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Organizing Software Freedom Day 2007
 
  
[[Boston Software Freedom Day]]
 
 
== Schedule ==
 
 
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.
 
 
<table>
 
<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>
 
<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>
 
<tr><td>14:00 - 14:40</td><td>Drupal for nonprofits workshop / Free Culture presentation</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>14:40 - 14:50</td><td>Break, music, video</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>14:50 - 15:30</td><td>GIMP demo (Ari Pollak, Debian GIMP maintainer) / OLPC Demo</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>15:30 - 15:40</td><td>Break, music, video</td></tr>
 
<tr><td>15:40 - 16:20</td><td>Benjamin "Mako" Hill (FSF board of directors) / OpenOffice demo</td></tr>
 
<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>
 
</table>
 
 
== More information ==
 
 
* http://softwarefreedomday.org
 
* http://binaryfreedom.info
 
* http://fsf.org
 
* http://gnu.org/philosophy
 
 
 
== 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?
 
* Binary Freedom Boston?
 
* Debian Boston?
 
* Drupal Boston
 
* BLU
 
* Perl Mongers
 
* PHP group
 
* Students coming back to school
 
* Boston Greens
 
* Other political groups
 
 
===== 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
 

Revision as of 15:13, 7 September 2007