[kwlug-disc] Software Freedom Day

[Bob Jonkman]

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There has been no response to my query about paying for SFDKW in order
to pay for a venue, and I won't be able to commit any more time to
organizing SFDKW.  If anyone else wants to take up the torch then
registrations for SFD are now open, and a 2015 SFDKW page should be
created.  I'm happy to hand over the credentials for the various SFDKW
social media accounts to anyone who wants to organize (and who uses a
GnuPG encrypted message to request those credentials).

- --Bob.

SFD registration: http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/cgi-bin/register.py
SFDKW 2014 page:
http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2014/Canada/Kitchener/TWC

Fediverse: http://sn.jonkman.ca/sfdkw
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sfdkw
Facebook: https://facebook.com/softwarefreedomday.kitchenerwaterloo


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On 25/07/15 02:52 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> I was talking to a friend who may have some lines on a paid venue.
> If the venue needs payment, then either we need a generous
> benefactor, or the attendees will need to pay.  KWLUG list members
> are a significant portion of the target audience -- would you be
> willing to pay to attend Software Freedom Day?  $20? More? Less?
> 
> We'll need to more reasonably quickly to secure a venue, as the
> target date (26 September) is getting close...
> 
> --Bob.
> 
> 
> On 20/07/15 01:24 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>> Colin has not (yet) offered a venue for SFD. I'm not sure what 
>> Colin has accepted, whether it is my offer of a presentation on 
>> "What is Software Freedom", or my request for an SFD venue. Ken, 
>> please continue to investigate a venue for SFD.
> 
>> If either Colin or Ken (or someone else) comes up with a venue
>> in the next week or so then there may be a Software Freedom Day
>> in Kitchener-Waterloo. If no venue can be found by the end of
>> July then I withdraw from the SFD organizing committee due to
>> lack of remaining time.
> 
>> I'm only doing one presentation of "What is Software Freedom", 
>> whether at the Linux Conference or at a potential SFD. As was 
>> kindly pointed out to me, I'm stretching myself very thin for
>> the upcoming few months.
> 
>> --Bob, who wonders who else might be on the SFD Organizing 
>> Committee.
> 
> 
> 
>> On 19/07/15 11:18 PM, B.S. wrote:
>>> This thread has become confusing. Perhaps it should be split 
>>> out.
> 
>>> (1) Colin has a venue and a bunch of plans and expectations 
>>> already in place. They may not yet be firm, formal, or 
>>> documented, but evidently he is working through that. No doubt
>>> he will let us know more when he is able.
> 
>>> - to that end, Ken, hold off on what you're thinking, as I
>>> expect Colin will inherently provide whatever Bob needs since
>>> he has accepted Bob for his offered presentation. I expect
>>> Colin has or will have Conestoga A/V facilities available to
>>> him. e.g. Every classroom already has a screen, projector,
>>> sound, and so on and so forth. (Bob, if you haven't presented
>>> there before, their computers don't / didn't understand
>>> impress, but do have an ability to get sound/video from your
>>> own laptop, being on KVMs.)
> 
>>> - Colin, when you get that far: (1) Consider an installfest. 
>>> Presumably in a cafeteria somewhere. It may not be large
>>> enough to be a 'fest', but volunteers hanging around to help
>>> people connect the dots / 'whats a distro, where do I get one,
>>> and what do I do with it' will be useful. For however few show
>>> up for such, vs those who know they can figure things out on
>>> their own. Having a computer/switch nearby for people to plug
>>> ethernet into and netboot into a distro install will be useful,
>>> or perhaps even to just ftp down an .iso or vm. I expect Paul /
>>> Bob / kwlug can help inform the what / how of such. (2) When
>>> you get that far, let us know how we can help. e.g. Door / fest
>>> / elsewise volunteers. For that matter a lab running a vm kiosk
>>> could be useful - there could be eclipse, blender, minecraft,
>>> grandpa (what you'd give your parents when their windows
>>> machine goes TU), and any number of things others can come up
>>> with better than me. Seems to me each vm choice has a library
>>> store out th
> 
