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["Stephen Michael Kellat" <skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I figured somebody borked it when it came to diversity!  :-)  I didn't
schedule this one, alas.    Canonical and Google are both sponsors of
the event as you can see here: http://softwarefreedomday.org/.  It might
be a good idea to log a bug with 'em on their date selection.

As for listening, it is best to go here:
http://my.gpodder.org/podcast/37743

SMK

On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:06:13 -0400, "Joseph Zitt" <jzitt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
said:
> One mis-step on the Diversity bandwagon: scheduling Software Freedom Day
> on
> Yom Kippur means that a whole lot of people around here won't be
> available.
> 
> Is your podcast generally available? I suspect that I might enjoy and
> benefit from it, though I'm a lowly bookstore worker rather than a real
> librarian.
> 
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat <
> skellat@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > (Also stashed at http://ubuntuone.com/p/CHV/ for easier printing)
> >
> > Software Freedom Day is coming up on September 18th.  Unfortunately this
> > will come up really quickly after Ohio LinuxFest 2010.  With a little
> > ingenuity we might still be able to have a presence out there in our
> > state.  I'm also going to be talking about this at Ohio LinuxFest as I
> > just found out Tuesday night late in the night.
> >
> > I am a duly-trained librarian.  At present I am the Head Writer for a
> > library-realm podcast talking about tech and current affairs in the
> > profession.  A fertile ground I know of that we have available to us for
> > Software Freedom Day would be Ohio's libraries.  As it is, Ohio
> > libraries are leaders in the nation for new tech trends and otherwise
> > set the drumbeat that others march to.
> >
> > Libraries remain stuck in financial paralysis as there is much
> > uncertainty over funding priorities from state legislatures.  Any
> > presence by our LoCo will have to follow some basic ground rules.  Many
> > libraries will not allow a presence that is only involving disc
> > distribution especially if it is from only one distro.  Libraries also
> > can sometimes lack funding to put on programs about technology.  While
> > outsiders can put on programs from time to time it is necessary that
> > such not be a financial burden to libraries.
> >
> > For our LoCo we could have an easy presence on Software Freedom Day.
> > Presenting programs tailored to our really local communities would be
> > key.  Programs would have to deal with three questions at their core:
> >
> > 1.  What is “software freedom”?
> > 2.  Why should I care?
> > 3.  What does this Ubuntu thingy have to do with software freedom and
> > why should I care?
> >
> > Bear in mind that you must not be making a sales pitch.  Normally
> > library guidelines will prohibit that.  If you mention Ubuntu, you need
> > to at least also mention Debian and openSUSE for example.  Just as there
> > are many flavors of ice cream there are also many flavors of distro.
> > Being slightly ecumenical in talking about distros will be necessary if
> > you want to be allowed to speak at a library.
> >
> > Bringing your own laptop along with some VGA cable would let you hook up
> > to a projector if such is available.  Using tools like OpenOffice.org to
> > actually give the presentation helps shows your points while
> > demonstrating the power of software freedom.  A twenty minute
> > presentation followed by a ten minute Q&A period would be a basic format
> > that would fit into the mold of your average library program.  Using
> > MagicPoint for your slides back-end might wow teeny-boppers as to how
> > you can make cool slides with less overhead than PowerPoint, too.
> >
> > Ohio is a state rich in diversity.  From the “black swamp” that
> > Toledo arose from to our capital in Columbus to our gateway to
> > Appalachia in Marietta and more, Ohio somehow survived two hundred years
> > of being made up of such divergent communities.  There need not be one
> > cookie-cutter approach but there needs to be at least one approach in
> > our state on that day.
> >
> > As a trained librarian I am willing to collaborate if you need help in
> > pitching a program to your local library.  If you want to film your
> > rehearsal run and either point me to online video or mail me a DVD I can
> > try to help critique things.  This is an advantage our fellow LoCo teams
> > may not necessarily have.
> >
> > Ohio LinuxFest is our opportunity to preach to the choir, so to say, in
> > the Linux landscape.  We still have to preach to the masses too.
> > Software Freedom Day is when we really should be approaching the masses.
> >
> > In an already busy September, is anybody up to the challenge of an
> > additional bit of proselytizing right after a big show?
> >
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