Group: Manchester/Meetings

== Meetings ==
Manchester Free Software meets regularly: There are general group meetings which will often be talks on the various issues we cover, discussions, workshops; and there are administrative meetings that deal with the running of the group and organisation of group meetings and events.

=== Group Meetings ===
Group meetings occur on the third Tuesday of the month at 19:00. The normal format is a talk with questions until about 20:30 and then informal discussion at a pub. Currently the talk venue is [http://madlab.org.uk/ Madlab] and is followed by an informal discussion in the bar opposite ([http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/ A Place Called Common]).

==== 2007 ====
{| style="text-align: left" border="1"
! Date !! Topic/Description !! Speaker/Organiser !! Status !! Organiser !! Video
|-
| [[Manchester/2007-11-13|13th November]]
| Running a business with Free Software
| Matthew Bloch, Bytemark Hosting
| Done
|
| No video
|-
| [[Manchester/2007-12-11|11th December]]
| Manchester Showcase 2008
| Tim Dobson
| Done
|
| Video?
|}

==== 2008 ====
{| style="text-align: left" border="1"
! Date !! Topic/Description !! Speaker/Organiser !! Status !! Organiser !! Video
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-01-15|15th January]]
| Free software
| Aidan McGuire, Blue Fountain Systems
| Done
|
| No video
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-02-19|19th February]]
| Free software advocacy, LUGRadio
| Stuart Langridge, LUGRadio
| Done 
|
| [http://www.archive.org/details/20081902_FSUK_Manchester_Talk archive.org]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-03-18|18th March]]
| Evolving Freedom
| Alex Hudson
| Done
|
| Andy Halsall?
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-04-15|15th April]]
| ELER/Brightbox
| John Leach
| Done
|
| Andy Halsall?
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-05-20|20th May]]
| Sustainable Education Solutions
| Richard Rothwell, M6-IT CIC
| Done
| [[User:grimoire|PerfDave]]
| No video
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-06-17|17th June]]
| OpenStreetMap
| John McKerrell
| Done
| Simon
| No video
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-07-22|22nd July]]
| BBC Backstage
| Ian Forrester
| Done
| Simon
| [http://blip.tv/file/get/Cubicgarden-ManchesterFreesoftwareTalk235.mkv Theora MKV blip.tv]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-08-19|19th August]]
| [http://freespacemanchester.wordpress.com/ Free Space Manchester]
| Mick Fuzz
| Done
| [[User:grimoire|PerfDave]]
| Mick Fuzz
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-09-16|16th September]]
| Free as in profit (fonts and software freedom)
| Dave Crossland
| Done
| Tim
| No sound yet [http://www.archive.org/details/DaveCrossland_Typefaces_and_Free_Software archive.org]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-10-28|28th October]]
| <strike>Lightning Talks</strike> OpenMoko
| <strike>Various</strike> Michael, Tim and Enrico
| Done
|
| [http://www.archive.org/details/Manchester.Free.Software.Openmoko.talk archive.org]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-11-18|18th November]]
| The Value of Free Software and how it  changes Society, Economy and Business
| Elmar Geese
| Done
| Lucy
| Tim (processing)
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-12-16|16th December]]
| Christmas party
| Manchester Free Software
| Done
|
| No video
|}

