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 -- Done! SFDKW

• 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 mailing lists.

• Kitchener-Waterloo SFD-Planning list: Contact paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca to get subscribed

• Global SFD-Discuss mailing list