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Ubuntu CD Pack Surprise Custom Charges!!!
by karan pratap singh Aug. 31, 2011

Aug. 31, 2011

Hi all I met a guy from TNT courier service today, he came to my home demanding approximately 45 USD for Custom charges that were put on the value of the Ubuntu CDs pack I was supposed to get as a part of my SFD package.....I had ordered the max possible quantity of CDs that was possible while registration, and the CDs weigh about 6.7 KiloGrams....My friend in another state of India, also organizing SFD, received 60 CDs but did not get charged any custom fee! Are these charges even meant to be paid by us? Now, will SFD people reimburse me for this amount? Since we are college students and a bit tight with the budget, moreover we have already spent most of our money on booking a good venue for our SFD celebrations. The TNT guy said that if I do not pay him, then say goodbye to packages! -- regards, Karan Pratap Singh PULUG, Chandigarh, India

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SFD in Odessa (Ukraine)
by Дмитрий Сподарец Aug. 31, 2011

Aug. 31, 2011

Hi all, My name is Dmitry Spodarets. I am the organizer of 2011 FOSS Sea – The 4thAnnual International Free Software Developer & User Conference that will take place on September 16-18 in Odessa, Ukraine. The agenda will include a mini FOSS project show, and we have an idea of installing a Software Freedom Day presentation desk there. Unfortunately, we were a bit late to apply for the SFD pack, so we will highly appreciate if anyone can help us to get the goodies, either by sending them to us or by making a financial contribution so that we can produce the staff locally. We will be also very grateful if you place the info about our Conference on your websites. The event’s website is http://www.foss-sea.org.ua, but its English page is available at http://expopromoter.com/events/130502/iv_mezhdunarodnoy_konferentsii_foss_s… Speakers and FOSS projects (including in science & research) are welcome to join the event, as well as companies that have any FOSS-based solutions. P.S. Will be happy to meet/talk to organizers of FOSS conferences from other countries to share experience :) -- Sincerely, Dmitry Spodarets *icq:* 259980; *jabber:* m31(a)jabber.od.ua; *skype:* m31-rootua; * tel:* +38(063)735-35-26, +38(048)735-35-26, +38(050)391-28-70; * e-mail:* m31(a)root-ua.com; LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/spodarets>; twitter <https://twitter.com/m31_rootua>; FB<http://www.facebook.com/spodarets>; VK <http://vk.com/spodarets>; Google+<https://plus.google.com/102706876917088562000> ;

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SFD Package Received for Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
by Mark Walker Aug. 30, 2011

Aug. 30, 2011

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 An orange package from Breda, Netherlands arrived today. Total contents are as follows: 8 copies of Ubuntu 11.04 i386 CD 2 copies of Kubuntu 11.04 i386 CD We'll distribute these at FredLUG's participation in SFD 2011: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011/USA/VA/Fredericksburg/FredLUG Mark - -- Mark Caldwell Walker Contact info at marwalk.tel GnuPG public key AA482E46 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5cSpcACgkQfCKHDapILkaRUACfbLkl4zMLqHoFLu3+ClVd867Q zbYAnjDKy7t9jninKRPrCk1nw0FCYYea =L2nr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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free software & accessibility
by Ivan Shmakov Aug. 27, 2011

Aug. 27, 2011

>>>>> Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions(a)gmail.com> writes: [Cross-posting to both sfd-discuss@ and planning-ru@.] […] > GNU/Linux provides superior alternatives to JAWS - the only reason > more sight impaired people don't ditch MS is because they don't hear > about it - and because they get stupid advice (you need to learn > things - learning shouldn't be necessary). I wonder, could the upcoming Software Freedom Day be a kind of opportunity to spread the word of Free Software to them? Our team would probably have joined the deal, but, unfortunately, we don't apparently have anything to offer to the sight impaired at our disposal (no embossers, no Braille terminals, and I don't even know if the speech synthesizers provided with Debian support Russian.) [To the Russian teams: or do we have anything of this sort, actually?] […] -- FSF associate member #7257 Coming soon: Software Freedom Day http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/ planning-ru (ru), sfd-discuss (en)

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SFD Countdown Galician language added, howto activate it?
by José Manuel Ciges Regueiro Aug. 26, 2011

