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.

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
• 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