Group: Manchester/2008-07-14

• Location: The Waterhouse
• Date: 2008-07-14
• Start Time: 19:00

Attendance

Confirmed: Dave, Matt, Lucy

Apologies: Simon (OpenStreetMap conference), Tim (Russian holiday), Paul (meeting clash)

Agenda

Time	Agenda Item	Objectives	Lead
19:00 (+15)	Introductions		Dave
	Last Meeting	Adopt minutes	Lucy
	Announcements		Dave
19:15 (+5)	Other Business		Dave
19:20 (+10)	Speakers	Confirmed and suggested speakers	Lucy
19:30 (+5)	Venue	MDDA booking status	Matt
19:35 (+10)	"Free Spaces"		Lucy
19:45 (+10)	Software Freedom Day		Dave
19:55 (+10)	LUGRadio Live		Lucy
19:55 (+5)	Ratify Mission Statement		Lucy
20:05 (+5)	Next Meeting	Time, place, and agenda items	Matt
20:10	Finish

Last Meeting

• Supporting Material: Minutes of Meeting on 2008-06-09
• Objective: Approval of Minutes of Meeting on 2008-06-09.

Speakers

• Previous actions:
  • Dave to email Mick Fuzz, Jason Clifford (who runs the UKFSN ISP), John Pugh (Lib Dem MP) and Steve Durrant (Green Party).
  • Tim to contact Alan Burlinson, Stephen Fry and a representative of Moodle.
  • Simon to contact Howard Welte, Tim Fletcher and Ian Forrester.
  • Lucy to contact Ben Green from Bristol Wireless.
• Supporting Material: Suggested Speakers Future Meetings List
• Objectives: List of:-
  • confirmed speakers, and who is liaising with them;
  • contacted speakers, and who is liaising with them;
  • potential speakers, and who will be contacting each.

Venue

• Previous actions:
  • Simon to book MDDA through to December once the July meeting is organised.
• Objectives: Status of room bookings.

Free Spaces

• Objectives: ??

Software Freedom Day

• Supporting Material: Free The Library 2008 SFD Plan
• Previous Actions:
  • Matt to pass on contact details for the appropriate people at the library to Dave, and Dave to contact to them
• Objectives:
  • Coherent plan for implementation

LUGRadio Live

• Previous Actions:

Simon to arrange an IRC meeting with Matt Lee to discuss FSUK, to enable further discussions at LRL

• Objectives:
  • Meet up at LRL
  •  ??

Mission Statement

• Previous Actions:

Lucy to get agreement from members, via the mailing list, regarding the wording of the mission statement.

• Supporting Material:

Manchester Free Software serves a growing need for a group in the Manchester area that focuses on free software. The group also covers topics which impact on the freedoms of computer users.

The purpose of this group is to:

• Increase awareness and promote the use of free software within Manchester.
• Provide a friendly and accessible community for individuals in Manchester to learn about and discuss free software, with particular emphasis on ethical considerations.
• Be a source of information regarding free software to individuals and organisations in Manchester.

• Objectives:
  • Agree on final wording
  • Arrange to put up on main Manchester FS website (who we are section).

Next Meeting

• Objectives:
  • Review of this meeting.
  • Decide time and location.
  • Decide agenda items.