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List of countries for this year's T-shirt back design
by jmC8 June 1, 2009

June 1, 2009

Hi SFDers, I might have overlooked something so please check the list below to find out if your country is not included yet... List of countries in w/c at least 1 team celebrated an SFD event at least once since 2004 Albania • Austria • Australia • Argentina • Bangladesh • Belgium Belize • Benin • Brazil • Brunei • Bulgaria • Burundi • Cambodia • Cameroon Canada • Chile • China • Colombia • Congo • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire Croatia • Czech Republic • Denmark • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt El Salvador • Ethiopia • Finland • Fiji • France • Germany • Ghana • Greece Guatemala • Guinea • Guyana • Hungary • India • Indonesia • Iran • Ireland Israel • Italy • Japan • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Latvia • Lesotho • Lithuania Luxembourg • Macedonia • Malawi • Malaysia • Mauritius • Mexico Mongolia • Morrocco • Namibia • Nepal • New Zealand • Netherlands Nicaragua • Nigeria • Norway • Pakistan • Panama • Peru • Philippines Poland • Portugal • Qatar • Romania • Russia • Senegal Serbia and Montenegro • Sierra Leone • Singapore • Slovakia • Slovenia South Africa • Spain • Sri Lanka • Sudan Swaziland • Sweden • Switzerland Tanzania • Thailand • Togo • Trinidad and Tobago • Tunisia • Uganda Ukraine • United Arab Emirates • United Kingdom United States of America • Uruguay • Uzbekistan Venezuela • Vietnam • Zambia • Zimbabwe Cheers, JM Software Freedom Day

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/teams/oceania/au/Mount_Gambier
by Robert Farrar May 24, 2009

May 24, 2009

Hello, I have registered for this years Software Freedom Day 2009, but as yet have not received the email that contains the link to confirm & activate the registration. How long should/does it take for the email to be sent, it has now been 4 days ? Regards, Robert Farrar Limestone Coast (formally Mount Gambier) Software Freedom Day 2009 robert(a)secnet.net.au

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Software Freedom Day 2009: registration is open!
by Robert Schumann May 24, 2009

May 24, 2009

Hi SFD'ers, The season is open on registering for Software Freedom Day, which is happening this year on 19 September 2009. Check on our map<http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/2009/map.shtml>[1] to see if a team is registered near you - otherwise get yours together and register <http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html> [2]! (Don't forget that you need to make your team wiki page on http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams before registering) The first 200 teams registered *before Friday 10 July* will receive an SFD team pack including three SFD 2009 T-shirts, Ubuntu CDs, and a few other bits and pieces to support your day - we'll keep you posted on what's going into the pack. As usual, these packs are sent to teams all over the world with support from our sponsors: Canonical <http://www.ubuntu.com/> (the folks who bring you Ubuntu), Google <http://code.google.com/> and DKUUG<http://www.dkuug.dk/>(with additional help from Linode <http://www.linode.com/>, Zac-ware<http://www.zac-ware.com/products/freeway/>, Linux Magazine <http://www.linux-magazine.com/> and FSF<http://www.fsf.org/>). If you haven't taken part before, learn how to run a new event from our easy to read StartGuide <http://softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide> [3] - and if you have any questions, just email info(a)sf-day.org. Good luck with your SFD 2009 preparations, and don't forget to pass the message around and get more teams involved. We had over 550 teams last year and are anticipating over 700 this year! Thank you for connecting, creating and sharing! Robert President, Software Freedom International [1] http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/2009/map.shtml [2] http://cgi.softwarefreedomday.org/register.html [3] http://softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Para subscribirme (Asociacion civil Menteslibres)
by Peter Eisinger May 22, 2009

May 22, 2009

"Para subscribirme (Asociacion civil Menteslibres)" please, join up to spanish mailing list for team planning [1] thanx http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/planning-es -- Cordiales saludos, Peter Eisinger http://PreguntasLinux.Org Comunidad de Software Libre Foro GNU/Linux/FOSS/*NIX Support Installfest FLISoL SFD http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/global/preguntaslinux http://flisol.net FLISOL 2010 Sáb 24 de Abril

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Para subscribirme
by Asociacion civil Menteslibres May 22, 2009

May 22, 2009

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ABUBACKER S has sent you a private message
by ABUBACKER S April 27, 2009

April 27, 2009

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SFD Logo
by Thilo Pfennig April 4, 2009

April 4, 2009

Hi, I found that SFD does not have a stable logo but rather a new banner every year. I think the DFD has a much simpler and recognizable logo. The dove. I would suggest that we will create one simple logo, also? This logo we could use in every new SFD. BTW. who did the theme for the SFD wiki? Regards, Thilo

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Help needed: Artwork for SFD '09 team starter pack (schwag); Do we need to change the SFD logo font?
by jmC8 April 2, 2009