Aug. 26, 2011

Hello, I have just added the description page <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/CountDown/gl> with the source code (.tar.gz with the SVG files) and PNG images for having the SFD Countdown banner in galician language. Could you please activate it? When I try the following HTML it still does not work: <a href="http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/es/"><img src="http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/countdown/banner1-UTC+1-gl.png" border="0" width="190" height="200" alt="Celebra con nos o SFD este 17 de setembro"></a> Greetings from Galicia (Spain) -- Ciges

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Pack track number
by Alexjan Carraturo Aug. 26, 2011

Aug. 26, 2011

I was wondering if it was possible to have the number of parcels sent traking SFD (I'm not referring to the Ubuntu CD). If the case had already been stated, I apologize for not having properly read the information you have provided I thank you in advance cordially Alexjan Carraturo -- Alexjan Carraturo -- Free Software User Group Italia administrator (http://www.fsugitalia.org) Fedora/OpenSUSE Ambassador member of FSFE Italian Team Twitter/Facebook/Identica: axjslack Blog: http://axjslack.wordpress.com --

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Pack track number
by Seun Ojedeji Aug. 26, 2011

Aug. 26, 2011

I have received it too....though the tracking number included in the mail reports "not found" On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 6:12 PM, Marcelo Araldi <marcelo.araldi(a)yahoo.com.br > wrote: > i've receveid it too! > I believe it is the pack :) > > *Marcelo Araldi > me encontre na web! <http://about.me/marceloaraldi>* > * > * > > > > 2011/8/25 christopher avila <avila.christopher(a)gmail.com> > >> Hi Community: >> >> I've just received an email from "EngSupport.AHE(a)tnt.com"<EngSupport.AHE(a)tnt.com>regarding shipment sent to me by PROMESE NETHERLANDS B.V. >> Do you know if this is related to the SFD pack? >> >> thanks! >> >> KR///Mario Christopher >> >> >> On 24/08/2011 01:58 a.m., Pockey Lam wrote: >> >> On 08/24/2011 02:36 PM, Alexjan Carraturo wrote: >> >> I was wondering if it was possible to have the number of parcels sent >> traking SFD (I'm not referring to the Ubuntu CD). >> >> If the case had already been stated, I apologize for not having >> properly read the information you have provided >> >> >> The process of shipment tracking is rather complicated this year as we >> used a combination of different couriers in order to save cost. That means >> it involved more than one system / website to track the parcel depending on >> the countries. >> >> I would suggest let's be patient and wait until 10 September if any team >> still haven't received their team packs on 10 September, please drop me an >> email at pockey(at)softwarefreedomday(dot)org , I will be happy to provide >> help accordingly. I hope you understand. >> >> Pockey >> >> I thank you in advance >> cordially >> >> Alexjan Carraturo >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SFD-discuss mailing listSFD-discuss@sf-day.orghttp://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 >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Seun Ojedeji, System Analyst/Network Administrator University of Nigeria, Nsukka (Enugu Campus) web: http://www.unn.edu.ng Mobile: +2348035233535 Skype: seun.ojedeji alt email: seun.ojedeji(a)gmail.com* *you don't need a hero to succeed on the field....you need a team!*

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Team packs starting to arrive
by Frederic Muller - SFI Aug. 26, 2011

Aug. 26, 2011

Dear all, Just wanted to let you know that I have received messages from a few teams who have received the SFD team packs. Those teams are in: - Germany - Sri Lanka - Singapore - China People seem to be rather happy with the stuff... No sign of any Ubuntu CD pack yet though. Just wanted to let you know, it's time to keep those phone on during day time or watch your home mailbox. Fred

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An idea for a SFD Promotion
by Buddhika Kurera Aug. 26, 2011

Aug. 26, 2011

Hello All, I have an idea to produce a SFD promotional video. The idea is as follow as a draft. "We need to request SFD event hosting teams to say HAPPY SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY on their own language(this should be said with lot of energy and in an effective way). When they send us the video we can add all together and make a nice video containing all the countries and they say above in their language, via this we can send a strong feel about the spread of the SFD all over the globe." PLS forward comment and enhance the idea by adding yours too. Thanks -- Regards, *Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera* Fedora Ambassador Sri Lanka Event Liaison - Design Team

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(K)Ubuntu CDs arrived
by Marcos Marado Aug. 25, 2011

Aug. 25, 2011

They just arrived, yay! :-) -- Marcos Marado ANSOL.org

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