fellowship-uk September 2011

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[Fellowship-uk] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 38)
by Sam Tuke 29 Sep '11

29 Sep '11

= Summary 19-25 September = During three days this week I spent most of my time preparing for my talks at Manchester Free Software Society and PyCon UK, arranging travel for PyCon, and editing the September Fellowship interview. = Detail = == PyCon UK 2011 == - Confirmed with John Pinner FSFE's booth and talk at PyCon - Coordinated with local volunteers who helped out as booths staff - Attended PyCon at Coventry Uni, ran FSFE booth with volunteer Yu-Wei Lin, gave lightning talk about FSFE to ~80 people, signed up 1 new Fellow, sold 3 tshirts == Editorial == - Edited, formatted and oversaw publication of September Fellowship interview (especially good, well done Chris!) (http://blogs.fsfe.org/fellowship-interviews/?p=422) == Policy == - Dented and forwarded to mailing lists news of "Peer to Patent" UK website; opportunity to contribute to fight against S/W patents - Forwarded request for help from Fife Council to UK Team list == Fellowship == - Received delivery of FSF stock from Richard Stallman for use at UK FSFE Booths - Proposed investigation into better methods of remote participation in FSFE meetings - Sent reminder email to mailing lists about September Manchester Fellowship meeting == Web == - Added Piwik <img> tracking code to fsfe.org for analytics == Community == - Was the September speaker at the Manchester Free Software society, gave talk on Freedom Boxes (presentation at http://wiki.fsfe.org/CloudComputing/) - Sent follow up email to my FB talk with links to betas and news of FB related projects - Forwarded "is Android really Free Software" article to discussion ML - Forwarded news of Gnome Women internships to mailing lists - Referred 'Flossie' UK Women's FS group details of potential London venue == Other == - Reported to Richard Stallman the publication of his interview in Wired UK: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-09/06/richard-stallman - Thanked all those responded to call for venues for Richard Stallman talks in UK in November - Agreed use of storage space for FSFE merchandise in my office's shared secure storage area - Provided Co-operatives UK (national trade body for coops) with information about FS and how to engage with FS developers and companies who may wish to become Cooperatives = Preview = - Send talk proposal to Scottish Cross Party meeting on Digital Participation - Coordinate Sept. Manchester Fellowship meeting - Prepare for FLOSSUK Unconference - Push back date of Free Software Assembly - Try and catch up with blog posts and weekly reports 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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[Fellowship-uk] Venues for R. Stallman in November
by Sam Tuke 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

Richard Stallman is considering a trip to the UK in early November and is looking for speaking venues. He has asked me to make enquiries on his behalf. Do you know of an organisation / society / institution that could host one of his talks? Richard has indicated that these enquiries are urgent as he intends to decide on whether to book his transportation today. Please reply as soon as possible if you have some ideas. Kind regards, 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] 1st Adobe advert removed! West Somerset Council
by Sam Tuke 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

See attached emails. The work from our PDF Reader's Sprint in August is beginning to pay off - well done team! Details of the Sprint for those who missed it: http://madlab.org.uk/content/stamp-out-the-ads-free-software-pdf-reader- sprint/ 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] Software Freedom Day this weekend!
by Sam Tuke 12 Sep '11

12 Sep '11

Saturday 17th (this weekend) is Software Freedom Day 2011, and FSFE is organising events all day in Manchester! We need some booth staff to talk to people about Free Software and FSFE, and hand out beautiful and informative leaflets. I'm one of the primary organisers, and I'll be busy running demonstrations and videos and pulling in the public, so your assistance at the FSFE booth would be invaluable. Let me know if you're able to make it, and if you're running your own local events that I'm not already aware of, let me know ASAP! 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] Fwd: PyCon UK can you come?
by Sam Tuke 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

FSFE has been invited to run a booth and give a talk at PyCon UK on 24th-25th of this month. Can you be involved? If you're able to attend and help out with a booth, and/or give a talk, please let us know! I've run several FSFE events recently and I'll be going to several more over the next couple of weeks (see http://uk.fsfe.org), so any assistance or support would be much appreciated! 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 33)
by Sam Tuke 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

= Detail 15-21 August = == Events == - Emailed all UK Fellows about FSFE booth at Richard Stallman talk at Birmingham University - Emailed all UK Fellows about participating in Software Freedom Day - Emailed all UK Fellows about FLOSS UK's Unconference 2011 == Editors == - Researched potential candidates for August Fellowship interview - Edited August Fellowship interview and sent to interns for publication - Got Chris Woolfrey's blog added to planet.fsfe.org - Applied Richard Stallman's changes to Guide to Effective Advocacy (https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/basics/effective-advocacy.en.html) - Engaged in detailed discussion with Chris Woolfrey on improved web presence / internet marketing of FSFE == Fellowship == - Sent notification of August Manchester Fellowship meeting rearrangement to manchester@ - Engaged in discussion on Youth Fellowship programme == Web == - Reported bug with expense request script, now fixed - Contacted web team coordinator regarding status of breadcrumb implementation on fsfe.org - Contacted web team coordinator regarding scripts for processing PDFR bugs and petition signatures (I couldn't get them working) == Community == - Requested that UKFSN host new version of TTCS FSWIN CD for Software Freedom Day (http://www.ttcsweb.org/fswin-cd/) - Sent detailed reply to concerns of Open Source Consortium regarding FSFE's political stance on UK issues - Requested that interns write report on eBooks - formats and software etc. == Other == - Pursued council funding project relating to Free Software music software 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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[Fellowship-uk] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 32)
by Sam Tuke 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

= Summary 08-14 August = During three days this week I spent most of my time preparing for and running the PDF Readers sprint, and the FSFE OggCamp booth. = Detail = == PDF Readers UK Sprint == - Emailed manchester@, fellowship-uk@, and fsuk-manchester(a)nongnu.org reminder invitation - Arranged to leave event equipment at MadLab so I could travel directly to London for OggCamp - Ran PDF Readers UK Sprint (see separate report already sent) == OggCamp == - Emailed all UK Fellows about attending OggCamp - Ran FSFE booth at OggCamp (see separate report already sent) == Free Software Assembly == - Contacted system-hackers@ about installing event booking system - Arranged Fellowship grant for Suffolk volunteer assisting with Assembly organisation == Fellowship == - Arranged for Chairman of Open Source Consortium to speak at Manchester Fellowship meeting - Cancelled August Manchester Fellowship meeting due to Richard Stallman talk in Birmingham on the same day - Welcomed new Fellow == Web == - Dented several messages from personal and FSFEUK account linking news of rioting and online surveillance to Free Software issues == Community == - Attended Manchester Free Software Society administrative meeting == Other == - Proposed project for use of Arts Council R&D funding to music producer - development of new instruments and plugins for Free Software audio DAWs 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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