==== 2009 ====
{| style="text-align: left" border="1"
! Date !! Topic/Description !! Speaker/Organiser !! Status !! Organiser !! Video
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-01-20|20th January]]
| Setting up and sustaining a global FOSS-based business
| Ian Lynch
| Done
| Lucy
| Tim (maybe)
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-02-17|17th February]]
| What you don't get for free: the cost of building a Drupal site
| Chris Maiden/James Panton - NWDUG
| Done
| Tim
| Tim (upload)
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-03-17|17th March]]
| TBC
| John Adams
| Done
| Simon
| Tim (maybe)
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-04-21|21st April]]
| green h: A social enterprise using free software
| Des
| Done
| Lucy
| No video
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-05-19|19th May]]
| Plings - freeing data
| Steven Flower - substance.coop/plings
| Done
| Lucy
| Tim archive.org? [http://blip.tv/file/get/Tdobson-merged110.avi XVID AVI blip.tv]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-06-16|16th June]]
| Free Software and Microblogging
| Jon Spriggs
| Done
| Tim
| [http://www.archive.org/details/Manchester.Free.Software.Jon.Spriggs archive.org]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-07-21|21st July]]
| Professional Audio Editing with Free Software
| Dan Lynch
| Done
| Lucy
| [http://www.archive.org/details/Dan.Lynch.Manchester.Free.Software archive.org]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-08-18|18th August]]
| Debian Stories
| Enrico Zini
| Done
| 
| Tim archive.org? blip.tv?
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-09-15|15th September]]
| Access Space Sheffield
| James Wallbank
| Done
|
| [http://www.archive.org/details/james.wallbank.access.space archive.org]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-10-20|20th October]]
| Python and Kamaelia
| Michael Sparks
| Done
| Tim
| [http://www.archive.org/details/michael.sparks.manchester.free.software.kamaelia archive.org]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-11-17|17th November]]
| Bug Reporting
| Michael Dorrington
| Done
| Mike
| Tim
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-12-15|15th December]]
| Christmas Party (with key signing)
| Manchester Free Software
| Done
| Mike
| No video
|}

==== 2010 ====
{| style="text-align: left" border="1"
! Date !! Topic/Description !! Speaker/Organiser !! Status !! Organiser !! Video
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-01-19|19th January]]
| 100% free software gaming: No cheating!
| Michael Dorrington
| Done
| Mike
| Tim
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-02-16|16th February]]
| What makes Debian special?<br>(Afterwards a Cryptography Un-Workshop)
| Leslie I'Anson<br>(Robert Burrell Donkin)
| Done
| Leslie
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-03-16|16th March]]
| The Semantic Desktop, SPARQL and You!
| Rob Taylor, Managing Director, [http://codethink.co.uk Codethink Ltd.]
| Done
| Mike
| Tim
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-04-20|20th April]]
| Giving's Hard To Do: Free Software in the UK Voluntary Sector, and why you should care.
| Richard Smedley, [http://www.goodgnus.org/ GoodGNUs]
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-05-18|18th May]]
| Sheffield University Free Software Society<br>Plus a screening of [http://patentabsurdity.com/ Patent Absurdity]
| Chris Warburton
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-06-15|15th June]]
| GNU's Not Linux: kFreeBSD and Hurd kernels for the GNU System.
| Michael Dorrington
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-07-20|20th July]]
| Present and future threats to software freedom.
| [http://identi.ca/schestowitz Dr. Roy Schestowitz]
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-08-17|17th August]]
| KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine): How to use it and its uses
| Michael Dorrington
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-09-21|21st September]]
| [http://www.joomla.org/ Joomla] - How, why, what, when and where
| Tim Corless-Carter
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-10-19|19th October]]
| An Introduction to [http://www.r-project.org/ GNU R]
| Robin Gower, [http://infonomics.ltd.uk/ Infonomics Ltd.]
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-11-16|16th November]]
| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6 IPv6] and Free Software: The next generation Internet Protocol in the Free World. 
| Michael Dorrington
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-12-14|14th December]]
| Review of year gone. Discussion on next year. Christmas Party!
| Manchester Free Software
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|}

