[H-GEN] Software Freedom Day - Sept 10th

[Sandra Mansell]

Mark Ellem wrote:

>An installfest at HUMBUG would be a great idea. Give it some advertising to 
>generate interest and it could be a good event for HUMBUG, FOSS etc.
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Yup. I participated in the one we did several years ago and it was much 
fun. Met some nice people who had brought their systems along and 
learned a lot. Still got the RedHat cap I got on the day :-)

>I'd definately be up to manning some kind of stall for Software Freedom Day. 
>Setting up at a market or other public place with CD's, literature and some 
>posters/signage would be fantastic and would do a lot of good for promotion 
>of FOSS.
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Oh it's probably a Saturday isn't it. I work Saturdays now (0700-1700) 
so I probably won't be able to attend anything (unless we do a market 
stall on a Sunday -- Sunday computer market would probably be perfect 
for this and they might let us have the table cheap because we wouldn't 
actually be selling anything). I would like to help out though so if 
there's anything I can do without having to actually show up on the 
Saturday I could put in an hour or two.

>Handing out CD's on street corners would be a little annoying to passers by. I 
>dislike people hassling me while I walk down the street and I wouldn't do it 
>to other people.
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I'm down with that one too. A stall with signs like "Free Software" or 
"Free CDs" or something might be better and people can approach us.

Sandra.

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