Re: [lp-ca-on] SFD Toronto Venue

[Bob Jonkman]

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Hi all: We're now two weeks away from Software Freedom Day. I'm
curious, has anyone put up posters or done any other type of
advertising? I have to admit I've been a bit remiss; I have not yet
made announcements to the mailing lists and user groups I participate
in, and have not yet posted the schedule on the SFD wiki. I don't know
if there is a full slate of speakers for the Lightning Talks...

Today is about the last day we can make our Go/No Go decision -- any
later, and people will have booked up their schedules for a Saturday,
and any advertising and outreach won't have enough time to be
effective, especially if that advertising still has to be designed and
printed.

I understand that some people are having life issues interfering with,
um, life, and have reduced their participation in other areas.  Is
everyone still able to participate? Aruna, Blaise, Sergio, Rudolf?

So, are we on?

- --Bob.


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On 19/08/15 01:23 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> Hi Blaise: Book from 9am to 5pm, gives us time to get set up and
> clean up.
> 
> The tentative schedule:
> 
> 10:00am - 10:50am : What is Free Software (Sergio Durigan Jr.) 
> 11:00am - 11:50am : Free Software in Musical Performance (Blaise
> Alleyne) 11:50am - 1:00pm : Lunch [either everyone fends for
> themselves, or we make a bulk order for pizza or something. Panago
> Pizza was really good at the I2Pcon last weekend] 1:00pm - 1:50pm :
> Lightning talks (Rudolf) [We need to set the format for this. 3x
> 15m talks? 4x 10m? Also, put out a call for presentations] 2:00pm -
> 2:50pm : E-mail privacy with Free Software (Bob Jonkman) 2:50pm -
> 3:00pm : Formal Keysigning [ as per 
> http://sobac.com/wiki/index.php/Formal_Keysigning - need to
> advertise for participants] 3:00pm - 4:00pm : Workshop: Installing
> Free Software Privacy Tools: GnuPG, Thunderbird, Enigmail (Bob
> Jonkman)
> 
> Also, from 11:00am - 4:00pm Laurel Russwurm will be showing Free 
> Culture movies (is that the right time? Maybe start movies at
> noon?)
> 
> And importantly, we need to get some posters out there.
> TorontoCrypto had some really good posters for the I2P conference,
> see 
> https://torontocrypto.org/blog/2015/08/13/getting-ready-for-i2pcon.html
>
> 
Some of these were actual poster size, many were folio (11"x17"); I'm
> sure there were postcards and flyers too.  There is artwork on the
> SFD site: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/Promote
> 
> I have two SFD folio posters from 2013 we can use to decorate the 
> room. Happily, they're undated.
> 
> --Bob.
> 
> 
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> On 19/08/15 09:34 AM, Blaise Alleyne wrote:
>> I'm working on booking the Alleyne Inc. space for the venue, but 
>> just wanted to confirm the time. What time do we think we need
>> the room for? 9am-5pm? 10am-4pm?
> 
>> On 01/08/15 04:19 PM, Blaise Alleyne wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Just wanted to follow up on the possibility of Alleyne Inc. 
>>> providing a venue.
>>> 
>>> I spoke with Joel Alleyne (my father, owner/President of
>>> Alleyne Inc.) and just mentioned the event in passing, and he
>>> said that the company would cover any booking fees associated
>>> with a room (security, room cleanup, etc.) if we need the 120
>>> Carlton party/conference room as a venue, as a sort of
>>> sponsorship of the event or whatever. He's happy to cover those
>>> fees to support the group.
>>> 
>>> So just wanted to share that offer of a free venue, but
>>> neither myself or Joel will be the least bit offended if we
>>> choose to host elsewhere!
>>> 
>>> Blaise
>>> 
> 
> 
> 
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