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Press release
by Pia Waugh 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Hi all, Software Freedom International will be doing a press release early next week about SFD 2008 (as will several of our sponsors). I wanted to give the community a chance to: a) post to the list any amazing preparations, or expectations for the event. Any big names participating, or Government announcements? b) give everyone a chance to update their event pages before we get some press. We already are seeing a much greater build up of website interest this year than last year, and it looks like we may hit 500 teams this year, with over 400 already registered and many more expected! c) do your own press releases. We are almost 2 weeks out, so get out to the local radio, newspapers, and other media for the final build up of interest and participation! Thanks all and happy planning! Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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Request for contact from Polish SFD teams
by Przemysław Kulczycki 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Everyone from SFD teams in Poland is invited to contact me to coordinate promotion of SFD events in our country. Osoby z polskich teamów SFD które jeszcze się ze mną nie skontaktowały proszone są o kontakt. -- ## Przemysław Kulczycki <<>> Azrael Nightwalker ## # jabber: azrael[na]jabster.pl | tlen: azrael29a # ### www: http://reksio.ftj.agh.edu.pl/~azrael/ ###

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Planet SFD - send us your blogs/newsfeeds!
by Rakesh Ganatra 14 Sep '08

14 Sep '08

Hello Pia, please add my blog, Name:Open Source University Meetup at BITS-Pilani,Goa Campus (BITSOSUM) Blog URL: http://bitsosum.blogspot.com/ Feed URL: http://bitsosum.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default Hackergotchi : attached with the mail (hope this one doesnt bounce)

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New look for planet SFD
by Pia Waugh 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Hi all, Our wonderful board member Phil Harper has created a cool look for the SFD planet! thakns Phil! http://planet.softwarefreedomday.org/ Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free." - Bill Hicks

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Software Freedom Day Cleveland Conference
by boscagarda-meetup2345d＠yahoo.com 13 Sep '08

13 Sep '08

Howdy Yall! I have waited to say too much until we had some things in place. But our plans for Software Freedom Day Cleveland are moving along. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we had to set the date much later than the rest of yall will be celebrating. But we have a great team on board to help us make a knock out conference. We are shooting for an attendance of about 200 to 250 including volunteers for an all day conference. We've already got sponsors signing on and more work is being done to encourage more sponsorship. We're definitely looking for speakers if you would be interested. We will have more posted on this shortly. To see our announcement and then links to our sites just go to: http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/ClevelandOhio Of course I want to thank everyone that is involved with helping us. The volunteers are reallying starting to pull together to give us the help we need. Thanks to yall for setting up this on a global scale, as it helps us to be part of something much larger than ourselves. Many Kind Regards, Joseph James Frantz (Aoirthoir)

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Shuttleworth and Phipps added to SFD Planet
by Pia Waugh 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

Hi all, barely 14 hours after launching the SFD planet, we already have 10 feeds added, including Mark Shuttleworth and Simon Phipps. Send us your feeds everyone! And your hackergotchi's! Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "We all pay for life with death, so everything in between should be free." - Bill Hicks

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Change event coordinates?
by gk＠fsfe.org 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

Hello everyone, When I registered our team, we did not know where exactly our event will take place, so I set the coordinates in this Google Maps applet to the center of our city. Now that we know the exact location I would like to correct this. How do I do that, or whom do I have to contact? Thanks in advance! Regards, georg -- We could change the world if god gave us the source.

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SFD08 shirts for sale!
by Pia Waugh 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

Hi all, please purchase your sfd08 shirts here: http://sfd.openfreeway.org/ Sales only open for another few days so get in soon! All proceeds go to supporting teams around the world with goodies for their events. Cheers, Pia -- Software Freedom Day 2007 http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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New resources, planet and other exciting SFD news
by Pia Waugh 12 Sep '08

12 Sep '08

Hi all, Just a few tidbits for everyone's general interest: * We now have a load of new resources up on the front page of SFD for teams http://softwarefreedomday.org/ * We've launched the SFD planet and are rapidly having new rss feeds sent to us. Please send us your blog/news feeds that are relevant to software freedom asap! http://planet.softwarefreedomday.org/ * We've hit the 500 teams mark! Granted there are a few replications, but we have hit our target with a week to go! So much freedom! * We are launching a reporting form for teams to fill in by the end of the week, which is also where they will submit their competition entries. We currently have 3 pairs of OLPC XOs as prizes but more prizes may arise :) Competition details here: http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008 The website statistics are booming! Loads of people are coming to check out the site and the team pages. The top 10 countries visiting SFD are: 1 United States 2 Brazil 3 Greece 4 India 5 Australia 6 Colombia 7 Nicaragua 8 Argentina 9 China 10 Philippines And loads of teams are busily updating pages, and putting out their own press releases: http://softwarefreedomday.org/Media So, please get your last minute press releases, blog posts and other shout-outs going! Thanks everyone! Cheers, Pia -- OLPC Australia http://olpc.org.au/ Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ Open Source Industry Australia http://osia.net.au/ Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/ "The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet." - William Gibson

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Ubuntu LoCo, OLPC, and electronics hackers join for SFD
by Kevin Cole 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

Greetings from Brain-Washington, DC. Pia suggested I forward my message on to this list, and so, without further ado: This will be the Ubuntu DC LoCo's fourth year doing SFD (albeit not exactly on the right day), and the third at the Takoma Park Folk Festival. In addition to being the team contact for the Ubuntu DC LoCo, I'm also involved with the OLPC Learning Club DC, and HacDC -- a hardware/electronics hacking group with many Free Software advocates. I invited them to join us at the Takoma Park Folk Festival. So, this year, there will be three tech tables instead of just one. Together we're adding "Folk Tech-ery" ("Folk Geek-ery"?) to the "Folk Music" and "Folk Art" of the festival. ;-) References: 00. http://tpff.org/ 01. http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/ 10. http://olpclearningclub.org/ 11. http://hacdc.org/ -- Ubuntu Linux DC LoCo Washington, DC http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/

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