I'll try my best to get there (though very close to baby due day) and would hope a few more from your neighbours in Worcestershire will be to.
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Sarah Chard <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi everyone > Herefordshire LUG is organising an Open Source Day on Sat March 26 as a > follow on from the very successful Software Freedom day event we ran in > Sept. > It's a free drop-in event open to everyone - we demonstrate Linux > operating systems, OS cross platform software and promote and inform > people about FOSS. > Many of our LUG members are Ubuntu users and Ubuntu tends to be the > Linux system we recommend to first time users - we gave away over 60 > Ubuntu discs at our last event (thanks to canonical) to users who ranged > from business people and students to not-for-profit organisations and > home users - it was quite a mix as well as nearly 100 of our own cross > platform Open disc (kindly copied and printed for us gratis by The Linux > Emporium). > > For our Open Source Day in March we have created our own HOSS Awards - > Herefordshire Open Source Star Awards - and are looking for nominations > from businesses, organisations and individuals who have done the most to > promote and develop the use of FOSS in the county. > > At this event we are also focusing on Open Document Standards and the > need for compatibility and will be looking at Open/Libre Office in > particular. > Dr Mark Wright a Bristol City Council's cabinet member and an Open > Source advocate will be speaking in the afternoon about his experience > of Open Source in Local Government. > > So if any of you can come to the event we would love to see you there. > There is more info up on our website about the event and the HOSS Awards > http://www.herefordshire.lug.org.uk/ > you can also follow us on facebook - http://tinyurl.com/3ym78gy > & twitter http://twitter.com/Hfd_LUG > > Sarah > > > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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