<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi <br></span></div><div><span>In case you missed it I am willing to help out.</span></div><div><span>I am planning in (my head so far) a presentation on the economics of FS.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>John<br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>Let's make an appeal at the social<br></span></div><div> </div><div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div><div style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial;"><font size="2">Fewer things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. - Mark Twain</font></div><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span><div><span
class="intro"></span>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>==================================<br>John Eddie Kerr | Guelph, Ontario <br>==================================<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Paul Nijjar <paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> kwlug-disc@kwlug.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 1, 2012 9:59:44 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kwlug-disc] Software Freedom Day planning<br> </font> </div> <br><br>This is the second (and possibly final) call-out for assistance.
We<br>have gotten one offer of help so far, but I do not think that is<br>enough to pull this together. <br><br>Let me know by Sunday, please. We will be making a decision Monday<br>afternoon, I think. You won't have to devote your life to this, but a<br>few more hands would make for lighter work. If it matters, in our best<br>year we got about 75 people coming to the event. (I think our<br>next-best year was something like 45 people.) <br><br>- Paul <br><br>On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 02:43:11AM -0400, Paul Nijjar wrote:<br>> <br>> So Software Freedom Day is Sept 15 this year (which again conflicts<br>> with the Royal Medieval Faire, thanks for asking). We have had<br>> Software Freedom Day events for the past few years in<br>> Kitchener-Waterloo, either hosted at The Working Centre or at<br>> Kwartzlab.<br>> <br>> I don't think that Working Centre has the capacity to shoulder<br>> all of the organizing this year. We might be
able to host, but it<br>> takes a fair amount of additional work: <br>> <br>> - doing publicity<br>> - organizing and scheduling talks<br>> - preparing swag like CDs/DVDs<br>> <br>> So how can we make this happen?<br>> <br>> 0. We could get a group of organizers together now, who will commit<br>> some time to making this event happen.<br>> <br>> 1. If it helped, we might think about changing the Saturday to a week<br>> earlier or later. This is no doubt Forbidden, but if it helped us<br>> organize something then it might be worth the heresy. <br>> <br>> Would you be able and willing to help? If so, respond to me personally<br>> or build up some excitement by responding to the list. I think a group<br>> of 4-5 dedicated organizers could make the day a real success.<br>> <br>> - Paul<br>> <br>> -- <br>> <a href="http://pnijjar.freeshell.org/"
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