[DC LoCo] Fwd: Takoma Park Folk Festival 2014

[Kevin Cole]

Hi all,

The Takoma Park Folk Festival (TPFF) and the adjacent Software Freedom Day
(SFD) are now "on the radar". (See attached message "below the fold".) They
don't actually take place until September, but I like to alert people when
I first get wind of it, since registration and the mailing of CDs and swag
take time.

However, after 8 years of paying the rent on the community table and
getting the CDs, (among other things) I'm leaving those tasks to someone
else.

If someone steps up, I'll bring the banners, and remaining flyers, as well
as left-over T shirts from SFDs past.

My CD stash is all from the previous LTS release, and I am about to recycle
them unless someone wants to claim them. Very soon.

In addition to pleading for a new batch of Ubuntu CDs, and registering for
a table, there is the task of keeping an eye open for the official opening
of SFD 2014 registration and making the SFD swag request once registration
opens. Sadly, SFD swag the last two years has arrived late. If we're doing
this, I'll try to push the organizers to send out earlier this year, do
that the tabling team can wear THIS year's T shirts.

Also it's meant to be Software Freedom Day, not Ubuntu Day. While we
certainly have a bias towards Ubuntu and will continue to do so -- being an
Ubuntu list, after all -- other distros, as well as React OS, Haiku,
FreeBSD, and collections of FOSS applications that run on the unmentionable
OSes are more than welcome. The SFD folks push the Open Disc, and usually
include one or two in the swag. Unfortunately, not really enough to hand
out. So, if you have "sources" (pun intended) hit them up for materials or
burn your own. (I burned a bunch of Live Sugar CDs and Live Trisquel Linux
CDs one year.)

I'm also going to forward the announcement to HacDC, as I convinced them to
get a table next to ours a few years ago. With the recent ramping up of
Maker Faires in the area, they may want to put in an appearance again.
Maybe Fab Lab DC as well. T'would be nice to all cluster close.

Other things to think about, if we're doing this:

* Canopy. The broken tent works in a pinch but is harder to set up and take
down, and breaks a little further with each attempt.
* Non-flammable power sources (batteries, non-fuel-based electricity
generators, solar panels).
* Clever ways to keep paper from blowing away, while remaining easy for
folks to grab.
* Clever ways to attach banners (though we usually manage okay).
* Cool demos?
 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Kevin Adler" <kadler2 at earthlink.net>
Date: May 3, 2014 8:33 AM
Subject: Takoma Park Folk Festival 2014
To: "Kais0667" <kais0667 at gmail.com>, "karen Elrich" <elrichkaren at yahoo.com>

 Dear Community Leaders

Several of you have contacted us recently about the 2014 Takoma Park Folk
Festival and expressed interest in again having a Community Table.  This
note is a short update on our activities.

First, we are pleased to say that the festival will be on Sunday, September
7, and we will again welcome nonprofits that wish to participate as
Community Tables.  We don't have any plans to change the setup for Tables,
nor the fees ($40/$55).  All aspects of Tables will be basically the same
as last year.  When the registration form is ready, we'll send you another
email, as well as post information on our Facebook page, website, Twitter,
etc.

The one change we are installing is to accept both registration AND
payments online this year.  We are now able to take payments through PayPal
and Square, but we need to create an online form that is easy to use. This
will take a few more weeks, and that's been the delay in starting
registrations.

One more thing.  We've had 50-60 Community Tables in each of the last few
years.  We can accommodate about 100 Tables participants.  So please tell
your friends that their organizations also should apply for a table. If
they send a note to tables at tpff.org, we will put them on our email list for
an announcement when registration begins.

We look forward to seeing you in September.


Sincerely


Kevin Adler & Karen Elrich
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