[kwlug-disc] Software Freedom Day planning

[lloyd carr]

In case you missed it also, I am willing to help out too.
I am planning a presentation on making your own freedom by 
writing your own software.

> On Sun, 12 Aug 2012, John Kerr wrote:
>
>> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:36:25 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: John Kerr <jkerr0102 at rogers.com>
>> Reply-To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
>> To: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
>> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Software Freedom Day planning
>> 
>> Hi
>
> In case you missed it I am willing to help out.
> I am planning in (my head so far) a presentation on the 
> economics of FS.
>
> John
>
>
> Let's make an appeal at the social
>
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> From: Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca>
> To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org Sent: Wednesday, August 1, 2012 
> 9:59:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Software Freedom Day planning
>
>
> This is the second (and possibly final) call-out for 
> assistance. We
> have gotten one offer of help so far, but I do not think that 
> is
> enough to pull this together.
>
> Let me know by Sunday, please. We will be making a decision 
> Monday
> afternoon, I think. You won't have to devote your life to 
> this, but a
> few more hands would make for lighter work. If it matters, in 
> our best
> year we got about 75 people coming to the event. (I think our
> next-best year was something like 45 people.)
>
> - Paul
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 02:43:11AM -0400, Paul Nijjar wrote:
>> 
>> So Software Freedom Day is Sept 15 this year (which again 
>> conflicts
>> with the Royal Medieval Faire, thanks for asking). We have 
>> had
>> Software Freedom Day events for the past few years in
>> Kitchener-Waterloo, either hosted at The Working Centre or 
>> at
>> Kwartzlab.
>> 
>> I don't think that Working Centre has the capacity to 
>> shoulder
>> all of the organizing this year. We might be able to host, 
>> but it
>> takes a fair amount of additional work: 
>> - doing publicity
>> - organizing and scheduling talks
>> - preparing swag like CDs/DVDs
>> 
>> So how can we make this happen?
>> 
>> 0. We could get a group of organizers together now, who 
>> will commit
>> some time to making this event happen.
>> 
>> 1. If it helped, we might think about changing the Saturday 
>> to a week
>> earlier or later. This is no doubt Forbidden, but if it 
>> helped us
>> organize something then it might be worth the heresy. 
>> Would you be able and willing to help? If so, respond to me 
>> personally
>> or build up some excitement by responding to the list. I 
>> think a group
>> of 4-5 dedicated organizers could make the day a real 
>> success.
>> 
>> - Paul
>> 
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