We at COSI were looking forward to not
buying the CDs ourselves, but the video idea is interesting because we were
planning on partnering with our local Free Culture organization (http://freeculture.org/) and the Creative
Commons license (or however the videos, etc. are licensed) would be of interest
to them. Hopefully we can get some money for CDs from local
sponsors. Dell is on board here, but we don’t know for how much yet.
Douglas A. Whitfield
IT Student Assistant
Mon, Wed, Thurs 9-5
until July 30th
Development Office
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Cell: 919-360-0306
Carolina Open Source Initiative
Co-President
Carolina-opensource@listserv.unc.edu
From:
sfd-discuss-bounces@sf-day.org [mailto:sfd-discuss-bounces@sf-day.org] On Behalf Of Robert Schumann
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 6:36
AM
To: Team discussions about SFD
Cc: sfd-announce@sf-day.org;
info@softwarefreedomday.org
Subject: [Spam:11.3] [SFD-discuss]
CDs to be dispatched to SFD teams
The organisers of Software Freedom Day have been discussing making some
changes to the supplies we will be making available to SFD teams this year.
Last year we helped Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, send shipments of
Ubuntu CDs to teams, and teams once again have the opportunity to request
Ubuntu CDs when they register this year. We have also been intending this year
to ship copies of The Open CD ( http://theopencd.org/),
which was supplied to teams in 2005 - and when teams register this year, they
are offered the opportunity to specify how many of The Open CD they would like
to receive.
However, for various reasons we would like to avoid shipping The Open CD this
year. The major reason is cost: although the cost per team might only be US$10
or US$15, when you have hundreds of teams registered that becomes a lot of
money. Software Freedom International (the organisation behind SFD) has very
limited funds and we believe this is not an effective use of those funds.
What we are proposing instead is to send teams
1. One CD or DVD containing open source documentaries, interviews, music and
any other open resources we can get hold of
2. A single copy of The Open CD, which can be replicated by teams if they wish
to distribute this software
3. ...as well as the usual T-shirts and a few other little items!
Another part of the reason for this proposed change is to make available to
teams (including teams in parts of the world where internet connectivity is not
great) a set of resources that can be used to convey the message of software
freedom (for example, interviews with some leaders in the FLOSS world). These
resources could then also be used to put together your own documentary or shown
at other software freedom events you may plan ( e.g. for a campus fair at your
college, or an IT exhibition).
Before making this change, we wanted to hear feedback from you, the team
leaders and FLOSS enthusiasts from around the world. So please do get in touch
with us to let us know what you think (about this change, and about our
proposed team supplies) and ask any questions you may have. You can either chat
with other SFD participants on the SFD-discuss mailing list (you need to be a
member: join at http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss ) or you
can send your comments/questions direct to the SFI board
at info@sf-day.org. We are
specifically interested in
1. suggestions for resources to be put on the CD/DVD (which must be under an
open license).
2. whether your team would have a problem using a DVD and you'd prefer a CD.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Robert.
PS - Three months left to go before SFD! How are your preparations going?