Hi Douglas, <quote who="Douglas A. Whitfield">

Was it ever decided what exactly SFI would be sending participants? We're securing funding from various sources, but these sources want to know exactly what our budget is. We don't want to say we are buying t-shirts, if we are going to be getting t-shirts and such.

If this decision hasn't been made, do we have an idea when the decision will be made?

Thanks for the question! We are in fact already ordering the goods for teams The plan is to send 3 tshirts per team, about 20 balloons, 30 stickers, some Ubuntu CDs and some The Open CDs to hand out. We are also putting up artwork, posters and other collateral for teams to locally print, modify and general use. Teams are welcome to hand out other FOSS CDs, their own artwork, handouts and the like. We encourage all teams to run events in line with the SFD vision and objectives: Vision Our vision is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable. Objectives 1. to celebrate software freedom and the people behind it 2. to foster a general understanding of software freedom, and encourage adoption of free software and open standards 3. to create more equal access to opportunities through the use of participatory technologies 4. to promote constructive dialogue on responsibilities and rights in the information society 5. to be inclusive of organizations and individuals that share our Vision 6. to be pragmatic, transparent, and responsible as an organisation There will be an online shop within the week that will provide the opportunity for teams to purchase additional shirts at $15 each (just use the SFD team discount code that will be sent through once the shop is announced). Teams that are in need of additional support can send a special request to the SFI Board for tshirts and such. The most in need teams will get special consideration. Every year we try to support all the teams that register in time with some schwag to help them make their events look great (although the schwag is reliant on teams registering before July 31st), and we have at least enough ordered for the first 200 teams that register. We already have 115 teams registered so if anyone hasn't registered their team yet, please do so :) We also try to provide a point of coordination and cooperation between teams (this mailing list :) and provide a positive and effective message about Software Freedom that teams can adopt for their events. Please check out the Start Guide for loads of useful tips and tricks in running an event: http://softwarefreedomday.org/StartGuide Rock on for Software Freedom Day 2007! Cheers, Pia -- Linux Australia http://linux.org.au/ "Is kneeling a criteria for talking to you?" - Philip Lindsay to Jeff