April 2, 2009

Hi all, Good day! We at SFI would like to seek the assistance of the whole SFD community on coming up with the final artwork that we could use for the goodies to be distributed for SFD '09 and beyond. According to the initial feedback that Fred got from here (SFD-discuss mailing-list), most teams would want T-shirts, CDs/DVDs (FOSS compilations and a resource DVD), generic SFD (A2-sized) posters, balloons, stickers, and button pins/badges. Before we move on to the specifics about what Artwork we would like to have for each of those stuff, I, in behalf of SFI would like to consult with all of you first if there's a need for us to change the font that we have been using for the SFD logo since 2005. As some/most of you might be aware of, the current logo font (Libel suit) that we are using is just a free (as in beer) font and not a free (as in speech) or open font. On a side note, if I'm not mistaken, the SFD logo that we've used in the first worldwide SFD celebration back in 2004 as depicted in this archived image file<http://web.archive.org/web/20040801002506/www.softwarefreedomday.org/layout…>, uses the Sans font from the GNU FreeFont<http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/>collection. Back to my main query about the SFD logo font, should we decide to change the logo font (I do hope that we should), perhaps the listing from the Free Font Compilation made from the Debian GNU/Linux distribution<http://fonts.debian.net/>would provide a good kick start for this purpose. We still have until the end of the month to decide on this. We would like to get as many feedback or sample logo works as possible from all/most of you before then. Thanks! JM Software Freedom Day

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Open documents in support of software freedom
by Robert Schumann March 21, 2009

March 21, 2009

Software Freedom International, the worldwide organizer of the annual Software Freedom Day, encourages all SFD teams to support the Document Freedom Day 2009 (DFD 2009) celebration (http://documentfreedom.org/) on 25 March 2009. DFD 2009 aims to raise awareness on the importance of accessible document formats and open standards in everyone's day to day activities. Open standards are agreed document definitions which are available to the public to review and use. They cannot depend on formats or protocols that are not open standards themselves. The definitions of these open standards are free from legal and technical restrictions that limit their use, and can be easily implemented in multiple environments - so they can be used on PCs, iPods, Playstations and whatever computing environments we'll be using in 50 years time. Open standards protect governments, businesses and the wider community of computer users from vendor and data lock-ins. Such lock-ins obstruct users from exercising their full freedom in software and the information they access. Computers have only become part of daily life in the last twenty or thirty years, and yet already there are documents that, due to closed formats, we are unable to easily access using modern software. Software freedom will not be complete without open standards and open document formats. Together, they ensure that free and open source software can be created and developed to implement open standards to benefit millions of users worldwide. The Software Freedom Day and Document Freedom Day teams are united in advancing information and software freedom for everyone. Find out where your closest DFD 2009 team is by visiting the website ( http://documentfreedom.org/) - and if there isn't one, why not plan your own event? REFERENCE: Rick Bahague rick(a)cp-union.com Publicity officer, Software Freedom International

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Software Freedom Day needs your technical expertise
by Robert Schumann March 16, 2009

March 16, 2009

Software Freedom Day is looking for an innovative TECHNICAL STRATEGY DIRECTOR with strong IT skills to help bring software freedom to new audiences around the world. Software Freedom International (SFI), the organisation behind Software Freedom Day, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit company registered in New Hampshire, USA. We have been organising SFD since 2004 and have supported events in over 90 countries since then. The position of Technical Strategy Director offers the opportunity to serve our community of over 500 team leaders and thousands more software freedom enthusiasts, as well as gain exposure and experience in developing the online presence of Software Freedom Day. Like all positions at SFI, this is a voluntary position with no remuneration apart from reimbursement of approved costs; we may at our discretion make funds available to enable a suitable candidate to develop their technical skills or acquire relevant qualifications. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.... The chosen candidate may be appointed to the board of SFI, but in any case will be required to join in SFI's regular board meetings (which take place every 1-2 weeks via IRC or telephone). The specific responsibilities of the role are to - arrange sysadmin of servers - hold passwords and access to domain names and other key infrastructure - implement online strategy including web and email platforms and our online shop - implement a team registration system, or upgrade the existing system - coordinate web design (in cooperation with our Media & Design officer) - enable collection of metrics including web stats, membership and mailing list subscribers - implement issue tracking (RT) system - facilitate i18n and l10n of online presence We would like the Technical Strategy Director to enable us to reach a broader community, including those without experience of programming. As such the chosen candidate should have ideas about how to use various online tools – including social networking, instant messaging, data mashups, online video and RSS – to promote SFD. The ideal candidate will have some experience of online content management systems for community development. However, we anticipate that they will work with a team (or with SFD partners) to actually execute most tasks and may therefore not need to devote time and energy to programming and web design unless they choose to do so. They will work alongside the SFI team, and particularly the President, the media and design officer and the publicity officer. The successful candidate will be invited to work with SFI at least until December 2009, and beyond that if possible. HOW TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED... Please send a CV or summary of relevant experience to robert(a)softwarefreedomday.org, with the words "Application: SFI technical strategy" in the email subject line. Please highlight any experience that is relevant to the specific responsibilities listed above. The deadline for submissions is 22 March 2009. Any questions regarding this position should be directed to info(a)softwarefreedomday.org.

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