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shamashuddin attar invites you to use Boxbe
by shamashuddin attar May 25, 2010

May 25, 2010

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Take a look at my photos on Facebook
by Sridhar Gutam Feb. 19, 2010

Feb. 19, 2010

Hi Open, I set up a Facebook Profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own profile. Thanks, Sridhar To join Facebook, please follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=1353559150&k=Z316325ZP5TF61MGTKWUT5PQUSFFVZ… Already have an account? Add this email address to your account http://www.facebook.com/n/?merge_accounts.php&e=sfd-discuss@sf-day.org&c=1e… was invited to join Facebook by Sridhar Gutam. If you do not wish to receive this type of email from Facebook in the future, please click on the link below to unsubscribe. http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=5a1af4&u=1029759895&mid=1e8284cG3d60e397G0G8 Facebook's offices are located at 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304.

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Competition 2009 is ON!
by Frederic Muller Dec. 4, 2009

Dec. 4, 2009

Dear Team Leaders, With a bit of delay we have just open the Best SFD Event competition for 2009! Please visit http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2009 for the condition and report your event as soon as possible. You have until December 31, 2009 but don't wait for the last minute. We're still looking for prizes (and I'm sure we'll find something cool this year), but no matter what the awards will be given, and it's always nice for your team to know you performed so well. Thank you and looking forward to read the submissions! Kind regards, Frederic Muller - on behalf of SFI team -

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Software Freedom International: taking on 2010!
by Robert Schumann Dec. 1, 2009

Dec. 1, 2009

Hi SFDers, The SFI annual meeting took place today, at which I stepped down as President and a new board was elected. Congratulations to the following people who will be taking charge of SFD in 2010: * Terri Molini * Pockey Lam * Alexjan Carraturo * Silvia Aimasso * Quiliro Ordóñez * Jan Husar* * JM Bitanga* * Frederic Muller* * Matt Oquist* (* denotes those who were re-elected to the board) Fred Muller was chosen to be the next President of SFI - congratulations to him and to all the other board members. I wish them luck in taking SFD to ever greater heights! I'd like to thank all those of you who've worked on events around the world to take software freedom to the masses; it's been very rewarding to represent SFD and make this fantastic global event happen every year. Please do give the new board your support, and if you'd like to see them do something differently - contact them and let them know! The full meeting transcript, for those interested, can be viewed here<http://softwarefreedomday.org/sfi/AnnualMeeting2009> . Regards and best wishes for the upcoming festive season, Robert.

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SFD Annual Meeting: 1 December, 1200UTC on IRC
by Robert Schumann Nov. 29, 2009

Nov. 29, 2009

Hi SFDers, How would you like to have a say in the running of Software Freedom Day? Software Freedom International is holding its annual meeting on Tuesday 1 December at 12.00 UTC (that's 20.00 in Beijing and 07.00 in New York). We'll be electing a new board, as well as discussing plans for the future - and we're always open to contributions from members of the community who'd like to help out making things happen! The meeting will be happening on IRC (channel #sfd-meeting on irc.freenode.net) The names of people who've previously indicated they'd like to attend, and those who are interested in being on the board, are shown at the bottom of this email. Let me know if you'd like your name added. Regards, Robert Schumann President, Software Freedom International ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following SFI 2009 board members are standing for re-election: * Frederic Muller * Matt Oquist * Jan Husar * Phil Harper The following people would like to attend and have also expressed an interest in being on the board of SFI for 2010: * Terri Molini * Rishabh Rao * L. Ramkumar * Jorge Eduardo Mariño Indaburu * Jean Paul NKURUNZIZA * Alexjan Carraturo * Alhassan Aliyu Moh'd * Quiliro Ordonez * A. Mani * Pockey Lam * Prince Annan Koomson * Bridget Foromozo The following people have expressed interest in attending the meeting: * Ranjith Suriyakula * RJ Ian S.Sevilla * Niharika Vaish * Debora Badilla * Pradeep Panigrahi * Idriss Marcial Monthe * David Crist * Vidyaratha Kissoon * Misheck Mutuzana * Tomasz 'Zen' Napierala * Francisco Rojas * Paul Bartell * Joe Smith * Ashish Bhatia * Samer Azmy * Anton Siswo Raharjo Ansori * Sylvie Siyam * Francisco Gomez

