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Re: [SFD-discuss] [SFD-announce] Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead
by shirish शिरीष July 6, 2010

July 6, 2010

in-line :- On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 07:31, Frederic Muller <fred(a)beijinglug.org> wrote: > Dear SFD supporters, Dear Frederic, > We've been graciously granted a VPS by Linode (www.linode.com) to host > our platform, which has been scattered here and there so far. Until now > Canonical was providing the support for our web platform, but technical > details have been preventing us from upgrading a 3 years old wiki in > dear need of a lifting! > > So I extend my thanks to both Canonical who have been supporting us > since the early days and has just renewed their commitment to SFD in > 2010, and to Linode with whom we have slow migrated stuff over time. > Both companies have been extremely responsive to our needs and it's a > real pleasure dealing with them. > > This also means we'll still be getting loads of free Ubuntu CDs shipped > to each teams again this year, and that we'll be migrating our sites and > various services over the coming days. We might definitely experience > some outage (or maybe not). One thing which has been giving us headaches > so far was our mailing lists and we're planning to phase them out in the > short term, except from announcements. > > We're also looking for volunteers to help us add an Free Software > alternative to Google Maps and provide access to OpenStreetMaps. If > anyone has experience implementing an API similar to what we have so far > (http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/2009/map.shtml ), please do contact us. > > That will be all for now and we hope you're starting to get ready for > this year SFD. > > Thank you all. > > Warm regards, > > Frederic Muller > SFI President > Software Freedom Day 2010 happening on Saturday September 18th, 2010 > The announcements are terrific. I, alongwith all the other SFD supporters would be looking forward to what new you and your team of developers/volunteers do bring to the table. One of the things I would be looking for a. An openid single-on sign on to wiki :- This would make it easier for both me as well as people at the other end of the stream (Sponsors and other contributors) to know the history of persons and teams. As I am and have been working with different teams it makes sense to be able to compile all my activity at one username. b. Tagging :- This should also make it easy for people to find content. c. Filtering through cities :- Right now its pretty hard to get a good filter and contact details of SFD contributors based in other cities/countries. As I usually am on the move every few months I would like to meet and talk with other SFD contributors as well. Right now, that's a hard task in the existing way. I'm sorry if I've not been able to articulate my need (features) but do look forward to the new wiki. Is there a time-line when the new wiki and other things are in place? September is just 3 months away and packing and sending schwag does take quite a bit of time (previous years experiences ). Also posted the same about the site revamp announcement on the blog. http://wp.me/pfuZu-eQ I do hope you also think of having the mailing list and its archives also put up on the main page of the new site. > _______________________________________________ > SFD-announce mailing list > SFD-announce(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-announce -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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Sponsorship confirmed and testing ahead
by Frederic Muller June 6, 2010

June 6, 2010

Dear SFD supporters, We've been graciously granted a VPS by Linode (www.linode.com) to host our platform, which has been scattered here and there so far. Until now Canonical was providing the support for our web platform, but technical details have been preventing us from upgrading a 3 years old wiki in dear need of a lifting! So I extend my thanks to both Canonical who have been supporting us since the early days and has just renewed their commitment to SFD in 2010, and to Linode with whom we have slow migrated stuff over time. Both companies have been extremely responsive to our needs and it's a real pleasure dealing with them. This also means we'll still be getting loads of free Ubuntu CDs shipped to each teams again this year, and that we'll be migrating our sites and various services over the coming days. We might definitely experience some outage (or maybe not). One thing which has been giving us headaches so far was our mailing lists and we're planning to phase them out in the short term, except from announcements. We're also looking for volunteers to help us add an Free Software alternative to Google Maps and provide access to OpenStreetMaps. If anyone has experience implementing an API similar to what we have so far (http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/2009/map.shtml ), please do contact us. That will be all for now and we hope you're starting to get ready for this year SFD. Thank you all. Warm regards, Frederic Muller SFI President Software Freedom Day 2010 happening on Saturday September 18th, 2010

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

May 25, 2010

Open, I'd like to share approved contacts with you on Boxbe Here's the link: https://www.boxbe.com/register?tc=2927910075_2104690472 -shamashuddin This message was sent at the request of snattar1968(a)gmail.com. If you want to opt-out of invitations from Boxbe members, use this link: https://www.boxbe.com/unsubscribe?email=sfd-discuss@sf-day.org&tc=292791007… Boxbe, Inc. | 2390 Chestnut Street #201 | San Francisco, CA 94123

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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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