FSM Committee Notes

SFD Planning (Aug 2016)

• Saturday 2016-09-17: S.F.D.: 11:00 – 16:00

Before the FSM TODOs:

• Signs - Michael - GNU colors (red/white) - Get moving on this. GO GO GNU ACTION FORCE!
• Name tags for organizers & groups - Ben M - prototype for Thursday
• Check EW network & password... make signes for SFD - Ben M - Speed tests on Thursday - Streaming to projector?

Before the day TODOs:

• Announce by: 19th Party time on the annoucment!
• joint games (or install fest) with LuV... anyone able to vol a PC?:
  • Ben M: one PC & kb & mouse
  • Michael - Mac Mini + Atom based Chinese Windows 10 box of doom. Keyboard and mouses + Xbox controller.
• Global Software freedom day website. - Ben M
• Get Ben S to update site? - Ben M
• update website and homepage: http://www.sfd.org.au/melbourne/ & http://freesoftware.org.au/ & sfd site... - Ben M
• Groups to invite:
  • LUV & FSM -
  • FSS
  • EW & RH???
  • MLug / Melbourne Open Source Meetup
  • CCHS / makerlab / MESH /
  • Pirate Party
  • EFA
  • blender
  • Privacy . org (https://www.privacy.org.au/)
  • Open Knowlege & Gov/Health/Budget - Hack / RHoK
  • Free Software Sydney
  • Thoughtworks/CfA?
  • HTML5 groups (css/frameworks/...)?
  • docker / R / puppet / openshift / ruby / rust / django / mongo / openGIS / postgres / python
  • wordpress / drupal
  • wikipedia / wikimedia
  • microsoft open source
  • OWASP / cryptohackers
  • bitcoin

Things to do on the day:

• Ask Ben S to bring Zoom audio recorder, (or Damien to bring audio equipment?) - Ben M to ask Ben S if we can do audio streaming?
• Tea/coffee & light snacks - Ben F
• Donation/suggestion box - Michael
• Door duty roster
  1. 10:00am - 11:45pm - Michael Verrenkamp
  2. 11:45pm - 1:00pm - Damien Zammit?
  3. 2.30pm - 3:30pm - Ben M
  4. 3:30pm-End - Ben F?
• Photos (Email photo's too... & Media goblin) - Ben M
• LUV banners (Banner? Small Poster?) - Ben M

SFD proposed timetable

• 11:00 - opening talk - ICT in schools, use of free software in schools.
• 12:00 - second talk - Matt Chenga - OSM Applications
• 1:00 - local groups talks & break for lunch
• 2:30 - final talk - Adam Zammit - Open source/free software at A.C.S.P.R.I.
• 3:30 - games & workshops
• 4:45 - closing speach LuV & FSM talks (Andrew & Ben M)

FSM Committee Notes

August 2016

Recap last meetup & meeting

• working group - working too hard
• Role-based email addresses - not working yet

Next Month

• Talk/Event: Paul Foxworthy - ausprefs
• Gnews: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Aug_Gnews_2016 - Ben F
• Tea/Coffee: Michael bring it next meetup! ... damn it!
• dinner: resteraunt after
• Announce: done
• Also on Pump.io and Diaspora - Ben M
• Door & Stickers & Pens: Ben M
• Audio: Michael to talk to Damian
• Intro & MC - Michael - EW space, CoC, intros, SFD

Reports to tresurer

• $9.00 donations

Timeline

• Jul 21st - Lilly Ryan - Scientific Hooliganism
• Aug 18th - Paul Foxworthy
• Saturday 2016-09-17: S.F.D.
• Oct 20th - Michael Verrenkamp - The Paradoxes of free software. The odd behaviours of users in light of logic.
• Nov 17th -
• Dec 15th - Dinner
• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
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