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PARTCIPATING IN THE MEETING
by misheck mutuzana Nov. 4, 2009

Nov. 4, 2009

Dear Robert, My name is Misheck Mutuzana, i have been working with colleagues on the Copperbelt province in Zambia to give awareness to schools, community about open source software. I have done several workshops in open source software (Ubuntu version - Open office writer, open office calc, open office impress etc). I also particpated in the recent Software Freedom Day were we met with teachers from different schools. We distributed ubuntu software to schools on the coperbelt. Regards Misheck Mutuzana Coordinator SchoolNET Zambia - Mufulira Branch Copperbelt Region Copperbelt Coordinator - Global Teenager project (GTP) Member: OERtn, e-brain, CSZ, OSZ, Itrainer, Project Implementation Team -ENEDCO Email: mutuzana@yahoo.com,mutuzana@gmail.comSkype: misheckmutuzana +260 955-418926 /966-418926/977-418926 --- On Wed, 11/4/09, sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> wrote: > From: sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> > Subject: SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 37, Issue 3 > To: sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 7:00 AM > Send SFD-discuss mailing list > submissions to > sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' > to > sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sfd-discuss-owner(a)sf-day.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of SFD-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Fwd: You're invited to the > annual meeting of Software > Freedom International (Robert > Schumann) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:58:32 +0000 > From: Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> > Subject: [SFD-discuss] Fwd: You're invited to the annual > meeting of > Software Freedom > International > To: SFD announcements <sfd-announce(a)sf-day.org>, > Open discussions > about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > Message-ID: > <d58237a20911031258h50cf3948j3470208fb18f8db8(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello SFDers, > > It's just under 4 weeks to go until the SFI annual meeting > - please do let > us know if you'd like to join the meeting (1 December at > 1200UTC). > > Note that you only need to send information about yourself > if you'd like to > join the SFI board. If you would just like to participate > in the meeting, > all you need to do is email us at info(a)sf-day.org. > > Also email us know if there's anything you'd like to have > discussed at the > meeting, or if you have some great ideas for SFD 2010! > > Regards, > Robert > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> > Date: 2009/9/5 > Subject: You're invited to the annual meeting of Software > Freedom > International > To: SFD announcements <sfd-announce(a)sf-day.org> > > > Hi all, > > On Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 1200 UTC, Software Freedom > International will > be holding its annual "regular meeting" to review progress > to date and elect > the board for the following year. > > All team leaders are invited to join in this meeting, which > will take place > via IRC (freenode.net channel #sfd-meeting). If you'd like > to become more > involved in SFD, or have some comments that you'd like to > offer, then you > may be interested to attend the meeting and influence the > way that SFI > works. We will also be looking for new members to join the > board of SFD. > > If you'd like to join us, please send me via email > > - a short description (one sentence, if > appropriate) of your involvement > with SFD to date > - if you'd like to join the board of SFI, > please send a paragraph > describing how you would contribute to > the promotion of SFD > > For reference, we are looking for people with some > familiarity with open > source software and digital rights, some interest in > mobilising a global > community of free software enthusiasts, and possibly > contacts that might > help with the production of schwag (T-shirts, CDs) or > sponsorship. The main > requirements are enthusiasm and vision! > > This information must be sent to me before 17 November > 2009, and further > information about the meeting will be sent to those > individuals who would > like to participate. The meeting will be held publicly and > all are welcome > to attend, but only those who have contacted me will be > eligible to > contribute to the meeting. If you have any questions, feel > free to direct > these to me or info(a)sf-day.org. > > In the meantime, good luck with your preparations and > please do give some > thought to contributing to the global organisation that > goes into SFD! > > Regards, > > Robert > President, Software Freedom International >

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Fwd: You're invited to the annual meeting of Software Freedom International
by Robert Schumann Nov. 3, 2009

