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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: pi villanueva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Feb 10, 2007 4:36 PM Subject: Call for Participation: Philippine Conference on FOSS and E-Governance, FOSS Fiesta and Joomla + Ubuntu+FOSS Migration Workshop To: Yolynne Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Recommended Subject: Call for Participation: Philippine Conference on FOSS and E-Governance, FOSS Fiesta and Joomla + Ubuntu+FOSS Migration Workshop [please circulate where necessary] Call for Participation: Philippine Conference on FOSS and E-Governance, FOSS Fiesta and Parallel Workshops on Joomla and Ubuntu+FOSS Migration The Institute for Popular Democracy is inviting users, advocates and developers of Free Software/Open Source Software (FOSS) who are interested in getting government to adapt a progressive FOSS policy to participate in the "Philippine Conference on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and E-Governance." The event marks the culmination of IPD's one-year project with the European Commission-Philippine Delegation under the Small Projects Facility entitled "Piloting Free and Open Source Software Using Open Standards in e-Governance Applications for Local Government Units." The conference will be held on March 7-8, 2007 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City. The conference aims to provoke discussions about policy concerns and practical strategies to advance the effective and creative use of free and open source software to support the cornerstones of good e-governance. The main themes which the conference intends to address include: (1) Challenges in developing FOSS for e-governance, (2) FOSS as a strategic component for good e-governance, and (3) Building sustainable constituencies for FOSS. Expected to address the conference are senior government officials involved in the policy area of information communications technology and e-governance, and the head of the European Commission's Philippine Delegation. FOSS experts involved in two prominent international FOSS initiatives -- Joomla and Ubuntu -- will also be speaking on similar experiences abroad involving deployment of Free Software and Open Source Software in the public sector. The conference will also showcase the experiences and learnings of IPD and the ten pilot local government units in developing software for various operations of local governments, such as market stall management, business permits and licensing, GIS for tax mapping, barangay business registry and city hospital management. The ten pilot LGUs who participated in the project are: (i.) Roxas, Palawan (ii.) El Nido, Palawan (iii.) Coron, Palawan (iv.) Daraga, Albay (v.) Jagna, Bohol (vi.) San Jose de Buenavista, Antique (vii.) Guiuan, Eastern Samar (viii.) Iligan City (ix.) Digos City and (x.) Davao City Other Highlights of the Conference 1) Obstacles and gaps in building e-governance Philippine-style - special session to tackle the short-term and long-term challenges in building e-governance in the Philippines. This session will attempt to distill the policy-oriented obstacles and gaps in the use of information an communications technology to support governmen't basic functions and to promote citizen participation in decision-making. 2) FOSS 101 – a mini-workshop for participants who want to gain a more comprehensive understanding of Free and Open Source Software, and its relationship to broad development concerns and governance issues 3) Making a Case for FOSS: Convincing the policy-makers to support FOSS in e-Governance - this session will aim to discuss strategies toward creating a viable policy environment for FOSS in e-governance. What works? What does not work? What are we missing? 4) Building sustainable constituencies for using FOSS in e-governance - this session will aim to come up with strategies for building sustainable constituencies for using FOSS in e-Governance. The session will also attempt to engage FOSS users and developers in discussing software supply and demand issues: what does government require and how can the FOSS development community respond in a sustainable way. The conference is open to walk-ins. Registration is free, but walk-ins will have to make their own meal arrangements. To inquire about the conference, please write to: events | at | lgu.flossp.net Or call: 655-7132, 655-2295, 655-4073, 656-8351(look for Lhenny or Tina) +++ FOSS Fiesta The Institute for Popular Democracy is inviting FOSS users' groups, developers' collectives, networks, companies and agencies who wish to showcase