January DebSIG

When:
        Wednesday, January 19, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Where:
        James Squire Brewery
        
Craige McWhirter will be facilitating a discussion on activism in the
Australian Free Software community with a view to forming the start of a
campaign team to develop ongoing strategies and actions to ensure the
interests of the Free Software community are defended in the up-coming
FTA legislation set to be passed in the new session of parliament that
sits in July. He is concerned that while the Free Software community
have been effective campaigners in the technical arena, we aren't
particularly skilled for the kind of campaign we need to have in order
to combat new threats to our community. 

This will be a preliminary meeting that will cover some of the strategic
tools that we'll be required to use along with outlining some of the
work that will need to be covered in the immediate future so that we can
begin outlining our campaign strategies. We will be laying the
foundations for future campaign meetings. Craige will be basing his talk
heavily upon the skills picked up at recent Public Interest Advocacy
seminars run in Queensland by successful campaigners linked closely to
NEFA. Craige's goal is to not only use these skills to guide this
campaign but also to share the core skills amongst as many Free Software
activists as possible.

If you are concerned about the potential for harm to the Free Software
environment that we currently enjoy then getting involved in this
campaign team will provide an outlet for that concern and an opportunity
to shape and take part in the strategies that are developed.

Along with the usual free-form discussions / debates that will precede
and follow his talk, food, drink and internet access are available and
people generally start wandering in from 18:30 for a good 'ol chin wag.

More Info: http://debian.slug.org.au/
Maps: http://debian.slug.org.au/events/jsb.html

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