Nov. 3, 2009

Hello SFDers, It's just under 4 weeks to go until the SFI annual meeting - please do let us know if you'd like to join the meeting (1 December at 1200UTC). Note that you only need to send information about yourself if you'd like to join the SFI board. If you would just like to participate in the meeting, all you need to do is email us at info(a)sf-day.org. Also email us know if there's anything you'd like to have discussed at the meeting, or if you have some great ideas for SFD 2010! Regards, Robert ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Schumann <robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org> Date: 2009/9/5 Subject: You're invited to the annual meeting of Software Freedom International To: SFD announcements <sfd-announce(a)sf-day.org> Hi all, On Tuesday 1 December 2009 at 1200 UTC, Software Freedom International will be holding its annual "regular meeting" to review progress to date and elect the board for the following year. All team leaders are invited to join in this meeting, which will take place via IRC (freenode.net channel #sfd-meeting). If you'd like to become more involved in SFD, or have some comments that you'd like to offer, then you may be interested to attend the meeting and influence the way that SFI works. We will also be looking for new members to join the board of SFD. If you'd like to join us, please send me via email - a short description (one sentence, if appropriate) of your involvement with SFD to date - if you'd like to join the board of SFI, please send a paragraph describing how you would contribute to the promotion of SFD For reference, we are looking for people with some familiarity with open source software and digital rights, some interest in mobilising a global community of free software enthusiasts, and possibly contacts that might help with the production of schwag (T-shirts, CDs) or sponsorship. The main requirements are enthusiasm and vision! This information must be sent to me before 17 November 2009, and further information about the meeting will be sent to those individuals who would like to participate. The meeting will be held publicly and all are welcome to attend, but only those who have contacted me will be eligible to contribute to the meeting. If you have any questions, feel free to direct these to me or info(a)sf-day.org. In the meantime, good luck with your preparations and please do give some thought to contributing to the global organisation that goes into SFD! Regards, Robert President, Software Freedom International

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J-1 in Tunisia :)
by Ben Ammar Mossaab Nov. 1, 2009

Nov. 1, 2009

Hi All, I just wanted to annouce that we will celebrate SFD'09 tomorrow 31st in * Tunisia.* Everything is okay , everything in place and our 150 team members are all 100% ready for the big Day. --- Mossaab Ben Ammar SFD Tunisia Director

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To Robert and Pia
by Ben Ammar Mossaab Oct. 21, 2009

Oct. 21, 2009

Hi Robert, Pia, I am Mossaab Ben Ammar , team leader for SFD Tunisia fourth edition, I just want to tell you that we will celebrate SFD on 31 October. Is this possible and could we participate in the SFD competitions ? Thanks a lot. Regards -- Mossaab BEN AMMAR SFD Tunisia Team Leader

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linux magz
by xolani Ndlovu Oct. 5, 2009

Oct. 5, 2009

if anyone has information on how we can access the linux magazine please let us know .in zim they are hard to find. 2009/10/3 <sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org> > Send SFD-discuss mailing list submissions to > sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > sfd-discuss-request(a)sf-day.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > sfd-discuss-owner(a)sf-day.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of SFD-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Certificate of Gratitude (Edgar Hoffmann) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:25:15 +0200 > From: Edgar Hoffmann <kontakt(a)freiesoftwareog.org> > Subject: Re: [SFD-discuss] Certificate of Gratitude > To: Open discussions about SFD <sfd-discuss(a)sf-day.org> > Message-ID: <1254497115.5322.2.camel@ubuntu-desktop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Am Freitag, den 02.10.2009, 11:57 +0800 schrieb Frederic Muller: > > Seriously, we're discussing about SFD 2010 plans at the moment (among > > other things) and one of the 'features' we'd like to have for next year > > (and starting asap) is an repositories of all things SFDs such as > > presentations, artworks, PRs and so on, with an easy to navigation, find > > and upload interface, as well as a translation section so we could start > > preparing SFD 2010 now and not next summer. > Very good idea! > German translator(s) close at hand... > > Greetings from Germany > > Edgar "Fast Edi" Hoffmann > >

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