Group: Manchester/2008-07-14

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  • Location: The Waterhouse
  • Date: 2008-07-14
  • Start Time: 19:00

Attendance

Confirmed: Dave, Matt, Lucy

Apologies: Simon (OpenStreetMap conference), Tim (Russian holiday), Paul (meeting clash), Jonathan

Agenda

Time Agenda Item Objectives Lead
19:00 (+15) Introductions Dave
Last Meeting Adopt minutes Lucy
Announcements Dave
19:15 (+5) Other Business Dave
19:20 (+10) Speakers Confirmed and suggested speakers Lucy
19:30 (+5) Venue MDDA booking status Matt
19:35 (+10) "Free Spaces" Lucy
19:45 (+10) Software Freedom Day Dave
19:55 (+10) LUGRadio Live Lucy
19:55 (+5) Ratify Mission Statement Lucy
20:05 (+5) Next Meeting Time, place, and agenda items Matt
20:10 Finish

Last Meeting

Speakers

  • Previous actions:
    • Dave to email Mick Fuzz, Jason Clifford (who runs the UKFSN ISP), John Pugh (Lib Dem MP) and Steve Durrant (Green Party).
    • Tim to contact Alan Burlinson, Stephen Fry and a representative of Moodle.
    • Simon to contact Howard Welte, Tim Fletcher and Ian Forrester.
    • Lucy to contact Ben Green from Bristol Wireless.
  • Supporting Material: Suggested Speakers Future Meetings List
  • Objectives: List of:-
    • confirmed speakers, and who is liaising with them;
    • contacted speakers, and who is liaising with them;
    • potential speakers, and who will be contacting each.

Venue

  • Previous actions:
    • Simon to book MDDA through to December once the July meeting is organised.
  • Objectives: Status of room bookings.

Free Spaces

  • Objectives: ??

Software Freedom Day

  • Supporting Material: Free The Library 2008 SFD Plan
  • Previous Actions:
    • Matt to pass on contact details for the appropriate people at the library to Dave, and Dave to contact to them
  • Objectives:
    • Coherent plan for implementation

LUGRadio Live

  • Previous Actions:

Simon to arrange an IRC meeting with Matt Lee to discuss FSUK, to enable further discussions at LRL

  • Objectives:
    • Meet up at LRL
    •  ??

Mission Statement

  • Previous Actions:

Lucy to get agreement from members, via the mailing list, regarding the wording of the mission statement.

  • Supporting Material:

Manchester Free Software serves a growing need for a group in the Manchester area that focuses on free software. The group also covers topics which impact on the freedoms of computer users.

The purpose of this group is to:

  • Increase awareness and promote the use of free software within Manchester.
  • Provide a friendly and accessible community for individuals in Manchester to learn about and discuss free software, with particular emphasis on ethical considerations.
  • Be a source of information regarding free software to individuals and organisations in Manchester.


  • Objectives:
    • Agree on final wording
    • Arrange to put up on main Manchester FS website (who we are section).

Next Meeting

  • Objectives:
    • Review of this meeting.
    • Decide time and location.
    • Decide agenda items.
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