Yep - knowing that we'll probably stay in SP the first week, so the best would be to find a date then.
Also when do you think it would be best to come to the hackerspace ? I was thinking we could probably work from there during our stay, if you want us there : ) Xavier. On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 13:39 +0530, Smitha. K wrote: > Hi Felipe, > > > > Glad to meet you! > > > > Xavier and team will be in Brazil during 4th to 18th April 2011. > > > > Please let me know your convenient date and time to meet Xavier, so > that I will make arrangements accordingly. > > > > Look forward to hear from you. > > > > Best regards, > > Smitha. K > > > > > From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Felipe Sanches > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:24 AM > To: Xavier Antoviaque > Cc: Smitha K.; bar > Subject: Re: Free Software Community in Brazil > > > > > > Nice! I am travelling to USA next Tuesday to attend the Free Software > Foundation annual conference in Boston (it is called LibrePlanet) and > for a job interview at Mozilla Offices in Mountain View. I'll be back > to Brazil on April 4th, so the timing is perfect! > > How long will you stay here? > > cheers, > Felipe > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Xavier Antoviaque > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Felipe, > > Good news! We have settled on dates for the trip, if all goes well we > should be in Sao Paulo the week of the 4th of April. Will be very cool > to see you : ) > > I'd like to introduce you to Smitha, who will take care of the > coordination and organization of the trip details. > > Xavier. > > > > On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 19:16 +0100, Xavier Antoviaque wrote: > > Hi Felipe, > > > > Woops, your email went to the wrong folder - sorry for the late > answer. > > > > On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 15:06 -0300, Felipe Sanches wrote: > > > > > > There are some people at IDEC (the brazilian institute for defense > of > > > counsumer rights) that are friendly to us. We need to talk to > them. > > > But I still think that passing a law involvimg technology is often > a > > > difficult thing to do. > > > > It definitely is. You've had many more successes on that side than > in > > France over the last 8 years, though : ) > > > > > well... some of my perceptions are in my blog. For instance, read > this > > > blogpost about Metalab, a hackerspace in Vienna: > > > > http://jucablues.blogspot.com/2010/12/pinball-hacking-in-vienna-i-am.html > > > > Thanks for the link. > > > > Nice blog btw - programming the laser (the one for display, not for > > cutting ;p) must have been pretty fun : ) > > > > > Alright. Maybe we could try to synchronize the dates with > our > > > trip? Is > > > there anything we could to to help with the organization > of > > > the contest? > > > > > > well... one possibility is sponsoring prizes for the contest. It > would > > > be awesome! > > > > We are still small so we can't spend much with non-vital stuff, but > I > > can try to discuss it. Do you already have a prize or a budget in > mind? > > > > > Also, I'd like to have some feedback on the contest rules. Do you > > > think it is a good ruleset? Any advice on how to make it better? > > > > You have a pretty good base, especially license-wise. Do you expect > a > > lot of participants? The more participants, the more constraints it > puts > > on the judging (you may have to have several phases of selection). > > > > It's good to encourage new concepts and upstream contribution with > > points, I like that : ) Maybe could be worth expliciting how the > points > > would be calculated too, to allow competitor to put an adequate > amount > > of efforts, knowing its value for the contest. > > > > You can also have a look at Mozilla Game On contest rules for some > > details that you may want to integrate: > > https://gaming.mozillalabs.com/fineprint . I wish they had put the > same > > type of rules as you on the licensing part, but other than that they > > covered the grounds well. > > > > Ah, also - it's probably not for the contest rules and it depends on > the > > number of participants too, but it's very nice when those who lose > get > > some feedback on what was good/wrong with their entry. > > > > > My friend likes the idea. LEt me know when you figure out the date > of > > > your trip and I'll contact him again to schedule a presentation of > > > April. > > > > I definitely will. > > > > > I guess you could publish a call for developers in one of the free > > > software magazines/websites. You could try LinuxMagazine > > > (translation/adaptation of the german magazine), BR-Linux (a news > > > website), and RevistaEspiritoLivre (an online only monthly > magazine). > > > > Very good idea - thanks for the names of the magazines! > > > > Xavier. > > > > > > > > > > > >
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