LibrePlanet: Conference/2015/Conference brainstorm

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Workshop ideas

• A crash courses on combatting surveillance, for the uninitiated, with cheat sheets. Could be followed by a masterclass in email self-defense and a key-signing session.

Other suggestions

• The conference could be made more two-tiered/speeded this time around, to appeal to the uninitated/unconcerned. Maybe we could even offer a discounted registration for people who wanted to attend only the dipping-your-toes-into-free-software workshops. The workshops could be devoted to practical matters that would answer basic questions, like:
  • how to migrate (or where to find the information on how to migrate) to free software (already suggested by someone else in the topics section, above), in whole or in part
  • good substitutes for your favorite propietary programs
  • how to help combat surveillance
  • how to encrypt e-mail

Screening the movie Terms and Conditions May Apply (suggested on the last conference's brainstorming page---"As far as I can see, it has not been show in MA yet and this conference might be an opportunity to get a group together to view it. Details here: http://tacma.net/location.php") could be part of this.

• Create a laminated one- or two-page free software why-and-how-to handout. (We could sell if for, like, a dollar, or something.)