= SFD South Christchurch = 20 Sept 2014 '''International Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) Festival''' . FOSS demonstration & Installfest, free software sharing, internet security, PC tuition, DVD screenings, BigBlueButton project and more . 10am to 4pm, NZ election day Saturday 20 September . South Learning Centre South Christchurch Library 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere For more information, see [[http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd14.html|SFD14]] and [[http://www.sfd.org.nz/|www.sfd.org.nz]] And as part of our usual event: '''Workshop on prospects for Christchurch FOSS business collaboration:''' 11am - 12pm: Free Software, secure online voting '''Report''': Secure Online Voting first principles established, 20/9 at SFD14. 'Secure Online Voting' (SOV) - to get started, maybe never - must be: Secure - the toughest of technical challenges;* Free and open-source software based - altruistic, community-good development, where proprietary SOV models have all dismally failed; Optional - don't expect that SOV shift will ever necessarily happen, as digitised human variability is oxymoronic and not a good thing - bad historical precedents and SOV has to build trust; Anonymous - without guaranteed disconnection of people from political preferences, new media will degrade and inhibit the current quality of choice, which is intolerable; Independent - implemented by the Electoral Commission or similar agency, tasked with oversight of a voting system delivering 100% representative integrity; Constitutional - reform required to establish independent democratic priority; ... etc. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/256206/push-for-online-voting-next-election - Who would like to help make direct democracy real? Call 03-332-1069 please. * Yet could it be that http://lane.net.nz/blog/dave/online-voting-is-a-bad-idea as https://medium.com/message/everything-is-broken-81e5f33a24e1 ? 2pm: Free Software, business development Advice and http://www.Zentyal.org demo from Dave Lane, http://www.NZOSS.org.nz President. 3pm: Luke Douglass, http://SUPPORTU.co.nz facilitator - Why run open-source in business? FOSS business models for user results - seeking innovators, developers, collaboration Web apps & how they can work together Active Directory via SAMBA KEXI PLEX etc. http://www.zimbra.com/ test login https://accessmy.email === FreeNix / Free Software Group / GNUz team === * [[2014/New Zealand/Christchurch/FSG GNUz|FSG GNUz]] [[http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2014/New%20Zealand/Christchurch|SFD Christchurch]] [[https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-201409.en.html|FSFE Newsletter – September 2014]] ---- CategoryTeam2014 CategoryNewZealand2014 CategoryNewZealand