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Organizing Software Freedom Day 2007
 
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[[Boston Software Freedom Day]]
 
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== Schedule ==
 
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The event will go from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. This is subject to change, please check back for updates, or subscribe to this page.
 
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<tr><td>13:00 - 13:30</td><td>Registration, refreshments, meet people, free culture music and video, sign up to give lightning talks</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>13:30 - 14:00</td><td>Introduction to free software and Software Freedom Day (Joshua Gay and John Sullivan from the FSF)</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>14:00 - 14:40</td><td>Drupal for nonprofits workshop / Free Culture presentation</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>14:40 - 14:50</td><td>Break, music, video</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>14:50 - 15:30</td><td>GIMP demo (Ari Pollak, Debian GIMP maintainer) / OLPC Demo</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>15:30 - 15:40</td><td>Break, music, video</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>15:40 - 16:20</td><td>Benjamin "Mako" Hill (FSF board of directors) / OpenOffice demo</td></tr>
 
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<tr><td>16:20 - 17:00</td><td>Free software installation and assistance (including Rockbox for your portable music player), music, video, keysigning, lightning talks</td></tr>
 
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== More information ==
 
== More information ==
  
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* FSF mailing list (done)
 
* FSF mailing list (done)
 
* fsf.org/events (done)
 
* fsf.org/events (done)
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* Free Culture Boston?
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* Free Culture Boston (done)
 
* Binary Freedom Boston?
 
* Binary Freedom Boston?
 
* Debian Boston?
 
* Debian Boston?
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* Perl Mongers
 
* Perl Mongers
 
* PHP group
 
* PHP group
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* Students coming back to school
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* Students coming back to school (dropped on the Harvard undergrad house lists)
 
* Boston Greens
 
* Boston Greens
 
* Other political groups
 
* Other political groups
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* MIT media lab, free culture, CMS
  
 
===== Making a flyer =====
 
===== Making a flyer =====

Latest revision as of 00:36, 12 September 2007

More information


For Organizers

To do

Please put your name next to a task when you take it.

  • Brainstorm ideas for format
  • List more groups to contact
  • Contact groups on list
  • Distribute flyers on campuses (binaryfreedom)
  • Confirm speakers for Drupal presentation (binaryfreedom)
  • Confirm speakers for OpenOffice presentation (binaryfreedom)
  • Confirm speakers for GPLv3 presentation (johns)
  • Confirm lead for Rockbox install (johns)
  • Confirm lead for OLPC demo / presentation (jgay)
  • Get refreshments together (binaryfreedom)
  • Get FSF sales and membership table together (deborah)
  • Get parking info
  • Test projector -- do we have a screen and projector?

Advertising the event

Send announcements to
  • FSF members (done)
  • FSF mailing list (done)
  • fsf.org/events (done)
  • Free Culture Boston (done)
  • Binary Freedom Boston?
  • Debian Boston?
  • Drupal Boston
  • BLU
  • Perl Mongers
  • PHP group
  • Students coming back to school (dropped on the Harvard undergrad house lists)
  • Boston Greens
  • Other political groups
  • MIT media lab, free culture, CMS
Making a flyer
  • Date / Time
  • Location
  • SFD logo
  • Blurb about free software
  • Blurb addressing students
  • Address for wiki page with schedule

Possible speakers

  • Chris F., Binary Freedom
  • John Sullivan, FSF campaigns mananger
  • Joshua Gay, FSF campaigns manager
  • Joshua Ginsberg, FSF sysadimn
  • Benjamin Mako Hill, Troublemaker, FSF Board Member
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