Hi Felipe, Many thanks for the offer! It's really nice and kind of you. It's actually quite incredible that you were able to put in place such accommodation facilities - I'm a bit jealous ;p
We originally planned to go to the hotel, but a friend of my wife proposed to host us the week we are in SP, so we won't need it - it can be reserved for someone else : ) And, yes, it will be only me and my wife. My partner, David, originally planned to come too, but he's stuck with investors meetings, so he won't have the chance to join the trip this time. Cheers, Xavier. On Fri, 2011-03-18 at 14:55 -0400, Felipe Sanches wrote: > We have a "hacker appartment" on the other side of the street and > we'll be happy to let you be hosted there if you wish. How many people > will be with you? Will it be only you and your wife? We need to know > how long will you stay and how many people need hosting so that we can > check whether the appartment will be available in those dates and > whether it is adequate for the size of your group. > > cheers, > Felipe Sanches > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Felipe Sanches > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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]] 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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