their FOSS projects and initiatives to a diverse audience of policymakers, local government executives, non-government organisations, ICT advocates, technology activists, and the curious computer enthusiasts. An open bazaar dubbed "FOSS Fiesta" will be held alongside the "Philippine Conference on FOSS and e-Governance" to provide an open space for live demonstrations of FOSS softwares and projects, quick tutorials, mini-discussions, and various other activities highlighting the power of free software/open source software. A good number of groups have already signed-up to run their mini-events: a techie hut for the SAHANA Disaster Management System (http://www.sahana.lk), an xBSD booth right alongside NGO-in-a-Box, an open space for the FOSS-powered Halalang Marangal (Halal - http://www.geocities.com/no.cheats/), a FOSS migration kiosk *manned* by female techies, a hub of Asia Source I and II Campers, a kiosk run by the International Open Source Networks (IOSN). Digital Solutions is bringing Knowledge Management and Open Source Software. Ditto Sun Microsystems. The sign-up list is filling out, so don't wait up. Sign-up now, join-in. Fiesta with us! FOSS Fiesta will be happening on March 7-8, 2007 at the foyer, outside the Palawan Hall of EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City. Booth rental charges will be waived for the first 20 groups to sign-in to exhibit their FOSS wares and share their knowhow. The only criteria required is that exhibitors uphold the *4 basic freedoms.* To inquire and/or sign-up to be a booth/event holder in FOSS Fiesta, please write to: events | at | lgu.flossp.net 655-7132, 655-2295, 655-4073, 656-8351(look for Lhenny or Tina) +++ Post-Conference FOSS Workshops on Joomla, Ubuntu and FOSS Migration Freedom and community sharing are values at the heart of free software/open source. Conference resource speakers, Johan Janssens of the Joomla Development Team and Vladimir "Kaladan" Petkov of E-Rider and the InterSpace Media Art Center (Bulgaria) will be holding parallel workshops on March 12, 2007 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The workshops are designed to stimulate productive exchange between and among FOSS users and developers. 1. Joomla Workshop FOSS developers, web editors, Joomla users and advocates, and anybody with an interest in getting their organisation's offline content on online and managing their Web content will benefit from this workshop. Know about what's next in Joomla development, tell Johan Janssens -- lead developer of Joomla -- your experiences with the famed content management system, ask that tough Joomla tech question the answer to which still eludes you, meet other Joomla people. And even if you're just curious about what Joomla is, this workshop is still open to you. 2. Ubuntu + FOSS Migration Ubuntu users will be interested to attend this workshop, and exchange notes and ideas with Vladimir "Kaladan" Petkov who is actively involved in localisation of Ubuntu in Bulgaria. This year's e-Rider's Dirk Awardee (http://www.dirkaward.org/), Kaladan has extensive experience in assisting various types of communities in FOSS migration. His model for migrating to FOSS has been used successfully by many Bulgarian NGOs and many e-Rider teams abroad. FOSS advocates, Linux users and system administrators interested in FOSS migration issues and strategies will benefit from this workshop. The post-Conference workshops are free of charge. No free lunch though, and you have to pre-register via email to secure a seat. For pre-registration to the Workshop on Joomla, Ubuntu and FOSS Migration, please write to: events | at | lgu.flossp.net with the appropriate Subject header: Joomla Workshop (if you're attending the Joomla workshop) Ubuntu + FOSS Migration (if you're attending the Ubuntu and FOSS migration workshop) +++ Media members wishing to cover all or any of the events, please address your queries to: NextStep - 655-7132, 655-2295, 655-4073, 656-8351(look for Lhenny or Tina) -- "I am the Gatekeeper of My Destiny" - Nacho Libre "If you're going to be thinking, you may as well think big" - Donald Trump "Poverty is the Road to Ingenuity" "The Best Things in LIFE are FREE" Contact Details: yahoo messenger : yolynne.rm google talk: yolynne skype: ynmedina chikka: +639062199524 meebo: yolynne gizmo: ynmedina ekiga: ynmedina irc (server: irc.freenode.net #iosn) nick: ulinskie YM's OpenGPG key: 0x3C45D3D4 _________________________________________________ Kagay-Anon Linux Users' Group (KLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (http://cdo.linux.org.ph) Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
