Meeting-20080920

General Information

Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the local SFD events to impact their own communities. (from the SFD site)

SoftwareFreedomDay 2008

SFD 2008 will be September 20 from 1pm until 4pm. WPLUG team page.

Hello Everyone:

Software Freedom Day 2008 is officially tomorrow, Saturday September 20th. WPLUG will have a booth setup near Schenley Plaza on the corner of Forbes and Schenley Ave in Oakland. The event is scheduled to run from 1pm to 3pm. I invite all WPLUG participants to join us for this celebration. We still need volunteers to help hand out CDs and talk with the public about free software. Everyone is also invited to simply stop by for a few minutes to say hi and show your support for WPLUG.

Thanks and hope to see you there,

Dave Kraus _______________________________________________ wplug mailing list wplug@wplug.org http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug

Photos

• After the event.

Sign Up

Please add your name if you can help distribute CDs, perform demos, and in general advocate FOSS.

• Dave Kraus
• Nicholas A. Schembri - State College PA USA
• Your name here!

General TODO list

• Select venue(s) and obtain any needed permissions
• Design and print flyers and other materials (balloons? banners?)
• Create and burn Open Source CDs
• Sign up volunteers to perform distribution

Open Source CDs

Microsoft Windows Compatible

Requirements:

• Gather or organize free open source software which can be run on Microsoft Windows.
• Test each and every package/archive to ensure that it can be successfully installed.
• Create an autorun executable or otherwise to display a menu describing the CD software and provide a click-2-install.

Applications:

• Mozilla Firefox
• Mozilla Thunderbird
• OpenOffice
• AbiWord
• GIMP
• Scribus
• Blender
• The Open Disc may cover our needs
• more...

Mac OS Compatible

Requirements:

• Gather or organize free open source software which can be run on Mac OS (PowerPC and Intel).
• Test each and every package/archive to ensure that it can be successfully installed.
• Create an autorun executable or otherwise to display a menu describing the CD software and provide a click-2-install.

Applications:

• Mozilla Firefox
• Camino
• Mozilla Thunderbird
• NeoOffice
• AbiWord
• GIMP
• Scribus
• Blender
• See Open Source Mac for ideas
• more...

Completed Tasks

• Registration for 2008 event at SoftwareFreedomDay.org