==== 2011 ====
{| style="text-align: left" border="1"
! Date !! Topic/Description !! Speaker/Organiser !! Status !! Organiser !! Video
|-
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-01-18|18th January]]
| How to build an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Service_Provider ISP] using Free Software
| Thomas Mangin
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-02-15|15th February]]
| Introduction to [http://puredata.info/ Pure Data]:<br />The [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html free software], digital arts, graphical programming language.
| Andrew Faraday
| Done
| Mike
| No video.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-03-15|15th March]]
| [http://ossg.bcs.org/ BCS OSSG]
| Graham&nbsp;Oakes &amp; Mark&nbsp;Elkins
| Done
| Mike
| Mark Elkins audio?
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-04-19|19th April]]
| [http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/ Pirate&nbsp;Party&nbsp;UK] and [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html Free&nbsp;Software]
| [http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/party/candidates/loz-kaye/ Loz&nbsp;Kaye] (Party&nbsp;Leader) and [http://www.pirateparty.org.uk/party/candidates/tim-dobson/ Tim&nbsp;Dobson] (PPUK Software&nbsp;Specialist)
| Done.
| Mike
| No recording.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-05-17|17th May]]
| [http://www.puppetlabs.com/puppet/ Puppet] and [http://www.puppetlabs.com/ Puppet Labs]
| [http://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethbarber Ken Barber]
| Done.
| Mike
| No recording.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-06-21|21st June]]
| [http://www.postgresql.org/ PostgreSQL] and [http://2ndquadrant.com/ 2ndQuadrant]
| Simon Riggs
| Done.
| Mike
| No recording.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-07-19|19th July]]
| Controlling your Cloud: [http://www.puppetlabs.com/puppet/ Puppetising]&nbsp;[http://opennebula.org/ OpenNebula]
| [http://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethbarber Ken Barber]
| Done.
| Mike
| No recording.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-08-16|16th August]]
| Hacklabs, Free&nbsp;Culture, & (Autonomous)&nbsp;Distributed&nbsp;Networks 
| Victoria Sinclair, [http://www.arcspacemanchester.org.uk/ ArcSpace] (and [http://www.hackademia.org.uk/ Hackademia]).
| Done
| Llewyn
| No recording.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-09-20|20th September]]
| [http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org FreedomBox]: Enabling private conversations online
| [http://samtuke.com/ Sam Tuke]
| Done
| Mike
| No recording.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-10-18|18th October]]
| Freeing Data with Free Software<br />UK Copyright: Past, Present and Future
| [http://ricroberts.com/ Ric Roberts], [http://www.swirrl.com/ Swirrl]<br />Michael Dorrington, [http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester MFS]
| Done
| Mike
| No recording.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-11-15|15th November]]
| [https://joindiaspora.com/ Diaspora] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_social_network Distributed/Federated&nbsp;Social&nbsp;Networking]
| Distributed/Federated<br />(Michael Dorrington plus Diaspora users)
| Done
| Mike
| No recording.
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-12-20|20th December]]
| Christmas Party
| Manchester Free Software
| Upcoming
| Mike
| 
|}

==== 2012 ====
{| style="text-align: left" border="1"
! Date !! Topic/Description !! Speaker/Organiser !! Status !! Organiser !! Video
|-
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-01-17|17th January]]
| '''(Provisional)''' Building from source: Use the source, Luke!
| Michael Dorrington
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-02-21|21st February]]
| '''(Provisional)''' Free Software on Windows
| Michael Dorrington
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-03-20|20th March]]
| '''(Provisional)''' Wine: Windows without Windows
| Michael Dorrington
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-04-17|17th April]]
| '''(Provisional)''' Linux device-mapper: LVM, RAID, Multipath, dm-crypt
| Michael Dorrington 
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-05-15|15th May]]
| 
| 
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-06-19|19th June]]
| 
| 
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-07-17|17th July]]
| 
| 
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-08-21|21st August]]
| 
| 
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-09-18|18th September]]
| 
| 
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-10-16|16th October]]
| 
| 
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-11-20|20th November]]
| 
| 
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|-
| [[Manchester/2012-12-18|18th December]]
| Christmas Party
| Manchester Free Software
| Upcoming
| 
| 
|}

===Meeting Publicity===

Meetings are usually [[Manchester/Meetings/Publicity|Publicised]] to various relevant organisations around Manchester.

