manchester June 2011

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[Manchester] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 24)
by Sam Tuke 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

= Summary = This week I was travelling back from the General Assembly in Slovenia, and my work for FSFE primarily constituted time dedicated to the AVM vs Cybits press release and backgroud article. = Detail = == Editors == - Assisted in drafting AVM vs Cybits press release - Edited multiple versions of AVM vs Cybits press release - Edited background info article on AVM vs Cybits case - Contacted British journalists with advance notice of AVM vs Cybits news, resulting in articles by Glynn Moody (http://l.fsfe.org/BaimoD) and Jennifer Baker (http://link.fsfe.org/BajZHo) - Coordinated receipt of June Fellowship interview transcript == Fellowship == - Sent email to fellowship-uk@ and manchester@ lists regarding collecting UK Free Software news stories - (Re)arranged vene for 30th June Manchester Fellowship meeting == Community == - Confirmed my talk at RMLL in Strasbourg == Other == - Added new contacts to press-release-uk@ list - Edited official notes taken at FSFE General Assembly and sent them to the GA report coordinator == Web == - Pursued configuration of potential FSFE YaCy Server == Preview == - Edit June Fellowship interview - Attend Open Rights Group annual community event in London - Book travel to DebConf '11 - Begin planning of UK Fellows meeting - Plan PDF Readers sprint, arrange venue, send notifications - Confirm travel arrangements to Strasbourg - Attend Manchester Free Software community event - Edit follow up news and PRs relating to AVM vs Cybits -- 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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[Manchester] Meeting 19.00 this Thursday at Madlab
by Sam Tuke 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

On Thursday the June Manchester Fellowship meeting will take place at MadLab: http://madlab.org.uk/content/fsfe-4/ Please reply with any additional topics you may wish to discuss. Currently proposed topics: 1. Report on progress with tasks agreed at the the May meeting 2. Introduction to "How to convince your friends to use Free Software" Fellowship project 3. Discussion: ideas for positive campaigning against Apple hardware / software lock-in Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday, 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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[Manchester] Collecting UK Free Software news stories
by Sam Tuke 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

FSFE's UK Team needs your keen eyes for Free Software related news! Both the Team homepage (http://uk.fsfe.org) and it's identi.ca feed (http://identi.ca/fsfeuk) need more news, and spotting what should be included is a task perfect for our national network of Fellows. If you know of a story that we should 'dent' or write about, please send it immediately to the team mailing list at uk(a)fsfeurope.org and bring it to our attention. You can also contact the editors team (or join it yourself) if you have an outline for an article and get the drafting process started. Unfortunately a couple of important UK stories have passed without FSFE comment recently and I'd really like to prevent that from happening by working together. 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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[Manchester] Sam on reduced availability
by Sam Tuke 15 Jun '11

15 Jun '11

Having flown back from FSFE's General Assembly on Monday night, my availability shall be reduced for the rest of this week. Thursday and Friday I shall not be working for FSFE as I need to make up days with my other employer. For any urgent issues that haven't received an email response please call me on 078680 77871. Thanks, Sam.

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[Manchester] Greenbelt
by Anna Morris 05 Jun '11

05 Jun '11

Hi, I had mentioned this festival would be worth having a stall at: http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/g-source the link is for the big exhibition tent where all the charities and organisations have stalls: I didn't realise it would be so expensive. That said, I still think it would be something good to consider for the future. It's a pretty political festival, and it would be great to have a FS talk on the menu one year... but perhaps its a big project for just now. Anna xxxx

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[Manchester] Fwd: PDF Readers UK sprint
by Anna Morris 03 Jun '11

03 Jun '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anna Morris <say.hello.to.anna(a)googlemail.com> Date: Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [Manchester] PDF Readers UK sprint To: Sam Tuke <samtuke(a)fsfe.org> On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Sam Tuke <samtuke(a)fsfe.org> wrote: > tldr: where shall we hold the PDF Readers sprint? > > One of the outcomes of the last Fellowship meeting was the decision to > organise a PDF Readers sprint towards the end of this month. > > This is an exciting idea, and I'm really looking forward to it! > > I haven't asked MadLab about availability yet, however I was wondering > about > using OpenSpace (http://openspace.coop) - the cooperative co-working space > where my office is. > > OpenSpace has a medium sized meeting room, and several desks that attendees > could use. Its a large light space, free of charge (because I'm a tenant), > has > a kitchen facilities and the wonderful Kims' bar/restaurant next door, and > is > usually quiet. > My only issue, literally, is that its not central. According to google maps its 30 mins walk from Piccadilly, which is really a long time if you dont know the area. Though mad lab is not my favorite place in the world, it is very central. Have you considerd nexus? You can usually reserve the top area and they have wifi (or they did last time I checked). Also, the friends meeting house are central but you have to pay (a little). If there was an event there I would, if I weren't involved, not go (honestly) but then I dont live in the city and I suppose people are more used to hulme etc if they live in the city. Dunno. Your call : ) > > I've attached some pictures (which don't do it justice) to give you an > idea. > > We can by all means attempt to use MadLab instead, but I thought I'd > suggest > OpenSpace as it would be good to try it out for events like these, and > having > a variety of tested venues at our disposal will be good for occasions where > MadLab can't accommodate us. > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Manchester mailing list > Manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/manchester > > -- "There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching..." Martha Graham -- "There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction; a blessed unrest that keeps us marching..." Martha Graham

