Welcome to Software Freedom Day in Manchester

Reports for SFD2010 in Manchester

Software Freedom Day 2010 in Manchester is now over. The reports are available at http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/SFD2010#Event_Reports .

SFD2010 in Manchester Music CD

http://ratholeradio.org/freecd2010/

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About Us

Manchester Free Software (MFS) aims to promote the free software philosophy, centred in Manchester. We provide a friendly and accessible community to learn about and discuss free software.

Our Aim

Our aim for Software Freedom Day (SFD) is to celebrate software freedom, and to engage with and encourage personal computer users, local businesses, government bodies and other groups to use Free Software and to promote the Free Software philosophy.

SFD2010

Preparations are under way for SFD2010 in Manchester. The date and venue have been arranged. We have organised several activities and helpers. We are arranging more activities and helpers. If you would like to help with the event then please contact us at fsuk-manchester-team@nongnu.org .

When?

Saturday, 18th September 2010.

10am to 4pm.

Where?

Madlab - Manchester Digital Laboratory, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN.

"(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)"

Parking?

The venue parking facilities are not amazing. There are parking meter bays on the street but its very expensive, only really good for a short stop. There are paid parking lots around the venue, the light blue P in this OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab, though we can't vouch for how good they are. A lot of them, perhaps all, are are owned by NCP, NCP parking around Madlab.

Public Transport?

Victoria train station, Shudehill tram station and Piccadilly Gardens coach station are all fairly close to Madlab, see OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab. Piccadilly station is not too far either.

What?

Who?

Post event

After the event we will go for drinks and food to continue the informal discussions. This will be at location(s) decided on the day.

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SFD2009

Below was a our plan for SFD2009, and the results, which show it was a great success. We hope to make SFD2010 as good, if not better!

Event Plan

• Live demonstrations showcasing some of the best free software available.

• Talks and advice from local free software experts.

• Workshops conducting computer recycling and GNU/Linux installations.

• Free software and other giveaways.

• Free culture and free media exhibitions.

• Refreshments, in the form of fair-trade beverages, biscuits and cake.

• Literature and merchandise on sale.

Venue

The venue for this year's event is the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester; appropriately the birthplace of the world's first stored-program computer - the Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM) nicknamed “Baby”. The main event will take place in the Kilburn building on Oxford Road [ Open Street Map | Google Maps ], a building named after one of Baby's creators, Tom Kilburn. Doors will be open from 10am to 4pm.

Socialising

Following the main event, celebrations are expected to continue throughout the evening where food, drink and fun will be top on the agenda. Venue to be confirmed.

People

Please help support the event and the team by joining our mailing list <http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester> and volunteering.

And many more...

Publicity Materials

Posters, Flyers & Signs

• Main Poster [135.7kb] (greyscale, printed on A3, A4 and A5)

• Event Plan Supporting Poster [129.8kb] (greyscale, printed on A3, A4 and A5)

• About SFD Supporting Poster [161.9kb] (greyscale, printed on A3, A4 and A5)

• Freedom vs. DRM Flyer [252.1kb] (full-colour/greyscale, printed on A4)

• Copyright Devolution Flyer [184.8kb] (full-colour/greyscale, printed on A4)

• Join MFS Sign [46.6kb] (greyscale, printed on custom card)

• Donation Sign [63.9kb] (greyscale, printed on custom card)

Special thanks to Janet Hawtin of Linux Australia for her assistance with the graphic design.

Stickers & Labels

• Software Freedom Day 09 [16.0kb] (mono, printed on Niceday 63.5x38.1)

• Software Freedom Day 09 Remixed [25.5kb] (mono, unused)

• Software Freedom Day [12.1kb] (mono, printed on Niceday 63.5x38.1)

Audio

• Software Freedom Day Creative Commons Mix (stereo, burned to 700MB/80Min CD-ROMs)

Special thanks to Dan Lynch of Rathole Radio and Linux Outlaws fame for producing this awesome mix.

The Aftermath

The evidence is clear, Software Freedom Day in Manchester was a huge success!

A big thank you to everyone who attend and participated in the event, especially Graham and Owen from the University of Manchester for their help securing the venue, Alan from the MDDA for helping to publicise the event, Dan Lynch of Rathole Radio for the production of the SFD09 Free CD, Janey from Marbella Cafe for supplying the food, Des from Green H for setting up Armagetron Advanced (amongst other things), Charles also from the the University of Manchester for this network support, Mark White from the MDP for his Moodle demonstrations, Bob and Jon from Stockport Hackspace for bringing their robots, Jane and Joe who helped out on the day and Michael, Luke and Leslie from Manchester Free Software for organizing the event.

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