[hblug] Software Freedom Day: Ideas

[Neil Moir]

Hi,
Can I suggest you contact the teachers in charge of computing in the local
secondary schools directly and ask them to inform/promote directly to the
students.

Neil Moir
Computing
Karamu High School

On 08/09/06, Daniel Faulknor <dannz at hblug.org.nz> wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Software Freedom Day is Saturday 16 September
>
> First Thing:
> First thing i need to know to make plans is who is available, and when you
> are available.
> We will be looking to cover: Napier, Taradale, Hastings (and maybe
> Havelock - not sure about that one)
> Maybe splitting the day into morning and afternoon would be a good
> approach. One area in the morning (ie Napier/Taradale & Hastings) and the
> other in the afternoon.
> This all depends on how many people are available, and when etc.
>
> Other Things:
> The plan is to hand out ubuntu leaflets with a "business card" in them
> with a way for people to contact someone about ubuntu. Are there any people
> who would be happy to volunteer to have their name and phone number printed
> on some of the cards (im going to be on some, but some other people would be
> good, to share the job a bit).
>
> Also it was suggested to me maybe we could buy a pack of baloons and put
> ubuntu stickers on them. If we encounter any families the children would get
> the baloons and the adults would get a leaflet. This would give us a way to
> draw attention to ourselves.
>
> Do we want to give out just Ubuntu cds or do we want to look at Kubuntu
> and Edubuntu as well? - Edubuntu is aimed at teachers/edutational
> institutions.
> With Ubuntu/Kubuntu, would we really only want to give out kubuntu if the
> person we were giving it to knew what it was, or do we want to give them out
> randomly? (keep in mind at the moment we have very limited numbers of
> Kubuntu cds)
>
>
> Finally, does anyone else have any other suggestions for things we could
> do on the day?
>
>
> Sorry for the long message,
> Daniel
>
>
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