FYI. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:42 PM Subject: [ilugd] Freed.in 2009, Feb. 20th, 21st: Getting there together To: ILUGD main list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Source Software Project List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, General Freed list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Free/Libre
Hello everyone, Yes, it is that time of the year again, when there is a nip in the air, and a young person's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of Freed.in, http://freed.in The third iteration of the event has now been scheduled for Fri. and Sat., Feb. 20th and 21st, 2009, at the same venue as before: The School of Information Technology , Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. As with previous events, we seek to move beyond the confines of the software world, to join hands with like-minded people in other areas, and help share the ideals of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS). The focus on open content, and unfettered access to knowledge continues, and this time we have tangible projects in mind, including: o The Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) project (http://osdd.org) o Open content, and open access: * Wikipedia, and similar projects like OpenStreetMap * Open access to scientific data, and open publishing * Open courseware o FOSS technology o The community within, and beyond FOSS Freed.in (http://freed.in) is an event of, by, and for the community, and is open to all participants. All planning will be done through the public Wiki at http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/Freed . Immediate collateral documents are under http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/Freed/FreedDocs Each one of you is most cordially invited to participate in this event, and make it your own. You can take part as: o A speaker: Please see the call for papers at http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/Freed/CallforPapers including a PDF copy. Please do circulate this far, and wide. o A volunteer: Add yourself to the topmost table at http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/Freed/VolunteersList and we will be in touch. Freed.in meetings from tomorrow onwards are public, held every Friday, and will be announced here. o A participant: Come to the event, and bring your friends, and family. Registration on http://freed.in will open soon. o A sponsor: Please contact someone from the management team listed at http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/Freed/FreedManagers Regards, Gora -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