>>> Perhaps: 'Conestoga K-W Linux Conference 2015'
> 
> 
>>> (2) Bob and Ken, or Bob in responding to Ken, is talking about
>>> a separate and separately located SFD that thus far has no
>>> venue / location, or date. It does not yet exist.  Should it
>>> come to exist, it may well be that that venue already has all
>>> necessary A/V in place. Could further discussion about such be
>>> split into a different thread than from Colin, and the two kept
>>> distinctly separate. For I'm getting fair confused and having
>>> problems following 'which is what talking about whom', at this
>>> point.
> 
>>> - given the conflicting events of the SFD date, perhaps it's 
>>> worth scaling down SFD from the past and partnering with 
>>> whatever kwartzlap is doing? 'IP Freedom Day', not just
>>> software, or hardware? Let alone kwartzlab hardware is probably
>>> a larger domain than the 'hardware' one expects when thinking
>>> computer centric.
> 
>>> Perhaps: 'K-W SFD 2015'
> 
> 
>>> For that matter, for both ... a presentation such as Bob is 
>>> offering seems *VERY* important, perhaps de rigeur. 'Freedom', 
>>> in this context, is crucial to understand, never gets old, and 
>>> no matter how many times I hear it or think about it I keep 
>>> being startled at how it applies to areas I hadn't considered
>>> it in different contexts I experience.
> 
>>>> ________________________________ From: Ken Hermanson 
>>>> <kenhermanson at gmail.com> To: KWLUG discussion 
>>>> <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2015 6:37 PM 
>>>> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Software Freedom Day
>>>> 
>>>> O.k., I'm a rookie at this. Your info. is detailed but not 
>>>> detailed enough. It sounds like you need one largish room
>>>> for the main presentation. The projector and screen are no
>>>> problem. Are the events sequential or simultaneous? I'm
>>>> assuming that you need smaller side rooms for the other
>>>> activities? I'm not familiar with the other venues that
>>>> you've mentioned. Maybe I should take a look at them. No
>>>> promises, but I'll sniff around.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Bob Jonkman 
>>>> <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 19/07/15 10:45 AM, Ken Hermanson wrote:
>>>>>> Roughly how many people attend SFD? Do you need screen, 
>>>>>> projector, etc.?
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the past we've had up to 100 people come in to see some 
>>>>> (or all) of the presentations at SFD. It's been held at 
>>>>> either Kwartzlab (both old and new locations), or the
>>>>> Queen Street Commons Cafe along with an installfest at
>>>>> Computer Recycling, across the road from QSC.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Last year's attendance at SFD was down considerably
>>>>> because of the many other activities that take place on the
>>>>> actual SFD date (19 Sept this year). Last year was also the
>>>>> first time we had workshops and a Free Culture film
>>>>> festival at The Working Centre, also across the street from
>>>>> QSC. It was especially disappointing because of the extra
>>>>> effort we put into getting presenters, the workshops, and
>>>>> the film festival, only to have what was probably the
>>>>> lowest attendance at SFD ever.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here's what's needed: The presentations require a projector
>>>>>  and screen, with seating either formally theatre-style, or
>>>>>  informally coffee-shop style (I like coffee-shop style). 
>>>>> Workshops (if we're doing that) require desk- or
>>>>> table-space with power and WiFi for people to work on
>>>>> laptops; the installfest (if we're doing that) needs table
>>>>> space, power, wired connection, and maybe the prep of a
>>>>> distribution repository server. A Free Culture film
>>>>> festival (if we're doing that) needs theatre-style seating
>>>>> and a projector & screen.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 19/07/15 10:45 AM, Ken Hermanson wrote:
>>>>>> *Roughly how many people attend SFD? Do you need screen,
>>>>>>  projector, etc.?*
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Bob Jonkman 
>>>>>> <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanx Paul. I did think you had made it perfectly clear.
>>>>>> I was less clear about my willingness to participate the
>>>>>>  organization of SFD this year.

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