RE: [backstage] Digital Freedom in Education & Youth - North West :: August Meeting

[TRYPHENA BRADE]

A road show would be ideal, meetings in London,Birmingham,Staffordshire
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:25:31 +0100> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 
> backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk> Subject: [backstage] Digital Freedom in Education 
> & Youth - North West :: August Meeting> > DFEY-NW[1] (Digital Freedom in 
> Education & Youth - North West), the > North West of England's first group 
> focusing on young people and issues > of freedom in the digital world is 
> looking forward to it's first meeting > EVER in August.> > 
> ---------------------> | What is DFEY-NW |> ---------------------> > DFEY-NW 
> is a group formed in response from a growing need in the > Northwest of 
> England for a Group to encourage and promote young people's > involvement 
> with the free software community by creating a social space > to make it more 
> comfortable for young people to get involved with GLUGs > and FSUGs.> > 
> -----------> | Meeting |> -----------> > To get things started, it has been 
> suggested that the first meeting > should be used to work out:> 1) what 
> projects[2] we wish to undertake> 2) what we can do to get more free software 
> into education> 3) what we should do in future meetings> > It has been 
> suggested that we should work closely with local GLUGs and > FSUGs and 
> similar groups, to help young people be given the help and > respect needed 
> to encourage them into the community.> > --------> | When |> --------> > To 
> find out what the best date is for those interested to meet, a poll > has 
> been created:> > http://is.gd/17IS> > Please fill it in and indicate which 
> dates are best for you.> > ---------> | Where |> ---------> > What do you 
> think? Where is convenient for you? What do you suggest?> > My suggestion 
> would be somewhere in Manchester, but I would be very > interested about 
> suggestions of venues from other locations.> > Venues in Manchester:> > I'm 
> happy to contact the MDDA[3] who have been very welcoming to > Manchester 
> Free Software Group in the past, though they like people to > book sooner 
> rather than later.> > Many of the other popular venues (such as Fab Cafe, 
> Rain Bar, The > Britons Protection, the Water House) are pubs/bars which some 
> people may > feel uncomfortable or have problems being in, though the Corner 
> House > may be an option which is not likely to cause problems.> > Anyone 
> have any better ideas? Feedback is crucial here. :)> > -----------> | Contact 
> |> -----------> > We have a Mailing list:> 
> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dfey-nw-discuss> and a forum 
> interface:> http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk/wiki/Forum> > We also are on IRC 
> at> #dfey on irc.freenode.net> There is also a web interface if you haven't 
> mastered IRC yet:> http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk/wiki/Chat> > ---> > 
> Looking forward to your suggestions,> > > Tim Dobson> DFEY-NW Co-Organiser> > 
> ---> > [1] http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk> [2] 
> http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk/wiki/Talk:Main_Page> [3] 
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> one object, and we exchange them, then each of us> still has one object.> If 
> each of us have one idea, and we exchange them, then each of us now> has two 
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