Group: LibrePlanet South Florida
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LibrePlanet South Florida is a libre software and culture advocacy group focused on efforts in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
We support the LibrePlanet mission and adhere to the code of conduct.
Join Us!
Stake your claim as part of South Florida's free software community. Membership is gratis and we offer the following benefits and services:
- Fun workshops and presentations
- Libre software recommendations
- Technical support for GNU
- Hardware recommendations
- Monthly social
- Tutoring for libre programming languages
Monthly Meet-up
We meet every first Saturday of the month at Northeast Dade – Aventura branch library, in the cafe area.
Regular Programming
- 4:00–4:45pm Libre Help Desk 💻
- 4:45–5:00pm Announcements 🙋
- 5:00pm–5:45pm Social 🎮
More information about programs below.
Venue Information
Address
2930 Aventura Blvd. Aventura, FL 33180
Directions
- Take exit 16 (Ives Dairy Road) off I-95 and go east
- Use the middle lane to go over the bridge
- Make a right on NE 29th Place
- Cross NE 191st ST – the library is on the right.
Public Transit
Lots of buses stop nearby Metrobus 3, 9, E, S/119, 120, 93, 95, 99, 183 Broward 1, 28, US1 Breeze
Upcoming events
TBA
Resources
Here are pages on the wiki we pioneered and our handouts. Feel free to distribute the handouts, but we ask that you please not post or leave them anywhere if you do not have permission to do so.
Pages
Making money as a libre software programmer
Handouts
Goals
This is a prioritized list of our main actionable goals and the benchmark at which we celebrate and reevaluate it's priority.
- Recruit members. Reevaluate: 6 members
- Form relationships with other local organizations and events. Reevaluate: 1 relationship
- Increase libre software and GNU awareness. Reevaluate: 50% awareness (half surveyed know what libre software and GNU is)
- Increase libre software adoption. Reevaluate: 5% GNU on personal computers (1 in 20 surveyed that have a personal computer run GNU on one of them)
To-do
This is a to-do list of tasks that will help us reach our goals. Make sure to let us know if you can help with any of these tasks!
- Choose a venue to hold monthly user group meetings
- Make a list of all upcoming events where it might make sense to have a presence
- Choose advocacy materials
- Make/get copies of advocacy materials
- Take a baseline survey
Members
Lead Organizer: Roberto Beltran
| Note | South Florida group for Free Software Users and Activists |
|---|---|
| Region | North America |
| Area | United States of America |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Contact | Roberto Beltran |
| Current status | Active |
