On 07/21/2011 04:08 PM, Subir Pradhanang wrote: > Congratulations to NOSK team, Lalitpur, Nepal for getting their name > on the mention list! > > Cheers, > Subir > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Frederic Muller - SFI <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:55 AM > Subject: [SFD-discuss] 2010 competition results announcement > To: SFD announcements <[email protected]>, Open discussions > about SFD <[email protected]> > > > Software Freedom Day 2010 Best Event Competition result announcements: > Africa, Asia and Australia under the spotlights! > > Hudson, New Hampshire (May 23, 2011) - Software Freedom International is > proud to announce the SFD 2010 best event competition results. Software > Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source > Software (FOSS) with the goal of educating the public about the > existence and the benefits of using FOSS in education, in government, at > home and in business. > > The SFD Best Event Competition is an international recognition of the > efforts made by individual organizing teams in regards to spreading the > importance of Software Freedom and reaching out to the relevant groups > of people in their area. Each year three teams are chosen and the awards > given to those teams are meant to help them further in their tasks for > the years to come. > > This year, two leading organizations from the Free and Open Source > Software movements have joined us to reward those exceptional achievers: > the Free Software Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the > Free Software movement, and Makerbot, a private company pushing the > concept of Free Software to physical media and making an fully open > source 3D printer. > > Among the 40 submissions we have received the three teams that came out > as outstanding organizers and promoters of Software Freedom in 2010 are > spread over 3 different continents. We would like to name in no specific > order: > * SFD team Melbourne, Australia > * SFD team Yaoundé, Cameroon team > * SFD team SPCF-CITE, Angeles City, Philippines > > As a side note we are very pleased to see winners from different areas > this year, especially Africa and would also like to mention some entries > which didn't make it in the top 3 but definitely deserve to be mentioned: > * CPU & Software Freedom Network team, Manila, Philippines > * 8layes team, manila, Philippines > * Limestone Coast GLUG, Mount Gambier, Australia > * NOSK team, Lalitpur, Nepal > > The above teams should be an inspiration to all SFD organizers and help > you to prepare for SFD 2011 which will happen on Saturday September 17th > this year. > > About SFI - Software Freedom International is the non-profit > organization at the origin of Software Freedom Day. SFI handles > sponsorship contracts, official team registrations, sending out schwags > to teams, the annual Best SFD Event Competition and many other things. > For more information please contact: > Frederic Muller > Software Freedom International President > info (at) softwarefreedomday.org > or visit our website at www.softwarefreedomday.org > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > Congratulations NOSK team. :)
-- Abhishek Singh FOSS Nepal Community http://wiki.fossnepal.org
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