I do realize that Software Freedom Day is an attempt to create a world-wide connection. But I do have a question: Is an event that may be a week off from the actual date, but will get hundreds of attendees, as opposed to an event that will get virtually no attendees, outside the spirit of the date? This is NOT a rhetorical question. A group I belong to went for the latter instead of the former for several years, and has become quite discouraged as a result. There are several major town festivals in my area, but they are a week off one way or the other. I would like to set up a table at a town festival, and am therefore interested in whether it would be just a random Software Freedom demo, or could it be considered a Software Freedom Day event. Bart
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We've moved SFD in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, by holding the event a week later, but for a different reason. There are many activities in KW on the third Saturday in September, including a medieval fair, the Open Streets and Open Doors activities, air shows, art shows, &c. This year there's also a Maker Expo that would attract the same audience as SFD that we'd have to contend with. Last year we held SFD on the designated date, and our attendance was the lowest it has ever been because people went to the other events. This was so discouraging that there has been no thrust to hold an event in KW this year. If it means you'll get better attendance, I strongly encourage you to hold SFD on an alternate date. - --Bob, who does not speak for SFD or DFF organizers Bob Jonkman <bjonkman@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA On 01/08/15 04:08 PM, Bart Lidofsky wrote:
I do realize that Software Freedom Day is an attempt to create a world-wide connection. But I do have a question:
Is an event that may be a week off from the actual date, but will get hundreds of attendees, as opposed to an event that will get virtually no attendees, outside the spirit of the date? This is NOT a rhetorical question. A group I belong to went for the latter instead of the former for several years, and has become quite discouraged as a result. There are several major town festivals in my area, but they are a week off one way or the other. I would like to set up a table at a town festival, and am therefore interested in whether it would be just a random Software Freedom demo, or could it be considered a Software Freedom Day event.
Bart
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Hi! As Bob mentioned the date is only a recommendation. In fact finding a date that will work for anyone everywhere in the world every year is impossible. Each community has either local celebrations, religious ones, or conflicting events. It is ultimately the decision of the team leader (and his team I suppose) to pick the date that works best for him in his environment. And for sure he'll know better than we do. Just make sure that you clearly state the date in your wiki page and on all your material so people don't show up on the wrong date ;-) For information we organized our SFD one month late in Cambodia last year too as SFD official date was conflicting with a big Buddhist celebration. I hope that gives us enough information to pick a date that will work for you. Happy SFD! Fred On 08/02/2015 03:08 AM, Bart Lidofsky wrote:
I do realize that Software Freedom Day is an attempt to create a world-wide connection. But I do have a question:
Is an event that may be a week off from the actual date, but will get hundreds of attendees, as opposed to an event that will get virtually no attendees, outside the spirit of the date? This is NOT a rhetorical question. A group I belong to went for the latter instead of the former for several years, and has become quite discouraged as a result. There are several major town festivals in my area, but they are a week off one way or the other. I would like to set up a table at a town festival, and am therefore interested in whether it would be just a random Software Freedom demo, or could it be considered a Software Freedom Day event.
Bart
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Bart Lidofsky -
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Frederic Muller - DFF