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[Manchester] PDF Readers UK sprint
by Sam Tuke 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

tldr: where shall we hold the PDF Readers sprint? One of the outcomes of the last Fellowship meeting was the decision to organise a PDF Readers sprint towards the end of this month. This is an exciting idea, and I'm really looking forward to it! I haven't asked MadLab about availability yet, however I was wondering about using OpenSpace (http://openspace.coop) - the cooperative co-working space where my office is. OpenSpace has a medium sized meeting room, and several desks that attendees could use. Its a large light space, free of charge (because I'm a tenant), has a kitchen facilities and the wonderful Kims' bar/restaurant next door, and is usually quiet. I've attached some pictures (which don't do it justice) to give you an idea. We can by all means attempt to use MadLab instead, but I thought I'd suggest OpenSpace as it would be good to try it out for events like these, and having a variety of tested venues at our disposal will be good for occasions where MadLab can't accommodate us. 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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[Manchester] Notes for May 26th Fellowship meeting
by Sam Tuke 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

On May 26th the second meeting took place of the Manchester Fellowship group. We had a productive discussion primarily focused on four topics. Various action items resulted, including a PDF Readers UK campaign sprint proposed for Saturday 25th June. These notes reflect what was agreed. I shall forward the section on Okay Computer to other concerned lists. = Meeting notes = == Leaflet ideas == - existing UK leaflet is better to libraries than the Nortern Quarter - we should also distribute leaflets at the universities - we should design a second more catchy leaflet which relates to Free Software oriented groups and events in Manchester - pictures? Leafleting in some parts of Manchester is very competitive, getting people's attention is difficult - groups to be listed on new leaflet = Manchester Free Software, OKC, FSFE - events to be listed when they are upcoming = Software Freedom Day, uCubed - Anna will mail draft 'sputnik' design to the manchester(a)lists.fsfe.org list == Publicly accessible list of Free Software related community groups in Manchester == - there has been existing discussion on Manchester Free Software list and blackpool list, idea for central website with list of Manchester / NW groups with links to their mailing lists, simon suggested Northwest digital (nwdc) website - Simon will enquire about changes to nwdc site - addition of a wiki? - Sam will make a Fellowship wiki page of Manchester Free Software groups (like NWDC) in any case; can compliment existing resources (check wiki accounts can be created by public) - we shall reconvene on situation at next fellowship meeting == PDF Readers campaign in the UK == - add Salford council to list of UK bugs - We should organise a PDF Readers UK bug spring with the following activities: - find new UK 'bugs' and reporting them - contact outstanding UK organisations after new bugs have been added - Anna will invite friends and associates 'waifs and strays' - sam will post announcement to post to Manchester Free Software list, opendata list, possibly - provisional date for event: Sat 25th June - what about people without laptops? Anna will bring two laptops - Anna will arrange food for the event == Okay Computer == - has its own infrastructure - website, mailing list - participation will be open to supportive individuals and organisations, including FSFE Fellowship, Manchester Free Software, and LUGs - the next event will be more open up to other distributions, including wider variety of demos and disks - attendees will be provided with information on using remote community support effectively so that they rely less on support from local support after the event == Church and wider community events == - Anna will try to arrange a formal meeting with a local church group regarding a Free Software event, will report back next meeting - Possible opportunities for other Free Software events / stalls: - Greenbelt festival, on bank holiday weekend in August - 'Inspire' in Levenshulme church community space - free of charge rooms, they're looking for volunteer training in IT - Thameside Topaz, had adult edu week == Developing resources to appeal to third sector organisations == - feedback from Chorlton festival: sometimes charities need proof of stability, especially when they're using old donated hardware - 'open source options for government' paper can be useful to charities in choosing solutions - due to funding cuts Free Software is potentially very important to third sector right now - good networking hubs are volunteer centres for charities - discuss on fellowship-uk which resources to invest time in producing - how to appeal to third sector organisations is complex, need to involve at least national group in strategy, maybe have IRC meeting soon? 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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[Manchester] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 21)
by Sam Tuke 01 Jun '11

01 Jun '11

= Summary = During this week I primarily spent time on tasks relating to the monthly Manchester Fellowship meeting. I also publishing the May interview which took considerable time. = Detail = During three days working for FSFE I did the following: == Policy == - Collected and emailed a London Council a summary of the latest responses to enquiries made last week pursuant to aiding their deployment of Ubuntu on desktop machines == Editors == - Edited, formatted, published, and promoted May Fellowship interview - Provided feedback to interviewer - Discussed options relating to syndication of audio version of future interviews by podcasts == Community == - Emailed contacts in Scotland regarding potential venues for upcoming RMS tour - Had meeting with organiser of local installfest group, required some preparation to view presentations with dependencies - Managed community reaction to Fellowship group's association with upcoming Manchester installfest == Fellowship == - Sent reminders regarding Fellowship meeting on the 28th - Spent considerable time printing leaflets on local printer - Prepared detailed agenda and notes for Fellowship meeting. Topics: - status of existing UK leaflet, with examples - creation of new leaflet relating to all Manchester FS related groups - status of PDF Readers in the UK, proposed sprint in Manchester - upcoming installfest in Manchester - developing resources to appeal to third sector organisations - Made arrangements to meet new fellow during an upcoming visit == Other == - Added new contacts to press-release-uk@ list == Web == - Continued to contribute to proposal of tag-based breadcrumbs for fsfe.org - Proposed use of meetbot on FSFE IRC meetings == Preview == - Continue to monitor contributions to Open Source Options for Government paper - Publish notes taken at Fellowship meeting to all concerned lists and groups - Collect contacts made from enquiries on behalf of a London Council into a list or wiki for future use - Contact other community groups regarding appointment Executive Director of Digital - Organise PDF Readers sprint; venue, send notifications, prepare materials - Start work on Manchester specific leaflet, if time allows - Start documenting freedombox applications in preparation for my talk in July, if time allows - Continue development of resources for third sector, if time allows -- 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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