[ubuntu-us-ma] Boston Software Freedom Day 2009, 9/19

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Sounds like fun. Definitely want to bring my phone!
Mike C. 


On Wed, 2009-09-09 at 13:50 -0400, Danny Piccirillo wrote:
> http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day
> http://www.fsf.org/events/sfd2009
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Deborah Nicholson <deborah at fsf.org>
> Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 16:53
> Subject: Software Freedom Day this year, 9/19 in Boston, free to
> attend!
> To: Danny Piccirillo <danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com>
> 
> 
> Hi Danny,
> I wanted to make sure that you got a personalized note about Software
> Freedom Day this year.
> Feel free to pass this along to other free software/ubuntu folks!
> Thanks,
> Deborah
> 
> Software Freedom Day (http://softwarefreedomday.org/) is an
> international holiday dedicated to celebrating software freedom. New
> to
> GNU/Linux or just looking for some more tips on getting the most out
> of
> free software? We promise you'll learn something important if you
> attend.
> 
> I am also writing to invite Boston locals to our SFD event. Boston SFD
> will be a day-long public event focused on celebrating software
> freedom.
> Last year we had an awesome event in Boston at Encuentro 5 in
> Chinatown
> (http://www.encuentro5.org/home/) and we'll be returning there this
> year. The festivities start at 10am and we'll finish at about 5:00p. I
> hope you can join us because Walter Bender, the founder and executive
> director of Sugar Labs, is our featured speaker. He'll be talking
> about
> "Turtle Art," the free software platform that's part of the Sugar
> operating system. It started shipping on the OLPC in 2007 and is
> intended as stepping stone to LOGO for kids.
> 
> Our campaigns team will be on hand to share the latest news about the
> Windows 7 Sins campaign (http://windows7sins.org/), our anti-DRM
> campaign Defective By Design (http://defectivebydesign.org/), the
> struggle for free video formats (http://playogg) and our work to stop
> software patents (http://endsoftpatents.org/). Plus, if Richard
> Stallman's flight back to the US isn't delayed, he hopes to make an
> appearance and have a chat.
> 
> We'll be asking folks to participate in video documentary of this
> year's
> festivities. We're hosting workshops on freeing your smartphone and
> free
> website building, so you may want to bring your phone or your laptop
> or
> both! Lunch is provided by us and lightning talks are provided by you.
> 
> Software Freedom Day
> September 19th, 10am-5pm
> at Encuentro 5
> 33 Harrison Ave, floor 5, Boston, MA 02111
> 
> Feel free to contact membership at fsf.org with questions or to RSVP,
> thanks!
> 
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