SFD 2014 Kitchener-Waterloo: Organizing
Goals
- Greater outreach to people not "the usuals"
- Greater relevance to people in 2014
Topic Ideas
- Cryptoparty : LUKS, Enigmail, TOR browser bundle, GPG, keybase.io
- Security and privacy in 2014
- Programming using FirefoxOS and Ubuntu Touch (Lloyd Carr)
- Open Data and how to use it
- The Maker movement
- Open Source and Why Use It (Khalid)
- Show "The Internet's Own Boy" movie about Aaron Swartz
- Free culture disc again
Outreach
What are the "asks" for these organizations?
- Presentations?
- Sponsorships? (for what?)
Some organizations to consider approaching:
- Communitech
- Open Data Waterloo
- KPL (is Makerbot FLOSSy enough?)
- WPL
- Cities: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph
- Computer Science Club
- School boards
- Chamber of Commerce
- Local tech companies (Google? Others?)
- Small business advisory board
Publicity
- The Record "Nightlife" section
- The Community Cord
- Mailing lists
- Poster boards at KPL
- Good Work News at TWC
- CBC
- CTV
- Rogers TV
- Conestoga College (they found out about us last year)
- Facebook page
Twitter feed -- Done! @SFDKW
Things We Need
- A good venue (TWC and SJK are available. Are there better locations? The Tannery?)
- CDs/DVDs
- Snacks (probably TWC will pitch in)
- ???
- Poster
- 1-page leaflet for distribution in coffee shops and small restaurants
Want to help?
We also do some of our planning on a mailing list. Contact paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca to get subscribed.