[Fsf-friends] Inviting you to join in Software Freedom Day,
September 10, 2005
Frederick Noronha (FN)
fred@bytesforall.org
Thu Jun 9 14:12:47 IST 2005
We would like to invite you and your user group to join this network of
grassroot marketing for Free/Libre and Open Source Software! Looking forward
to having you with us on September 10, 2005 in whatever way you would like
to mark the event! -FN (Frederick Noronha)
Introducing Software Freedom Day 2005!
Mark September 10th 2005 on your calendar! It is the second annual
Software Freedom Day. We will be staging a range of events around the
world to raise public awareness of Free and Open Source Software.
This is a global grassroots effort, and we invite the Free and Open
Source Software community around the world to join in the celebration and
help spread the word! Over 70 teams joined the celebration in 2004,
organising a range of events at schools, universities and public places.
This year, we have every opportunity to grow and make an even greater
impact on community awareness.
What will happen?
You may celebrate the day locally however you would like, but we
encourage you to engage in some sort of outreach activity to spread the
FOSS message in your community. For example, you could organise a seminar
or an installfest or simply invite people to meet up in the park for a
picnic.
If you want to participate, please stop by the SFD website
(http://softwarefreedomday.org/) and register a team so that others in
your area can find you and hook up. Our website and wiki have pictures
and reports from some of the SFD2004 events, so you can get an idea of
what worked well. If you participated last year, please join us again,
and please share your experiences with the new teams.
How does it work?
As last year, we will prepare special promotional materials for
distribution by the SFD teams. In 2004 this included ISO images of a
custom version of TheOpenCD and a custom version of Knoppix along with
some printed materials. Due to our budget constraints we were only able
to produce CD covers while the local teams did a great job of burning
their own CDs and copying materials.
This year we have funding for up to 15.000 of our custom CDs shipped out
to 150 teams world-wide. Be sure to sign up
(http://softwarefreedomday.org/) for supplies before the July 1st
deadline! In addition, other supplies (such as t-shirts and balloons)
will be available, but the quantities and distribution process of these
items is not yet determined.
What can I do?
The best way to participate is to start forming a SFD team and make sure
you register with us
http://softwarefreedomday.org/index.php?option=com_mosforms&mosform=1&Itemid=50
and apply for sponsorship (http://softwarefreedomday.org/). We also need
help with lots of things on the global level:
* Writing
* We would appreciate well-written articles about SFD or about
FOSS in general that can be submitted to local media or
distributed on the day. Form letters that can be sent to
schools, businesses government organisation, etc. will also be
useful.
* Material Design
* We have some artwork already, but we need designs for the
SFD2005 CD labels and covers, as well as T-shirts, balloons,
stickers, or even temporary tattoos! If you or your friends have
some artistic inclinations feel free to pop into the SFD Forums
(http://softwarefreedomday.org/index.php?option=com_simpleboard&Itemid=47)
to share your ideas and your work.
* Donations:
* SFD funds cover the costs of material and logistics support that
we provide. Any surplus funds can be used for advertising in the
week before the event. You can Donate Online
http://softwarefreedomday.org/index.php?option=com_static&static
file=donate.html&Itemid=51 if you would like.
http://maitri.ubuntu.com/softwarefreedomday/wiki/index.php/LaunchDoc
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