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| − | = Celebrate Software Freedom Day in Boston! =
| + | {{:Event:LibrePlanet/LibrePlanet/9-20-2014 -Event 1}} |
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| − | Save the date!
| + | ==Previous Years== |
| | + | * [[Event:LibrePlanet/LibrePlanet/9-20-2014 -Event 1|Software Freedom Day in Boston 2014]] |
| | + | * [[Boston Software Freedom Day (2013)|Software Freedom Day in Boston 2013]] |
| | + | * [[Boston Software Freedom Day (2011)|Software Freedom Day in Boston 2011]] |
| | + | * [[Software Freedom Day in Boston (2009)|Software Freedom Day in Boston 2009]] |
| | + | * [[Software Freedom Day in Boston 2008]] |
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| − | On the afternoon of September 15, 2007, the Free Software Foundation (http://fsf.org),
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| − | BinaryFreedom (http://binaryfreedom.info) and Boston Free Culture (http://freeculture.org) are hosting a Software Freedom Day
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| − | (http://softwarefreedomday.org) event in downtown Boston.
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| − | Please bring your friends and join us for talks, activities and outreach in
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| − | support of software freedom. We'll be one node in a network of over 290 events
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| − | worldwide, and it's not often we get the chance to make that kind of splash.
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| − | It'll be a great chance to meet other hackers and activists in the area and to
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| − | make plans for how we can work for software freedom on a concrete, local level.
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| − | Let us know that you can come by emailing info@fsf.org, and keep up-to-date or
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| − | even help us plan the schedule at
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| − | http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day.
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| − | Date: Saturday, September 15, 2007
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| − | Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
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| − | We'll have some refreshments and there is no charge to attend.
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| − | Bring your computers and portable music players for help installing and configuring free software on them, and for playing along with the hands-on demos!
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| − | == Location ==
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| − | In Boston's Chinatown:
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| − | encuentro 5
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| − | 33 Harrison Street, 5th floor
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| − | Boston, MA 02131
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| − | Here's a [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=33+Harrison+St.%2C+Boston%2C+MA map].
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| − | == Activities ==
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| − | Some of what we have planned so far:
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| − | * GIMP tutorial and demo
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| − | * Drupal tutorial and demo
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| − | * OLPC demo and presentation
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| − | * OpenOffice.org demo and tutorial
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| − | * Bring your laptop for help with installing and configuring free software
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| − | * Bring your portable music player and install Rockbox
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| − | * Get a free gNewSense CD
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| − | * Network with other free software and free culture activists
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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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| − | <table>
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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 - 14:30</td><td>Drupal for nonprofits workshop / Free Culture presentation</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td>14:30 - 14:40</td><td>Break, music, video</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td>14:40 - 15:10</td><td>GIMP demo (Ari Pollak, Debian GIMP maintainer) / OLPC Demo</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td>15:10 - 15:20</td><td>Break, music, video</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td>15:20 - 15:50</td><td>Benjamin "Mako" Hill (FSF board of directors) / OpenOffice demo</td></tr>
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| − | <tr><td>15:50 - 16:20</td><td>Six, 5-minute lightning talks</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.</td></tr>
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| − | </table>
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| − | == More information ==
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| − | * http://softwarefreedomday.org
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| − | * http://binaryfreedom.info
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| − | * http://fsf.org
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| − | * http://gnu.org/philosophy
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| − | == For Organizers ==
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| − | === To do ===
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| − | Please put your name next to a task when you take it.
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| − | * Brainstorm ideas for format
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| − | * List more groups to contact
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| − | * Contact groups on list
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| − | * Distribute flyers on campuses (binaryfreedom)
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| − | * Confirm speakers for Drupal presentation (binaryfreedom)
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| − | * Confirm speakers for OpenOffice presentation (binaryfreedom)
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| − | * Confirm speakers for GPLv3 presentation (johns)
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| − | * Confirm lead for Rockbox install (johns)
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| − | * Confirm lead for OLPC demo / presentation (jgay)
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| − | * Get refreshments together (binaryfreedom)
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| − | * Get FSF sales and membership table together (deborah)
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| − | * Get parking info
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| − | * Test projector -- do we have a screen and projector?
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| − | ==== Advertising the event ====
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| − | ===== Send announcements to =====
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| − | * FSF members (done)
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| − | * FSF mailing list (done)
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| − | * fsf.org/events (done)
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| − | * Free Culture Boston?
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| − | * Binary Freedom Boston?
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| − | * Debian Boston?
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| − | * Drupal Boston
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| − | * BLU
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| − | * Perl Mongers
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| − | * PHP group
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| − | * Students coming back to school
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| − | * Boston Greens
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| − | * Other political groups
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| − | ===== Making a flyer =====
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| − | * Date / Time
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| − | * Location
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| − | * SFD logo
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| − | * Blurb about free software
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| − | * Blurb addressing students
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| − | * Address for wiki page with schedule
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| − | === Possible speakers ===
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| − | * Chris F., Binary Freedom
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| − | * John Sullivan, FSF campaigns mananger
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| − | * Joshua Gay, FSF campaigns manager
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| − | * Joshua Ginsberg, FSF sysadimn
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| − | * Benjamin Mako Hill, Troublemaker, FSF Board Member
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