Re: Fwd: Inviting you to join www.softwarefreedomday.org

Quoting Anivar Aravind <[email protected]>:

> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Matt Oquist <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: SFD 2005: Request your sponsored SFD CDs and materials!
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:01:27 -0400
> Dear SFD Team Leaders,
>
> In 2004, SFD was successful because many of your volunteer teams around
> the world burned CDs and distributed them in celebration of Free and
> Open Source Software.  2005 holds new promise for Software Freedom Day
> because a primary sponsor (Canonical, Ltd.) has promised to donate up
> to 100 professionally pressed and packaged SFD CDs[1] to each of the
> first 150 SFD teams to register and request materials!
>
> We don't yet have the final figures, but we will also be providing
> a limited number of free SFD T-shirts, SFD balloons (you'll need your
> own helium) and SFD temporary tattoos for the first teams to request
> materials.
>
> There are a few criteria for teams to qualify for sponsored supplies:
>
> * Your team must be registered on our registration form (teams from
> last year, please register again).
>
> * Your team must have set up a wiki page with at least the basic
> information about members and plans. The more detail, the better.
> Please provide a URL.
>
> * You must have made an initial forum post inviting others to join your
> team.  (Go to http://softwarefreedomday.org, click "Forum" at the top
> of the page.)
>
> * Your team must have at least 3 members.  (More is better.)
>
> * You must completely fill out the request form with a valid postal
> address where we can ship your materials.
>
> These and other details are discussed on the SFD Materials Request
> Form, which is on our website.  (Go to http://softwarefreedomday.org,
> click on "Get Materials" in the menu on the left side.)
>
> Approximately 191 registered team leaders are receiving this email, so
> you should meet the criteria and apply for sponsorship within the next
> few days to ensure that your team receives the sponsored supplies.
>
> We're very excited about the potential we have to impact the world
> with Software Freedom Day 2005, and we hope you can take advantage of
> our sponsor's generous offer in order to make your celebrations even
> more successful.
>
> Regards,
> Matt Oquist, Software Freedom International
>
> TODO: Request supplies at
>
http://softwarefreedomday.org/index.php?option=com_mosforms&mosform=2&Itemid=62
>
> [1] This year's SFD CDs will be TheOpenCD 3.0, which is a single-disc
> combination of an x86 Ubuntu LiveCD and TheOpenCD with updated
> packages.
>


I have set up a wiki at
http://maitri.ubuntu.com/softwarefreedomday/wiki/index.php/Free_Software_User_Group-Kochi

Feel free to edit it and come up with novel ways to make the event a memorable
one.

-- 
Vivek Varghese Cherian
Free as in Freedom <www.gnu.org>