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good luck "Janet Hawtin"

by xolani Ndlovu

good luck "Janet Hawtin" i was also invited by the Bulawayo polytechnic marketing society to give a speech on IT in business today and my speech was titled OPEN SOURCE A BUSINESS ADVANTAGE. Lets shout out loud for software freedom. -- member of OpenSourceBulawayo

July 17, 2007

Free SFD 2007 tshirts in Second Life

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, an Australia FOSS developer, Chris Yeoh has created a virtual SFD 2007 tshirt for anyone in Second Life. You can check it out at: http://www.ozlabs.org/~cyeoh/diary.cgi/2007/07/16#sfd07_virtual Cool work :) As people are doing their prep for SFD07 please feel free to share more ideas like this so everyone can join in the fun. (For the record, although the SL engine isn't FOSS yet, there is a GPL'd client, several parts of the rendering engine components and talk of the entire thing being GPL'd eventually. Plus it is an avenue into a large online community of people who can all learn about Software Freedom :) Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ "Women hold up half the sky." - Mao Tse Tung

July 16, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD graphics

by Judy Wilson

There are graphics you can use on the SFD website. There is an Artwork section on the home page. Modify and create your own if you like! Email me if there is something special you'd like judy at corozal dot com. Make the subject SFD graphics so it won't so in the spam box, but I do check that. Judy in Belize Przemysław Kulczycki wrote: > Hi! > Can we get the SFD graphics (logo, sun graphic, etc...) to build our > local SFD page? > Is there anything like a build-your-sfd-page kit? > Greetz > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss

July 15, 2007

SFD graphics

by Przemysław Kulczycki

Hi! Can we get the SFD graphics (logo, sun graphic, etc...) to build our local SFD page? Is there anything like a build-your-sfd-page kit? Greetz -- -\ Przemek Kulczycki <--> Azrael Nightwalker /- -/ #==> KNI AE <==> CLUG <==> Ubuntu-PL <==# \- -\ >> jabber id: azrael(a)jabber.autocom.pl << /- -/ > http://reksio.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~azrael/ < \-

July 15, 2007

Fwd: SFD Publicity - WIN TV interview

by Janet Hawtin

W00t! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Ruwoldt (wrk) <ruwoldtp(a)internode.on.net> Hi All I have been contacted by WIN TV for an interview re the SFD event at Grant High. The appointment is for 11:30am at the school. Hopefully we will get to talk about * what SFD is for, * why Grant High is hosting it and Penola High also gives out Open CD's to all students * the GTWT stand at the IT Techno Expo in Naracoorte on Aug 31st as a precursor to the SFD event and another way to check this stuff out If you happen to be at a loose end then maybe I'll see you there. If not hopefully someone has a way of making a digital copy of the news item when/if it is published. Cheers Peter -- Free and Open education for all Peter Ruwoldt Grant High School Hosking Avenue MOUNT GAMBIER SA 5290 P. 08 87263107 (Do not leave voice mail) F. 08 87250173 ruwoldtp(a)granths.sa.edu.au http://www.watiwara.com/

July 13, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Finding out what items are on the way

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, <quote who="Pia Waugh"> > A few questions have come up about schwag and I am discussing this with the > Board at the moment and will come back to you all with exactly what is > happening, how to find out what your team is getting and where we are up to. My bad, I should have read _all_ my email before responding. Thanks to Robert for his prompt response to everyone! Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong to us all and the earth itself to nobody." - Jean Jacques Rosseau

July 11, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Finding out what items are on the way

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, <quote who="Robert Schumann"> > Also, Pia slipped up when she said that the registration email you received > contained a summary of your request - at the moment, the email is simply an > acknowledgement of registration. This is something we will change in the > registration email next year: it will include all your registration > information. Sorry everyone! > However, unofficially I can answer the original question about what you will > be receiving: > * T-shirts: each team will get 3. > * Ubuntu CDs: we will try to send as many as you asked for; the options > available were 0, 10, 20, 240, 60, 100, >100. If you asked for more than > 100, we will decide on the basis of your event plan how to allocate > additional CDs - although we're unlikely to be able to offer more than 100. > * The Open CD: as for Ubuntu CDs, except the choices were 0, 10, 20, >25. Plus stickers and balloons for everyone :) A big thanks to our Logistics Manager, Robert, who is doing an outstanding job! Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/

