fellowship-uk December 2011

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[Fellowship-uk] EU parliament needs Drupal help
by Sam Tuke 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

The European Parliament Free Software Users group, which supports MEPs with using and migrating to Free Software, is looking for someone to help them with their Drupal website. The site, http://epfsug.eu, is up and running, and has an experienced system administrator taking care of it. A few extra features are required however to make it more useful to MEPs. A calendar is required so that users can schedule events and meetings, and better spam handling of comments would also be appreciated. The group is looking for someone who can take care of these tasks, and also ideally help out in future with maintenance issues relating to Drupal should they arise. If you are able to help with this important project, *please email Erik Josefsson* <erik.josefsson(a)europarl.europa.eu>, who is the advisor on Internet policies to The Greens party (currently the fourth group in the European Parliament with 56 MEPs from 15 countries). FSFE assisted in setting up the Parliamentary Free Software group, and continues to take an active part in their important work. Thanks! Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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[Fellowship-uk] Document Freedom Day UK prize shortlist
by Sam Tuke 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

Document Freedom Day 2012 is on March 28th, and we need a short-list of winners of the UK prize for a UK organisation which has adopted / promoted Open Standards in the last year. Last year the European prize went to the city of Munich for its switch to Open Standards in its city wide LiMux project. The German prize went to major news website http://tagesschau.de for offering broadcast shows in the free Ogg Theora video format. The awards comprised a certificate and an elaborate cake, presented in person at various locations, generating significant media interest in Free Software and Open Standards. This year there shall be a UK prize also, and picking the right recipient is important. One possibility is the Home Office, for their work on promoting Open Standards this year and their their adoption of a comparatively strong definition of Open Standards for use by the British Government (see page 7 of 'All about Open Source' available here: https://update.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-source-procuremen… toolkit). This choice is not ideal however and and other suggestions are needed. Other ideas might be local authorities or city councils that have switched to using OS, charities which have implemented wide scale support for OS, or UK software companies which have added support for OS in their products. Preparations for the wider DFD campaign are underway, with letters to last years donors having already been sent, letters to potential donors already having been prepared, and a new website due for launch shortly: http://test.documentfreedom.org/ Share your ideas for prize winners! Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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[Fellowship-uk] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 47)
by Sam Tuke 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

= Summary 21-27 November = During two days this week I spent most of my time working with volunteers on the November Fellowship interview, FSFE's Marketing, and the November Manchester Fellowship meeting. = Detail = == Fellowship == - Coordinated November Manchester Fellowship meeting, gave summary of recent FSFE activities, FSCONS, and then discussed planned Manchester community hosting project - Completed and sent notes from Manchester Fellowship meeting to manchester@ mailing list == Editors == - Organised editing and publication of November Fellowship interview in my absence (notified editors, interns, interviewer) - Edited interview after publication == Community == - Sent details of 'Open Source Options for Government' paper to Swedish Wikimedia contact from FSCONS == Document Freedom Day == - Had in depth meeting with Matthias about DFD 2012 coordination, agreed initial tasks and priorities == Web == - Continued planning of 2012 web sprint - Provided Chris Woolfrey with background data for use with FSFE marketing - Created FSFE Adwords account for Chris Woolfrey - Provided ideas for online task list for volunteers to web team == Other == - Planned flights to FOSDEM - Sent contact details of volunteer international payment systems developer to Fellowship Coordinator for future reference Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Contact the British team: uk(a)fsfeurope.org

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