Group: Manchester/2008-08-11

Agenda

Time	Agenda Item	Objectives	Lead
19:00 (+10)	Introductions		Paul
19:00 (+10)	Last Meeting	Adopt minutes	Lucy
19:10 (+5)	Announcements and other business		Simon
19:15 (+10)	Speakers	Confirmed and suggested speakers	Simon
19:25 (+10)	Software Freedom Day		Dave
19:35 (+10)	Promotion		Dave
19:45 (+5)	Recording		Simon
19:50 (+5)	More other business		Matt
19:55 (+5)	Next Meeting	Time, place, and agenda items	Matt
20:00	Finish

Actions from previous meeting:
- Alan Burlison — Tim
- Ben G — Dave
- Harald Welte — Simon
- Jono Bacon — Simon
- MJ Ray — Dave
- Stephen Fry — Tim
- Someone from gNewSense (Brian Brazil?) — Dave
- Someone from Moodle — Tim
Other speakers contacted:
- Glyn Wintle — Lucy
- Jason Clifford — Dave
- Steve Durrant — Dave
Suggested speakers:
- Michael Sparks
- Jamie Van Dyke

Supporting Material: Free The Library 2008 SFD Plan
Previous Actions:
- Matt to resend contact details for the library
- Dave to contact someone at Manchester library to make arrangements for SFD.

Objectives:
- List of places to promote
- List of promotional materials
Previous actions:
- Dave (and others!) to see the NO2ID minutes for suggestions of (free) places to advertise Manchester Free Software. Additional suggestions included The Green Room.
- Tim to populate a wiki page with a list of places to promote talks regularly. This will include mailing lists, Indymedia and other local groups.
- Tim to get Manchester Free Software listed on the Free Software Foundation website as a free software group.

Previous actions:
- Dave to buy a high capacity SD card for his camera and to speak to Mick about obtaining a video camera for his talk.
- Simon to speak to the MDDA about the possibility of borrowing a video camera for future talks.

Objectives:
- Review of this meeting.
- Time and location: 2008-09-09 19:00 at the Waterhouse?
- List of agenda items to include.