as > we > > can't check it! > > > > Good luck with your SFD 2008 preparations, and don't forget to pass the > > message around and get more teams involved! We had over 330 teams last > year > > and are anticipating over 500 this year! > > > > Thank you all for helping take software freedom to the streets and make a > > better world for everyone! After all, freedom isn't just for us geeks :) > > > > Cheers and happy planning! > > Pia and the SFI team > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > -- |=============| Regards, Abu Mohammad Omar Shehab Uddin Ayub (আবু মোহাম্মদ ওমর শেহাবউদ্দীন আইয়ুব) Software Engineer, Nilavo Technologies, Banani, Dhaka Bangladesh Open Source Network, Dhaka 2000 batch, Dept. of CSE, SUST www.nilavo.com www.bdosn.org www.sust.edu

June 2, 2008

Registration is open for Software Freedom Day 2008!

by Pia Waugh

Hi everyone, SFD2008 is around the corner - Saturday 20 September - and team registrations are now open! The first 300 teams registered before the 15th July will receive a SFD team pack including SFD 2008 tshirts, button pins, stickers and balloons, as well some useful resource CDs including some OpenEducation Discs (http://www.theopendisc.com/education/) a resource DVD with artwork, documentation, presentation templates and video material, and the option for some Ubuntu CDs. Additional T-shirts will also be available to purchase via our online store, which will be open soon. You can register by visiting our registration page but don't forget that you need to make your team page (or update your old page) *before* registering. There is more information about how to form a team and how to register on the teams page on our wiki: http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams Check out who has already registered on our new interactive world map! http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/map.shtml We wanted to change how people find teams so it was directly through the map rather than by continent and then country due to your excellent feedback last year, so teams can simply be softwarefreedomday.org/team rather than a really long url. If you already have a team page you can create a new page and shift all your data to the new page, or you can just link to your old events from your new page. We will also be ensuring team packages are sent much earlier this year so you get them on time. We had about 20 packages returned to us last year from teams who put the incorrect address or didn't pick up their packages so please ensure your address is 100% correct as we can't check it! Good luck with your SFD 2008 preparations, and don't forget to pass the message around and get more teams involved! We had over 330 teams last year and are anticipating over 500 this year! Thank you all for helping take software freedom to the streets and make a better world for everyone! After all, freedom isn't just for us geeks :) Cheers and happy planning! Pia and the SFI team -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "I dig your vibe." - Rove McManus to Ice T

June 1, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Quick question....

by alan c

Pia Waugh wrote: > Hi Arron, > > <quote who="Arron M Finnon"> > >> One of our members has offered to burn a number of Linux Mint CD's and [...] > For me personally I was using > FOSS for a couple of years before the broader socio-economic impacts and the > importance of software freedom really hit me, so it'd be unfair to expect > newcomers to get all of it in a few minutes :) Exactly similar for me. I have been a committed linux and foss user for some years and a sfd activist, however, it was only when I spent several hours(!) watching a richard stallman video (his talk at manchester recently note 1) that I realised the full meaning of it all! If I can miss the full meaning or freedom then a wannabee newbie certainly can. I recall it took me a long time before starting linux use, and there were enough initial hurdles to cross. I like the idea of getting people started asap, then taking the hurdles step by step. Note 1: Free Software in Ethics and Society - Richard Stallman - Manchester 1st May 2008 http://manchester.fsuk.org/blog/2008/05/06/free-software-in-ethics-and-soci… -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 Linux user #360648

June 1, 2008

Software Freedom Day website statistics

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, I hadn't done this to date, but I was looking at the visitors we had to sfd.org last year and wow, I was really pleased :) >From Sept 30 2006 to Sept 30 2007 we had 67,307 visitors. Just to put this in context, we only had web traffic counted from May till September 2007 with 40,000 of those visitors in the month of September 2007 and an average of 183 visits a day in spite of only monitoring for 5 months.. >From Sept 30th last year till now we have already had 47,174 unique visitors and an average 192 visits a day, so we can expect a much higher turnaround of unique visitors this year! So make sure you register your teams as soon as it is announced (any day now!) and ensure you update your team pages. Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/

May 30, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Quick question...Re: Quick question...

by alan c

Arron M Finnon wrote: > Mint is just one disc someone offered to burn, we've held a couple of > events before and the LiveCD's are always popular. The open disc is > something we have also planned to give out as well, i personally think > it's a great project, and sometimes it's easy to think as a Linux guy > the free and open source software is Linux, and forget that there is a > lot for a windows friends too Yes. A convenient 'way in' for lots of things, including FOSS, can be through the Windows........ :-) -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 Linux user #360648

May 30, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Quick question....

by Arron M Finnon

Hi Pia I like that a lot and i thank you for the tip, i imagine i'll be using that line a fair bit. Thanks for sharing dude > Actually, this made me remember something that worked really well for > the > last few SFD events I've been involved in locally. We found that the > term > "socially responsibly software" was a great was to start a > conversation with > someone and to get them in the right frame of mind to talk about the > freedom > aspects of FOSS rather than the cost. People were really intrigued > about the > concept of socially responsible software as many of the people we > spoke to > are quite disillusioned with technology and found this approach > refreshing. > > Hopefully that is helpful :) > > Cheers, > Pia -- Arron M Finnon President The UAD Linux Society www.thelinuxsociety.org.uk

May 30, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Quick question...Re: Quick question...

by Arron M Finnon

Mint is just one disc someone offered to burn, we've held a couple of events before and the LiveCD's are always popular. The open disc is something we have also planned to give out as well, i personally think it's a great project, and sometimes it's easy to think as a Linux guy the free and open source software is Linux, and forget that there is a lot for a windows friends too > In addition to Linux Live CDs, an obvious handout is the opendisc and > the openeducation disc > http://theopendisc.com/ > http://www.theopendisc.com/education/ > These are programs for Windows, which are good for > 1) informing about Open Source Free software > 2) being easy for most passers by to accept! -- Arron M Finnon President The UAD Linux Society www.thelinuxsociety.org.uk

May 30, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD 2008 Registration

by Frederic Muller

Hi Dave, Registration should be up within a few hours or days. We'll announce it to the list. Sorry for the inconvenience. Fred Software Freedom Day DK wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Any idea as to when registration will be opened for 2008? We at > WPLUG.org are looking forward to participating. > > Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > >

May 30, 2008

Re: [SFD-discuss] Quick question....

by Fabian Rodriguez

Arron M Finnon wrote: > Hi Guys, > > Just a quick enquiry about software we would like to give out at > Software Freedom Day. > > One of our members has offered to burn a number of Linux Mint CD's and > DVD'd to give out at the event, coupled with a howto guide to show how > to install it. > > One of our other members thinks we can't do that because Linux Mint > comes with Proprietary media codecs. > The mere fact it's illegal in many places should be the end of the discussion. Another thing I don't want to promote is the use of patented software. I would have thought that to be obvious by now, specially on this list, but I'll gladly help getting more information to understand this. It's an important part of the questions we get everytime we promote any free software in Quebec (and Colombia, in my personal case). Cheers, Fabian

May 30, 2008