Hi all,
before we go public with the conference and award I'd like you all to have a say.
WHAT: Winter conference + FSFE Scandinavian Award
Name of the conference: Free Software Conference Scandinavia URL: www.fscons.org Name of the award: FSFE Scandinavian Award
More information at the end of the email for the more curious ones.
WHEN: Please comment until
*** Thursday, 16 AUGUST 2007, 12:00 ***
if you wish to modify this decision. Otherwise, based on the feedback from sweden@fsfeurope.org, the following will be done:
CONCRETE STEPS:
a) Conference will be planed according to the text above
Conference =======================
Background: We plan to host a conference in Gothenburg primarily for hackers/programmers. The conf will be held at ITUniv between 7-8 December.
Name of the conference -----------------------------------
Name: Free Software Conference Scandinavia URL: www.fscons.org .... the pun is that "cons" is a Lisp function.
Award ======================= Background: We want to boost the interest for Free Software in Scandinavia. An award is hopefully one way of doing this.
Name of the award: FSFE Scandinavian Award
Prize: Something worth ca 500 euros
Slogan proposal: Person/project who has achieved most for FS in Scandinavia over the past year
Nominations: Done through the conf website ot through email to sweden@fsfeurope.org
Jury: 0-2 Persons from every country in Scandinavia where FSFE are represented 0-2 Fellows from every country in Scandinavia where FSFE are represented
Announcement: At the dinner between day 1 and 2 of the conf.