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
  • Jun