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
Suggested Schedule
Time |
Presentations |
Workshops |
Installfest |
10:00am |
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Installfest |
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10:30am |
Making a Living with FLOSS |
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11:00am |
Programming with Scratch |
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11:30am |
Open Access Publishing |
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12:00noon |
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12:30pm |
Open Data |
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1:00pm |
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1:30pm |
RawTherapee |
Privacy and Security Tools |
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2:00pm |
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2:30pm |
Inkscape |
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3:00pm |
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3:30pm |
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4:00pm |
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4:30pm |
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5:00pm |
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5:30pm |
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
Fediverse -- Done! @SFDKW@sn.jonkman.ca
Poster (Inkscape format): software-freedom-day-v09.pdf software-freedom-day-v09.svg
Brochure (Scribus 1.4 format): 04-sfd-margins.pdf 04-sfd-margins.sla
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)
- ???
- 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 sfd@theworkingcentre.org to get subscribed
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