FYI, another fundraising tactic. FSF is providing travel sponsorship to the person who brings in the most donations.
Stormy ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Deborah Nicholson <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:35 PM Subject: [Womeninfreesoftware] LibrePlanet Conference scheduled for March 19th-21st! To: [email protected], "[email protected]:increasing women's participation in free software" <[email protected]> Hello! Mark your calendar! This year's LibrePlanet Conference will be held March 19th-21st in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at Harvard University. We're expanding to three days! Some things are already set, including: a GNU Hackers Meeting for GNU maintainers and developers, a track featuring presentations from women in free software, and an address from our founder and Board president Richard M. Stallman. Activities include: * Learn about the latest developments with the GNU operating system. * Participate in group hacking projects -- bring your laptop. * Represent your free software project with a mini-presentation. * Learn about practical steps in free software advocacy. We have space for only 250 attendees, so please register soon to secure your place! FSF members attend for free with non-members paying $60 -- so why not become a member? Everyone who attends receives a LibrePlanet 2010 t-shirt. Here's the current rough schedule and registration details: Thursday, March 18th (Evening) -- Informal dinner and drinks among the people in town so far, and an initial introduction for GNU maintainers and developers attending the GNU Hackers Meeting. Friday, March 19th -- Hands-on hacking, bug-squashing, and documentation work on projects which will be announced in advance (please bring a laptop), simultaneous with a full day of GNU Hackers Meeting events Saturday, March 20th -- Address by RMS, and keynotes from other free software and GNU speakers Sunday, March 21st -- Lightning talks and presentations by attendees covering free software projects, practical steps in advocacy and diversity, and a GNU track with maintainers presenting on both their own projects and ideas for improving GNU overall Please RSVP for Saturday and Sunday by placing your name here: http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/LibrePlanet2010 Here's some background and links to previous years: http://www.fsf.org/associate/meetings/index_html You can read more about the GNU Hackers Meetings at http://www.gnu.org/ghm/ Are you one of our members who lives far away and would come but only if you could have your travel paid for? We'll be subsidizing travel for the member who completes the most referrals between now and March 1, 2010. Use our widget (http://www.fsf.org/associate/widget) on your Web site or forward along the join link (http://www.fsf.org/jf) with a note. (The fine print: we'll cover up to $800 for travel to LibrePlanet for the person who brings in the most new members.) We look forward to having you join us this year! Cheers, Deborah _______________________________________________ womeninfreesoftware mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/womeninfreesoftware
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