[GLLUG] GLLUG and Software Freedom Day

[Eduardo Cesconetto]

I'll be available from 3 to 5, to whatever is needed.

On Sep 6, 2007, at 10:42 PM, Chick Tower wrote:

> In addition to what Clay had to say, we need volunteers to attend  
> our SFD presentations in rooms 100 and 101 at Davenport University  
> in downtown Lansing on Saturday, September 15th.  We'll need to  
> have people there by 12:30 p.m., one half-hour before presentations  
> begin, and people to plan on staying for about half an hour after  
> presentations conclude at 4:30 p.m.  We'll need people to bring PCs  
> demonstrating free/open source software and to answer questions  
> attendees may have about F/OSS.  We'll actually have a dress code  
> for volunteers; slacks, shirts with collars, and everything clean.   
> We're representing F/OSS to business, education, and government  
> professionals, so we have to look presentable.  You can find a map  
> and driving directions at the following URL:
>
> http://www.davenport.edu/Home/OurCampus/Facilities/Locations/tabid/ 
> 170/Default.aspx
>
> If you can spend some time volunteering for us, you can either  
> reply to the mailing list or to me, just so we know how many  
> volunteers to expect.  You can also tell me if you want to bring  
> your PC to demonstrate a particular piece of software.  If you need  
> a ride or can offer a ride from some part of town, let me know and  
> I'll try to work something out.
>
>                                Chick
>
>
> Clay Dowling wrote:
>> On Saturday, September 15th GLLUG will be holding an Open House on  
>> the
>> campus of Lansing Community College from 1pm to 5pm for Software  
>> Freedom
>> Day.  This event is a good opportunity for business owners,  
>> executives,
>> computer users and students to see how free and open source  
>> software can
>> reduce costs and improve productivity.
>> We are planning four 10 minutes presentations which will be repeated
>> during the day:
>> * What is Open Source? *
>> A brief overview of what open source is, with a short history and  
>> some
>> prominent examples.
>> * Why Open Source? *
>> What are the benefits of using Open Source software, with examples.
>> * Open Source for the Home User *
>> A brief look at open source software for the home user, including
>> current trends and examples of how people are using it.
>> * Open Source for the Business User *
>> How open source software is helping business by reducing costs and
>> making new things possible.
>> While this is being presented by the Greater Lansing Linux User's  
>> Group,
>> I would like to emphasize that we will be presenting tools and
>> technology that is available to users of all popular operating  
>> systems,
>> including Windows, Macintosh and Linux.  You do not need to  
>> convert your
>> home or office to Linux to take advantage of the tools we will be  
>> showing.
>> In addition to the presentations we will have the Burn Box available.
>> For those who are not familiar, the Burn Box is a CD Burning Kiosk  
>> that
>> lets you create CDs of popular software distributions including  
>> Linux,
>> FreeBSD and utility CDs.
>> There will also be machines on site where visitors can see open  
>> source
>> software in use.  To that end, if people can volunteer to bring in  
>> their
>> machines and talk about the software they're showing, that would  
>> be great.
>> Obvious candidates are Firefox, Thunderbird (possibly with the  
>> Calendar
>> extension, which makes it play nice with Outlook's calendar features)
>> and Open Office.  The Gimp, Inkscape, Scribus (page layout  
>> software) and
>> various media software are also good things to show off.  Games  
>> might be
>> good to show the home users (my wife loves the variety of Solitaire
>> games).  I plan to bring in a Windows machine and show PostgreSQL and
>> the Code::Blocks IDE with the source of a commercial application  
>> that I
>> sell.
>> We could also use some corporate sponsorship to make this event  
>> better.
>>  If your company or your employer would be willing to provide $50
>> towards paying for refreshments we will happily give them space to
>> advertise their products and services.  If they can speak to visitors
>> about how open source software has helped their business that  
>> would be
>> even better.
>> Before the list gets flooded with suggestions to do this on the MSU
>> campus: we considered that first.  MSU has a home game that day,  
>> and if
>> you aren't familiar with MSU on game day, there is no parking to  
>> be had
>> for love nor money, making it somewhat difficult to get visitors  
>> to our
>> event.  Speaking of which, if someone could bring a MythTV setup  
>> that is
>> showing the game, that would be really cool.
>> Clay
>
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