Minutes of steering meeting 2
Held: Monday 27 June 2005, 3.30pm, Cashel St cafe.
Present: Gordon Findlay, Rik Tindall.
Tasks were specified, on the following timeline:
July 6th, Wednesday 7.30pm, Sydenham GNU/Linux Users workshop. [SFD –2 months]
Objective: seek network of volunteers, for specific sites, to get flyers out before SFD & on the day. Ask the workshop for input on the format of SFD2 (Rik/GLU).
Information: Press Release to be drafted by July 6th, ready for workshop approval and release on August 1st (Gordon).
Publications targeted: The Press, Community Newspapers, PC World & NZ Computerworld magazines. Content can be drawn from SFD website.
Draft flyers need to be signed off on the 6th too (Gordon).
Official sponsors thus far: Ubuntu, InfoHelp, Avonmore, GLU. Prepare for list finalising.
August 4th, Thursday 7.30pm, Sydenham GLU workshop. [SFD –1 month]
SFD flyers/leaflets to go out with volunteer network: Supermarkets, Schools, Libraries, ..
September 1st, Thursday 7.30pm, Sydenham GLU workshop. [SFD –1 week]
Last preparations: Sub-teams sorted, CDs, slideshow, publicity, etc.
September 10th, Software Freedom Day, 10am-4pm, Avonmore Tertiary Academy, CashelSt.
Sub-teams arrive at base / take leaflets & message out to City, Square, Malls, Markets, etc. - try to feed people into the event, ceasing 2pm & return to base. PC tuition and talks will go on all day there, one-on-one in the main (volunteer/demand dependent). Slideshow too.
Additional
A: Avonmore has three Linux training options available, for people who get attracted to SFD and FOSS, which is useful to the FOSS Community:
Boot camp – targets Windows sysadmins (size 8, estimated adoption potential 50%).
Evening class – general users, adults & beginners (8, 25%).
Holiday program – kids, gamers (12, 10%).
The information releases & flyers we put out have to navigate all these Linux markets.
Rik suggested that Avonmore adopt Linux as a point of differentiation in the computer training marketplace, with an eye to local electronics firms, embedded devices, and C programming – Linux strengths & opportunity. Gordon invited Rik to join Avonmore's Industry Advisory Committee, and he is happy to participate.
B: A candidate's forum is to be organised, through CLUG or GLU, before September's NZ General Elections. This will inform people about FOSS, and promote SFD as a FOSS access point. The forum is an entirely separate event organisation to SFD, however.
Minutes prepared & circulated by Rik, 29Jun05.