[ubuntu-za] [Fwd: Ubuntu and Software Freedom Day]

[Jan Groenewald]

Hi Adi,

Some background: While you were having an Ubuntu course at WITS, we were
teaching a Ubuntu/Octave/Python course at AIMS. AIMS' current course is
partly sponsored by Go Open Source. You should visit sometime, let me
know when you are in Cape Town. Ian Sanders and Hein Kruger is currently
here teaching Python. Derek Keats and Nhlanhla Mabaso spoke at the
opening (ask Nhlanhla what AIMS is like!). We finish tomorrow. 

On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 10:45:40AM +0200, Adi Attar wrote:
> The Go Open Source campaign is planning to host a number of SFD events
> around the country, currently looking at Pretoria, Jhb, Durban, Cape
> Town, possibly PE (depending on budget). For each of these, the location
Is there someone specifically I could talk to about the Cape Town event.
Essentially I would like to decide whether I should join in there, or
have another event.

> would be a shopping centre and would encompass an installfest section
> and a general demo and advocacy section (where CDs, stickers, brochures,
> balloons, etc.) will be handed out.
I would ask for merchandise if we have a separate event.

> While this is a Go OS sponsored event, it is not exclusively for Go OS
> and its partners. In fact the efforts of Go OS on SFD is to provide a
> platform for existing OSS groups to do what they do best. Go OS is
> essentially providing venues, marketing and marketing materials for the
> day, and we hope that LUGs, the Ubuntu LoCo team, and other enthusiastic
> groups and individuals join us to make the day a success.
I often volunteer and interact with TSF. This kind of event will draw
lots of CLUG and SULUG volunteers, I'm sure.
 
> Having said that, there may indeed be value in having other similar
> events in the same cities. The Go OS locations are intended for mass
> market outreach, hence we have targetted shopping centres. If other
> groups are trying to reach a different market or focus on something more
> specific (such as education), it may make sense to host a separate event
> at another venue. 
I'd say Science, rather than Education, is our focus, Education is
perhaps a secondary focus.

> We should try to plan carefully beforehand so that we do not thin
> ourselves out too much.
Of course. Could you ask someone at Go Open involved in SFD events to 
post here? I don't see anything on the website.

cheers,
Jan
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