No problem, this list purpose is really about sharing experiences and telling other what we've done. I would point out a few good references with the SFD Best Event competitions. While we didn't have any last year I would go through all the results for 2011 and before. Links are here: http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/competition/winners-2011 http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/competition/winners-2010 http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/competition/winners-2009 http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/competition/winners-2008 http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/competition/winners-2007 http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/en/competition/winners-2006 And while this is a work in progress I don't mind sharing our current SFD preparation documents which can be found on the wiki: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2013/China/Hong%20Kong/DFF We've also started to make a few web pages on our Hong Kong website here: http://hk.digitalfreedomfoundation.org/sfd2013 You can as well check our website from 2007 which I did with a text editor (wrong choice, I thought there would be only 2/3 pages, we ended up managing 2 languages, photos and so on...) here: http://sfd.beijinglug.org/indexen.php Note that some of the document on the SFD wiki for our SFD event need quite some updates as a few things happened over the past few days and we didn't have time to update... Fred On 08/18/2013 05:09 PM, médard Agbayazon wrote:
Thanks Frederic, I understand. Is it possible some teams share their programs with me for last editions of SFD. I just want to get an idea. Thank you for your explanations, dear Frederic. - Medard ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *De :* Frederic Muller - DFF <fred@digitalfreedomfoundation.org> *À :* sfd-discuss@sf-day.org *Envoyé le :* Samedi 17 août 2013 6h51 *Objet :* Re: [SFD-discuss] Questions
Hi!
First of all SFD is not a Linux day ;-). We're promoting Free and Open Source Software to non-FOSS users. As I wrote earlier this morning somewhere else "Getting people to migrate from Windows or Mac to GNU/Linux in one day is risky at best, getting them to use FOSS products on their current OS, teaching them to make the best out of it and showing them we're here all year around to support them is definitely a more progressive and successful way. And who knows, 6 months down the road the might dual boot or use a WM into a Free OS."
For team packs delivery date all the packs were shipped on the 11th and left China on the 16th and you should count a maximum of 3 weeks to get them. Reality has shown that it's somewhere between a week to 4 depending on a lot of factors which are outside of anyone's control...
Theme-wise, no we don't have a theme per year, but I usually hover between a few depending on the penetration of FOSS in the area where I run my SFD event and the speakers I can get. Those are: - Make your dream come true - Getting things done with Free Software
Those are the generic ones where we either have highlighted people who have been involved in Free Software and got great jobs thanks to it, or where we showcase some companies/people doing things with Free Software (you can obviously replace that by FOSS) and explain it to people, giving them a first glance at their own options.
Then if the environment is more fertile you can definitely go into more specific fields of work and elaborate on those. That could also very well be some workshops happening at the same time as your general speeches.
The program of the day should be available on your wiki page at leats a week before the event, this will give an opportunity for potential visitors to see what to expect.
After SFD we (usually) run a Best Event Competition where you can submit a report with photos and achievements. While SFD highlights 3 to 6 teams I think it's good for yourself to either blog about it or use any social media that is your usual way of communicating to show that. Reporting is actually a quite difficult and time intensive thing to do but it's a good proof that your event went well too, and let others know about it.
Other teams experience may vary and it'd be interesting to hear also from them
Thanks a lot!
Fred
On 08/07/2013 09:25 PM, médard Agbayazon wrote:
Hello everyone, I hope everyone is well organized for September 21. I have few questions because it is the first time my community is active in organizing a Linux day: - When will we have gadgets? - Is there a central SFD theme annually ? - Is there any possibility to share our respective programs of the day ? Thanks for your help
Médard AGBAYAZON
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