=== Administrative Meetings ===
The time and location of administrative meetings will be indicated in the wiki once it has been decided.
{|style="text-align: left" border="1"
! Date !! Time !! Location !! Agenda !! Minutes
|-
| 2008-03-18 || 21:00ish || FAB Cafe || None
| [[Manchester/2008-03-18/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| 2008-04-15 || 17:30 || FAB Cafe
| [[Manchester/2008-04-15/Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2008-04-15/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-05-20|2008-05-20]] || 17:30 || The Cornerhouse
| [[Manchester/2008-05-20/Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2008-05-20/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-06-09|2008-06-09]] 
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2008-06-09#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2008-06-09/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-07-14|2008-07-14]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2008-07-14#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2008-07-14/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-08-11|2008-08-11]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2008-08-11#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2008-08-11/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-09-08|2008-09-08]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2008-09-08#Agenda|Agenda]]
|  [[Manchester/2008-09-08/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-10-13|2008-10-13]]
| 19:00 || Marbella Cafe
| [[Manchester/2008-10-13#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2008-10-13/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-11-10|2008-11-10]]
| 19:00 || Marbella Cafe
| [[Manchester/2008-11-10#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2008-11-10/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-12-08|2008-12-08]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2008-12-08#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2008-12-08/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-01-13|2009-01-12]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2008-01-13#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-01-12/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-02-09|2009-02-09]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2008-02-09#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-02-09/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2008-03-09|2009-03-09]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2008-03-09#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-03-09/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-04-06|2009-04-06]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2009-04-06#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-04-06/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-05-11|2009-05-11]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2009-05-11#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-05-11/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-06-08|2009-06-08]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2009-06-08#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-06-08/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-07-13|2009-07-13]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2009-07-13#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-07-13/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-08-10|2009-08-10]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2009-08-10#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-08-10/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-09-07|2009-09-07]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2009-09-07#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-09-07/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-10-12|2009-10-12]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2009-10-12#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-10-12/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-11-09|2009-11-09]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2009-11-09#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-11-09/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2009-12-14|2009-12-14]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2009-12-14#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2009-12-14/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-01-11|2010-01-11]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2010-01-11#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2010-01-11/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-02-08|2010-02-08]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2010-02-08#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2010-02-08/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-03-08|2010-03-08]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2010-03-08#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2010-03-08/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2010-04-12|2010-04-12]]
| 19:00 || The Waterhouse
| [[Manchester/2010-04-12#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2010-04-12/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-02-07|2011-02-07]]
| 19:00 || [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-waterhouse The Waterhouse]
| [[Manchester/2011-02-07#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-02-07/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-03-14|2011-03-14]]
| 19:00 || [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-waterhouse The Waterhouse]
| [[Manchester/2011-03-14#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-03-14/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-04-11|2011-04-11]]
| 19:00 || [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-waterhouse The Waterhouse]
| [[Manchester/2011-04-11#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-04-11/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-05-09|2011-05-09]]
| 19:00 || [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-waterhouse The Waterhouse]
| [[Manchester/2011-05-09#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-05-09/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-06-13|2011-06-13]]
| 19:00 || [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-waterhouse The Waterhouse]
| [[Manchester/2011-06-13#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-06-13/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-07-04|2011-07-04]]
| 19:00 || [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-waterhouse The Waterhouse]
| [[Manchester/2011-07-04#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-07-04/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-08-08|2011-08-08]]
| 19:00 || [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-waterhouse The Waterhouse]
| [[Manchester/2011-08-08#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-08-08/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-09-12|2011-09-12]]
| 19:00 || [http://nexusartcafe.com/ Nexus Art Cafe]
| [[Manchester/2011-09-12#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-09-12/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-10-10|2011-10-10]]
| 19:00 || [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-waterhouse The Waterhouse]
| [[Manchester/2011-10-10#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-10-10/Minutes|Minutes]]
|-
| [[Manchester/2011-11-07|2011-11-07]]
| 19:00 || [http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-waterhouse The Waterhouse]
| [[Manchester/2011-11-07#Agenda|Agenda]]
| [[Manchester/2011-11-07/Minutes|Minutes]]
|}

====Future Administrative/Social Meetings====

* [[Manchester/Meetings/FuturePlanning|Planning Future Meetings]]

See also: [[Manchester]], [[Manchester/Speakers]]