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Software Freedom Day Eve -- Sept. 19
by Larry Cafiero Sept. 4, 2008

Sept. 4, 2008

Hi, all -- We received our package from Canonical and our package from SFD -- thank you very much -- but we had a slight curve on our side about our location for Software Freedom Day activities. Since our networking lab isn't available anymore on Saturday, Sept. 20 -- long story -- we decided to push up our event a day (to Friday Sept. 19) in the evening, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., which is the normal time for our campus installfest/meeting. So while folks in Australia/New Zealand and East Asia are starting their events on Saturday, we too will be starting at the same time, 16 hours behind on U.S. Pacific Time on Friday evening. I thought I'd pass that on. Good luck to everyone going forward. Larry Cafiero, president Cabrillo College GNU/Linux Users Group Aptos, California, U.S.A.

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Top countries visiting softwarefreedomday.org
by Pia Waugh Sept. 3, 2008

Sept. 3, 2008

Hi all, thought this might be of interest for many of your :) The top 100 countries visiting softwarefreedomday.org for the last month. Visits 1 United States 1781 2 Australia 1158 3 Brazil 1032 4 India 960 5 Greece 778 6 Philippines 706 7 Nicaragua 526 8 Colombia 435 9 United Kingdom 433 10 Argentina 432 11 Germany 312 12 Venezuela 298 13 Canada 288 14 South Africa 255 15 Russia 254 16 Mexico 249 17 New Zealand 241 18 China 232 19 Chile 231 20 Italy 229 21 France 215 22 Senegal 206 23 Singapore 193 24 Netherlands 177 25 Spain 154 26 Ireland 150 27 Poland 147 28 Indonesia 143 29 Norway 139 30 El Salvador 119 31 Vietnam 102 32 Malaysia 102 33 Thailand 101 34 Denmark 97 35 Trinidad and Tobago 96 36 Switzerland 96 37 Hungary 85 38 Sweden 84 39 Iran 80 40 Belgium 73 41 Bangladesh 61 42 Togo 58 43 Ukraine 55 44 Taiwan 52 45 Ecuador 50 46 Egypt 49 47 Austria 48 48 Portugal 46 49 Sri Lanka 45 50 Costa Rica 44 51 Japan 42 52 Finland 39 53 Nepal 37 54 Hong Kong 36 55 Czech Republic 35 56 Puerto Rico 34 57 Peru 32 58 Israel 29 59 Panama 29 60 Slovakia 28 61 Tunisia 27 62 Iceland 27 63 Ghana 26 64 Guatemala 22 65 Cambodia 21 66 Uruguay 20 67 Nigeria 20 68 Saudi Arabia 19 69 Turkey 19 70 Kenya 17 71 Syria 16 72 Uganda 15 73 Romania 15 74 Serbia 15 75 Pakistan 14 76 Macedonia 14 77 Ivory Coast 13 78 Estonia 13 79 Uzbekistan 12 80 United Arab Emirates 12 81 Bulgaria 11 82 Zimbabwe 10 83 Latvia 10 84 Burkina Faso 10 85 Fiji 10 86 Monaco 10 87 Cyprus 9 88 Croatia 9 89 Lesotho 9 90 Belarus 9 91 Honduras 8 92 Zambia 8 93 Guyana 8 94 Cameroon 8 95 Lebanon 8 96 (not set) 8 97 Madagascar 7 98 Dominican Republic 7 99 Bolivia 7 100 Benin 6 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/ "Watching television is like taking black spray paint to your third eye." - Bill Hicks

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SFD goodies received in Rosario, Argentina :D
by Julio Cesar Puigpinos Sept. 2, 2008

Sept. 2, 2008

Our team, in Rosario (Argentina), received the SFD goodies :D No tax was charged and everything went fine :) The letter explaining the purpose of the content of the package helped a lot. Thanks so much to all the board members of SFI. Saludos, Julio -- Software Freedom Day 2008 - 20 de Septiembre www.lugro.org.ar/lugro-mesh Wireless Mesh Networks Group www.lugro.org.ar GNU/Linux User Group Rosario, Argentina Slackware rulez :P www.slackware.org NO A LA MATRICULA!!!: http://noalamatricula.wordpress.com/ Registered GNU/Linux User #358886

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Just under 3 weeks to go!
by Pia Waugh Sept. 2, 2008

