Group: Manchester/2008-08-11

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  • Location: The Waterhouse
  • Date: 2008-08-11
  • Start time: 19:00

Agenda

Time Agenda Item Objectives Lead
19:00 (+10) Introductions Paul
Last Meeting Adopt minutes Lucy
19:10 (+5) Announcements and other business Simon
19:15 (+10) Speakers Confirmed and suggested speakers Simon
19:25 (+10) Software Freedom Day Current status Dave
19:35 (+10) Promotion Places and materials to promote Dave
19:45 (+5) Recording Current status Simon
19:50 (+5) More other business Matt
19:55 (+5) Next Meeting Time, place, and agenda items Matt
20:00 Finish

Last Meeting

Speakers

  • Actions from previous meeting:
    • Alan Burlison — Tim
    • Ben G — Dave
    • Harald Welte — Simon
    • Jono Bacon — Simon
    • MJ Ray — Dave
    • Stephen Fry — Tim
    • Someone from gNewSense (Brian Brazil?) — Dave
    • Someone from Moodle — Tim
  • Other speakers contacted:
    • Glyn Wintle — Lucy
    • Jason Clifford — Dave
    • Steve Durrant — Dave
  • Suggested speakers:
    • Michael Sparks
    • Jamie Van Dyke

Software Freedom Day

  • Supporting Material: Free The Library 2008 SFD Plan
  • Previous Actions:
    • Matt to resend contact details for the library
    • Dave to contact someone at Manchester library to make arrangements for SFD.

Promotion

  • Objectives:
    • List of places to promote
    • List of promotional materials
  • Previous actions:
    • Dave (and others!) to see the NO2ID minutes for suggestions of (free) places to advertise Manchester Free Software. Additional suggestions included The Green Room.
    • Tim to populate a wiki page with a list of places to promote talks regularly. This will include mailing lists, Indymedia and other local groups.
    • Tim to get Manchester Free Software listed on the Free Software Foundation website as a free software group.

Recording

  • Previous actions:
    • Dave to buy a high capacity SD card for his camera and to speak to Mick about obtaining a video camera for his talk.
    • Simon to speak to the MDDA about the possibility of borrowing a video camera for future talks.

Next Meeting

  • Objectives:
    • Review of this meeting.
    • Time and location: 2008-09-09 19:00 at the Waterhouse?
    • List of agenda items to include:
      • Approve mailing list name item