Hi John, Thanks for your offer to speak. You'll be glad to know that the Melbourne Free Software Interest Group is intended to be non-technical:
http://www.softwarefreedom.com.au/free-software-melb/ I recommend that you attend our monthly discussion group (next on 20 Oct) to get the feel for the group before attempting a presentation. Look forward to having you involved. Ben John Thornton <[email protected]> writes: > Is there any chance of me being able to give a talk.workshop/demo?? > > Linux distro survey. I give a survey of about 10 linux distros and say what > each is good for. Then I hand out free CDs of some. > > I might not have a clue what GIT is. But I have spent a lot of time playing > with linux distributions: puppy, backtrack, artistx, debian, ubuntu, > ultimate, linuxgamers, fedora, knoppix...to name a few. > > If I can't give a talk/workshop of this type then can there be a talk "what > is wrong with free software as a community?" and I will answer "the same > clique of people with computer science degrees do the same thing all the > time and people like me don't get a look in". > > Just because I do not have a degree in computer science does not mean that I > don't know about linux and computers. > > John > > > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 10:00 PM, < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Send Free-software-melb mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Free-software-melb digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Fwd: Software Freedom Day: Free as in lunch with open sauce, >> Saturday 17 Sept (Ben Sturmfels) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:21:44 +1000 >> From: Ben Sturmfels <[email protected]> >> To: Melbourne Free Software Interest Group >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: [free-software-melb] Fwd: Software Freedom Day: Free as in >> lunch with open sauce, Saturday 17 Sept >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Sorry for the late notice, but here's the info on Software Freedom Day >> tomorrow: >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [luv-announce] Software Freedom Day: Free as in lunch with >> open sauce >> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:10:38 +1000 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> Software Freedom Day, Saturday September 17. 2011 >> >> The Hub, 80 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands. >> >> 12 noon: Free as in lunch with open sauce >> >> Come join us for a BBQ (meat and vegetarian sausages, onion, sauce and >> bread provided - byo drinks and salad) to celebrate Software Freedom Day. >> >> 1.30 Keynote - Ben Sturmfels, Why Free Software Matters >> >> 2.30 Workshops - Planning for Freedom in the Coming Year >> a. Tony Forster, International Development with Free Software. >> b. Alex Garber, Introducing Newcomers to Free Software >> c. Alex Fraser, Code Sharing: A Programmer's Perspective >> d. Daniel Jitnah, Free Software and Accessibility >> e. Kathy Reid, Building Free and Open Source Communities >> f. Lev Lafayette, Teaching Free and Open Source Computing >> >> >> Drupal Melbourne will be running a stall and opportunity to discuss using >> that free and open source content-management framework. Plus we'll have a >> range of Linux distributions and various free software available to >> interested parties. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> luv-announce mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-announce >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Free-software-melb mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb >> >> >> End of Free-software-melb Digest, Vol 13, Issue 5 >> ************************************************* >> > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb
