On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Smitha. K <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Felipe, > > > > Thanks for your details. > > > > Can you please let me know the location of "Casa da Cultura Digital", so > that it will be helpful for me to confirm the meeting date also please > provide your contact number. > Casa de Cultura Digital and GAroa Hackerspace are both located at the same address: Rua Vitorino Carmilo, 459 Barra Funda – São Paulo – SP Phone: +55 (11) 3662 0571 There is a map in this page: http://www.casadaculturadigital.com.br/?p=14 My personal contact number is +55 11 9957-6993 (a cell phone). > > > Look forward to hear from you soon. > > > > Have a wonderful weekend! > > > > Best regards, > > Smitha. K > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Felipe Sanches > *Sent:* Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:04 PM > *To:* Xavier Antoviaque > *Cc:* bar; Smitha K. > > *Subject:* Re: Free Software Community in Brazil > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 6:43 AM, Xavier Antoviaque <[email protected]> > wrote: > > And sounds great to work from the Casa da Cultura Digital - many thanks for > the offer. : ) It will be much better than a hotel room, I'm sure : ) Will > we be free to come and go, or do we need to come when you're there? > > > During business hours in weekdays there is lots of people there so they can > open the door for you. At night and during weekends you would depend on > hackerspace members (who have the keys). But sometimes there is nobody at > the hackerspace. For that reason, perhaps it would be good for us to give > you a key. I will have to talk about that to the other hackerspace guys to > see what they think. It should be ok, I think. > > > About the hackerspace, is there any time that week where it would be > interesting to be there? > > actually, we are usually more active on weekends > > > > Many thanks for all the help. > > Xavier. > > > > On Fri, 2011-03-11 at 17:29 -0300, Felipe Sanches wrote: > > Yes, we definitely want you here :-) > > Our plan is to have a presentation about April on Wednesday, 6th > > April, at 7pm. We can provide a sound system, and a projector. Maybe > > we can also provide live streaming and recording. > > > > The hackerspace is located in a house that hosts several companies and > > NGOs related to free culture, free software and internet. It is called > > "Casa da Cultura Digital" which means "House of Digital Culture". We > > are planning to have the presentation at this house since it is more > > accessible than the university campus. But the research group I > > mentioned before is invited to attend. > > > > Is this date ok for you? > > > > I work at "House of Digital Culture" so I am there everyday. You are > > welcome to stay working there (or in the hackerspace) if you wish. > > > > cheers, > > Felipe Sanches > > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Xavier Antoviaque > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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] > > <[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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