I figured somebody borked it when it came to diversity! :-) I didn't schedule this one, alas. Canonical and Google are both sponsors of the event as you can see here: http://softwarefreedomday.org/. It might be a good idea to log a bug with 'em on their date selection.
As for listening, it is best to go here: http://my.gpodder.org/podcast/37743 SMK On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:06:13 -0400, "Joseph Zitt" <[email protected]> said: > One mis-step on the Diversity bandwagon: scheduling Software Freedom Day > on > Yom Kippur means that a whole lot of people around here won't be > available. > > Is your podcast generally available? I suspect that I might enjoy and > benefit from it, though I'm a lowly bookstore worker rather than a real > librarian. > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > (Also stashed at http://ubuntuone.com/p/CHV/ for easier printing) > > > > Software Freedom Day is coming up on September 18th. Unfortunately this > > will come up really quickly after Ohio LinuxFest 2010. With a little > > ingenuity we might still be able to have a presence out there in our > > state. I'm also going to be talking about this at Ohio LinuxFest as I > > just found out Tuesday night late in the night. > > > > I am a duly-trained librarian. At present I am the Head Writer for a > > library-realm podcast talking about tech and current affairs in the > > profession. A fertile ground I know of that we have available to us for > > Software Freedom Day would be Ohio's libraries. As it is, Ohio > > libraries are leaders in the nation for new tech trends and otherwise > > set the drumbeat that others march to. > > > > Libraries remain stuck in financial paralysis as there is much > > uncertainty over funding priorities from state legislatures. Any > > presence by our LoCo will have to follow some basic ground rules. Many > > libraries will not allow a presence that is only involving disc > > distribution especially if it is from only one distro. Libraries also > > can sometimes lack funding to put on programs about technology. While > > outsiders can put on programs from time to time it is necessary that > > such not be a financial burden to libraries. > > > > For our LoCo we could have an easy presence on Software Freedom Day. > > Presenting programs tailored to our really local communities would be > > key. Programs would have to deal with three questions at their core: > > > > 1. What is “software freedom”? > > 2. Why should I care? > > 3. What does this Ubuntu thingy have to do with software freedom and > > why should I care? > > > > Bear in mind that you must not be making a sales pitch. Normally > > library guidelines will prohibit that. If you mention Ubuntu, you need > > to at least also mention Debian and openSUSE for example. Just as there > > are many flavors of ice cream there are also many flavors of distro. > > Being slightly ecumenical in talking about distros will be necessary if > > you want to be allowed to speak at a library. > > > > Bringing your own laptop along with some VGA cable would let you hook up > > to a projector if such is available. Using tools like OpenOffice.org to > > actually give the presentation helps shows your points while > > demonstrating the power of software freedom. A twenty minute > > presentation followed by a ten minute Q&A period would be a basic format > > that would fit into the mold of your average library program. Using > > MagicPoint for your slides back-end might wow teeny-boppers as to how > > you can make cool slides with less overhead than PowerPoint, too. > > > > Ohio is a state rich in diversity. From the “black swamp” that > > Toledo arose from to our capital in Columbus to our gateway to > > Appalachia in Marietta and more, Ohio somehow survived two hundred years > > of being made up of such divergent communities. There need not be one > > cookie-cutter approach but there needs to be at least one approach in > > our state on that day. > > > > As a trained librarian I am willing to collaborate if you need help in > > pitching a program to your local library. If you want to film your > > rehearsal run and either point me to online video or mail me a DVD I can > > try to help critique things. This is an advantage our fellow LoCo teams > > may not necessarily have. > > > > Ohio LinuxFest is our opportunity to preach to the choir, so to say, in > > the Linux landscape. We still have to preach to the masses too. > > Software Freedom Day is when we really should be approaching the masses. > > > > In an already busy September, is anybody up to the challenge of an > > additional bit of proselytizing right after a big show? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > -- > Joseph Zitt ::http://www.josephzitt.com _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
