Wow… I have to admit. Nahirapan ako maintindihan
yung sinulat mo Rick…
But from what I gathered from what you
wrote, it’s all true. Lessons can only be learned from doing. And from what
happened at PUP, a lot was taught, but a lot was gained as well. At least for
any new events that will be planned or are in the planning stages, new insight
has been gleaned from what happened already.
As for doing the event at a school (as
opposed to a fancy hotel function room or at a convention hall), this way, the
most difficult aspect of open source advocacy is addressed, and that’s grassroots
penetration. What better venue to expound on FOSS than to those who are still
on the way to where we are? To where we decided to be? It’s during this timeframe
(for the students) that they start getting locked into specific mindsets. It’s
the best time (and the best place) to show them that there are other options, that
they can be free.
Migs
Registered user#381619
Random Musings (http://lifelin.blogspot.com/)
Intelligence in the world is constant....
Unfortunately, the population is
growing....
-----Original Message-----
From:
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Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005
9:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [plug] f/oss event +
PLUG & LUGs
maraming mga lessons muli
ang idinulot ng sfd ngayong taon. inaayos pa ng cpu ang draft ng assesment para
dito (paumanhin kay dong). malamang sa susunod na linggo magiimbita ulit tayo
sa lahat ng volunteers at participants para magkomento dito.
totoong hindi madali ang preparasyon sa sfd. ngunit sa usapin ng venue,
malaking lesson na dapat ginagawa ang katulad na technical/advocacy sa
eskwelahan o community talaga. segundaryong konsiderasyon sa hotel at iba pa.
at sasamantalahin naming pasalamatan lahat na volunteers at mga napilit na
maging volunteers :-) para sa matagumpay na event. nde man gaanong
kapublicized, ang epekto sa students ng pup ay nde na matatawaran. kasalukuyang
inaayos natin ang weekly o monthly session sa kanila hanggang mabuo ang isang
free software advocacy group. Gayon din ang hindi iilang galing pa ng laguna,
cavite, pampanga at sweden para makiisa sa ating sfd.
Free software ang advocacy ng SFD, nde lamang linux, open source advocacy. at
sa wika nga ni RMS, ang ganitong advocacy ay magdadala sa atin sa maraming
usaping pulitika.
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005
01:21:03 -0700
From: Clair Ching <
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Subject: Re: [plug] f/oss event + PLUG & LUGs
To: "The Main Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Discussion List"
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On 9/29/05, JC de Villa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> ++ i have seen them at work, and the reason im replying is
because i'd
> ++like to help too, also, it is acknowledged that they held
> inspirational
> ++events, inspirational (that it inspires uninvolved people, like me) to
> ++help in a cause. True, they are undermanned, and it is enough reason
> to
> ++volunteer to organizations like these (even in my own, tiny,
> microscopic
> ++way)
> [<-----snip----->]
> oh, believe me, any help in a free cause such as SFD is not microscopic.
> Volunteering for a cause like SFD, well, lets just say it's a lot of
> work, but a lot more fun.
>
True true =) And we get to know more people in another level too.
I got home tired that day but, man, that sure was more fun than I
thought it would be, all things considered <laughs>
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