<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Well!, Danny, You've 'scooped, me again; as an Associate FSF member, I had asked to be notified - first thing - when such pages are put up, but as yet, I have not heard (annoying); but I am pleased to see the ward getting out as promptly as possible, whoever does it... I will be there - and I hope to bring some others along, as well. George E Noon (Whitman MA) Danny Piccirillo wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:cc3196b0909091050r68dfeba7ub149b11d143cbcc3@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day" target="_blank">http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Boston_Software_Freedom_Day</a> <div><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.fsf.org/events/sfd2009" target="_blank">http://www.fsf.org/events/sfd2009</a> <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Deborah Nicholson <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:deborah@fsf.org" target="_blank">deborah@fsf.org</a>> Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 16:53 Subject: Software Freedom Day this year, 9/19 in Boston, free to attend! To: Danny Piccirillo <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">danny.piccirillo@ubuntu.com</a>> 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 (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://softwarefreedomday.org/" target="_blank">http://softwarefreedomday.org/</a>) 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 (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.encuentro5.org/home/" target="_blank">http://www.encuentro5.org/home/</a>) 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 (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://windows7sins.org/" target="_blank">http://windows7sins.org/</a>), our anti-DRM campaign Defective By Design (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://defectivebydesign.org/" target="_blank">http://defectivebydesign.org/</a>), the struggle for free video formats (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://playogg" target="_blank">http://playogg</a>) and our work to stop software patents (<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://endsoftpatents.org/" target="_blank">http://endsoftpatents.org/</a>). 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 <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:membership@fsf.org" target="_blank">membership@fsf.org</a> with questions or to RSVP, thanks! </div> <div class="gmail_quote"> </div> <div class="gmail_quote"> </div> -- ☮♥Ⓐ - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo</a> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html>