[TriLUG] Software Freedom day

[Nick Goldwater]

----- "J.C. Jones" <jonesjc at intrex.net> wrote:
| Anyone,
| 
| What is the latest on Software Freedom day at UNC?
| 
| I haven't seen anything on it recently.
| 
| jcj
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I received this earlier this week...



Begin forwarded message:

> Subject: Software Freedom Day at UNC
>
> Dear Sir,
>
> I am Jonathan Bersuder, a student at UNC-Chapel Hill. Currently I  
> am the Vice President of the Carolina Open Source Initiative, which  
> is why I am writing to you. On the 14th of September, our group  
> will be putting on a large event for Software Freedom Day from 10am  
> until 4pm. We have several speakers lined up, including  
> representatives of Dell and the Mozilla Foundation. We also have  
> several tables with information and demos, and boxes upon boxes of  
> Open Source and Free Software to distribute.
>
> The event, while being held at Carolina, by a Carolina student  
> group, is also designed as a community outreach opportunity, and we  
> are expecting a sizable non-University presence. As such, we are  
> contacting local groups who might be interested in either  
> participating or helping us get information out about the event.
>
> I had originally planned to contact the DULUG, but most of the  
> information on their site seemed out of date, and their IRC server  
> also appeared to be down when I tried to access it. Reading through  
> the Linux at Duke website, this seemed the most appropriate avenue for  
> contacting possibly interested parties at Duke.
>
> If you have any questions or are interested, please contact me at  
> your convenience. We currently have a wiki up and running at http://
> ibiblio.org/cosi , and are updating it frequently.
>
> Thanks very much for your time, and I hope to hear from you.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jonathan Bersuder