July 11, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Finding out what items are on the way

by Pia Waugh

Hi all, <quote who="Noven Purnell-Webb"> > Hi Pia. I can't seem to find an email confirming that my registration went > through or stating what I had asked for. This is most likely due to > overzealous mail folder purging, but just to put my mind at ease could you > confirm that "The Copley Crew" is properly and officially registered? A few questions have come up about schwag and I am discussing this with the Board at the moment and will come back to you all with exactly what is happening, how to find out what your team is getting and where we are up to. Be sure that we will make sure you all have as great a Software Freedom Day as we can possibly support :) Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ "We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution." - Bill Hicks

July 11, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Finding out what items are on the way

by Przemys?aw Kulczycki

Pia Waugh pisze: > <quote who="Daniel Faulknor"> > >> Is there any way to find out what, out of what we requested, is going to be >> sent to us? so we know what to purchase next to that. > > You should have received an email when you registered stating exactly what > you asked for. If you can't find that email, please let us know. My registration email doesn't include any information about what I asked for. It just confirmed that my team is registered. -- -\ Przemek Kulczycki <--> Azrael Nightwalker /- -/ #==> KNI AE <==> CLUG <==> Ubuntu-PL <==# \- -\ >> jabber id: azrael(a)jabber.autocom.pl << /- -/ > http://reksio.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~azrael/ < \-

July 11, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] Finding out what items are on the way

by Robert Schumann

Hi all, Melissa: apologies for sowing confusion as regards what we're sending to teams. The email you refer to was intended to determine how teams felt about receiving a CD with useful free resources, either in addition to or as a substitute for The Open CD. Previous registrations are in no way invalidated, particularly since we have, on the basis of responses to that email, decided that we will not be changing the team supplies at all (although that's not been announced yet, as you point out). Also, Pia slipped up when she said that the registration email you received contained a summary of your request - at the moment, the email is simply an acknowledgement of registration. This is something we will change in the registration email next year: it will include all your registration information. However, unofficially I can answer the original question about what you will be receiving: * T-shirts: each team will get 3. * Ubuntu CDs: we will try to send as many as you asked for; the options available were 0, 10, 20, 240, 60, 100, >100. If you asked for more than 100, we will decide on the basis of your event plan how to allocate additional CDs - although we're unlikely to be able to offer more than 100. * The Open CD: as for Ubuntu CDs, except the choices were 0, 10, 20, >25. These will all be dispatched around the first week of August; additional Open CDs and T-shirts will be available for purchase through the website ( http://sfd.zac-ware.com/) until the end of July. We may continue selling shirts and CDs after that, although the price may go up (to account for changes in shipping arrangements) and they may not get to you before SFD. The official announcement about supplies, dates and deadlines will be sent to the SFD-announce mailing list soon. I hope that answers your questions... let me know if there's anything I left out. Robert. On 7/11/07, Melissa Draper <melissa(a)meldraweb.com> wrote: > > Pia Waugh wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > > > <quote who="Daniel Faulknor"> > > > >> Is there any way to find out what, out of what we requested, is going > to be > >> sent to us? so we know what to purchase next to that. > > > > You should have received an email when you registered stating exactly > what > > you asked for. If you can't find that email, please let us know. > > > > Cheers, > > Pia > > > > I think there may also the factor of confusion with a number of the > teams, especially following the discussion last month about changing > what is being sent/offered to teams, following the email sent by Robert > Schumann that started: > > "The organisers of Software Freedom Day have been discussing making some > changes to the supplies we will be making available to SFD teams this > year."[0] > > This added the possibility that our orders for this year may be no > longer valid, or that is at least how I interpreted it. > > I do not recall there being an outcome of this discussion announced, and > there is no trace of one on the announce list. Was there a decision made? > > [0] http://mail.sf-day.org/pipermail/sfd-discuss/2007-June/000161.html > > -- > Sincerely > Melissa Draper > > http://www.meldraweb.com > > Phone: 0404 595 395 > (intl): +61 404 595 395 > > P.O Box 1412 > Lavington, NSW 2641 > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

July 11, 2007