Software Freedom Day 09/10/05

Chadwick gmrwick at gmail.com
Wed Sep 7 22:38:35 EDT 2005


On 9/7/05, David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> wrote:
> Chadwick wrote:
> > Hello, I would like to show up and help out.  I'm free between 12PM
> > and 7PM, so I could probably get out to Harvard Square by 1PM.  I'll
> > print out the flyers, and bring a bunch, too.  Do we have a specific
> > time and place for this yet?
> 
> That's great!
> 
> The bad news is that to date only one other person has volunteered.  The
> good news is that it's  Benj. Mako Hill (mako at debian.org), who I hear knows
> something about all this open source software malarkey ;)

That depends.. is a debian.org email address the same as a gmail address :->

> 
> I would ask that (1) The two of you coordinate who will be there and when,
> though if Chadwick is going to print out the flyers, I would think you would
> want to hook up in the morning or before the event to divvy up flyers

Well, I've got to be at work from 10AM to Noon.  That may be difficult

> (2) I ask that you do said coordination on the discuss at blu.org mailing list,
> to help embarrass others into helping you.

C'mon people now, it's SOFTWARE FREEDOM DAY!!

> 
> I also have BLU generic business cards, which I could have mailed to you,
> but I just confirmed tonight that I have jury duty tomorrow, and can't get
> to the post office before close.  If it would be convenient for either of
> you (or anyone else who volunteers) to pick them up from Waltham, then that
> would be great.  Otherwise, it's not worth it.

At the moment, I have no way of getting to Waltham.. but it would be a
nice way for someone to recover from any embarrassment.

> 
> I have not received any feedback on the flyer yet, so I will take that to
> mean that everyone was so blown away on how cool it looks, they were
> paralyzed speechless.  Remember to print it out duplex, or get them
> duplicated that way.

The printers I have access to are not duplex printers.. but there's
always that manual feed tray!  Sorry, I haven't fully read the flyer
yet.. so there will be a thorough going over of the text, and a
reposting to this list with any suggestions or error corrections.  If
it makes any difference, I like them.

-- 
Chadwick



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