Sept. 2, 2008

Hi all, Software Freedom Day is just around the corner! With just under 3 weeks to go you should all be well underway with your planning and promotion of events. We have almost 400 teams all around the world also preparing and getting ready for their events, so make sure you get posters up, information about your events on the radio and in local media, and your websites up to date! Please ensure your wiki page is either updated or linked to a website you have up to date. We will be running the best event competition again, and when you complete your reports after the event you'll be ale to simply tick a "include me in the competition" checkbox to be in the running for some great prizes including OLPC XOs. Details will be up within the week about the specifics of the competition. Remember, there is a start guide available on the website to help with tips and tricks about events planning, and ensure your volunteers all have a wonderful day, because the more they are enjoying themselves, the more inspirational and informative they can be for the mainstream we are all trying to reach :) Cheers and happy planning, Pia Waugh -- Software Freedom Day http://softwarefreedomday.org/

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Not yet
by Alexjan Carraturo Aug. 30, 2008

Aug. 30, 2008

Italy We was the first to recive the canonical pack, but we didn't recive the SFD pack.... now I'm wondering if it was sent.....?? It's only a late, or it was a wrong (or missing) spedition? Can someone answer, to let me know how is the situation? Thank you -- #################################### Alexjan Carraturo admin of Free Software Users Group Italia http://www.fsugitalia.org ####################################

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SFD98 stuff arrived in Kiel (Germany)
by Thilo Pfennig Aug. 28, 2008

Aug. 28, 2008

Hi, we have our package (the shirts, buttons, etc.). See photo here: http://vinci.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/sfd-2008-goods-have-arrived-in-kiel/ -- Thilo Pfennig - PfennigSolutions IT-Beratung- Wiki-Systeme Sandkrug 28 - 24143 Kiel (Germany) http://www.pfennigsolutions.de/ XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Thilo_Pfennig - LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tpfennig

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Supplies Recieved & Extra Required
by GPCS - Grant Petch Aug. 28, 2008

Aug. 28, 2008

Hi Everyone: Just letting you know that I've only a few moments ago received our SFD Team Pack, and also our Ubuntu CD's which we received about a week and a half ago. On behalf of the Southern Fleurieu team in South Australia, a very BIG thankyou. However we will end up with a fairly large team of about 13 people, we only received 4 shirts, but we are wanting to purchase the extra 9 shirts, especially in larger sizes! Does anyone know of how we can do this and get the extra shirts in time for the event itself? I have heard a roumour that there will be an online store for this purpose, as well as to purchase extra merchandise, will this be actually happening and when?? Time is running down! Any ideas on how we can get the above requirements will be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards, Grant Petch SFLUG Organiser & SFD Leader E: gpcs(a)ozemail.com.au

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Re: [SFD-discuss] Ubuntu arrived
by Peter Eisinger Aug. 21, 2008

Aug. 21, 2008

> From: "John Michael C. Bitanga" <jmc8(a)uplug.org> > > Hi all, > > Our Ubuntu CDs have arrived in our country but our team doesn't have > it yet. > The courier DHL is holding on to the package and wants to impose an > import duty tax of 3500 Philippine pesos (~78 USD) on the 130 Ubuntu > CDs. I've explained to their representative about other teams from > around the wrold receiving the same package with no such import duties > as those items are for educational/promotional as such it has no > commercial value and will not be sold to anyone here. However, she > insisted that since our team is based on > a University, we should get a letter from the University to resolve > this issue of these items being for educational and promotional > purposes only. > > Another workaround, she mentioned is to cite similar shipments by DHL > that didn't ask for import duty. So if you're one of those teams, > could you please provide us here the tracking numbers for your Ubuntu > CDs' package? > It passed the same thing in Argentina. For example, in Buenos Aires, DHL Air Waybill: 6222972582. He entered like Gift, CD - Books, with declared value of 11 Eurus in origin. With tax +5 times the value declared in origin. Before numerous questions to DHL (1), it was consulted to origin. Non ddp and it Returns to origin. (*) Of having entered as educational material he would not pay, in theory. -- Regards, Peter.

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No SFD Shop?
by Przemysław Kulczycki Aug. 20, 2008

Aug. 20, 2008

I didn't notice it earlier, but is there an SFD shop for SFD08? I there is, then I can't find it. -- ## 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] Custom duty was charged on Ubuntu CDs
by Peter Eisinger Aug. 20, 2008

Aug. 20, 2008

[...] Hi, for the Spanish-speaking ones with similar problem and that they ignore list existence [1] Excuse the cross posting [1] http://mail.sf-day.org/pipermail/planning-es/2008-August/000146.html -- Regards, Peter Eisinger

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