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Software Freedom Day 2013 Manchester (UK)

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Software Freedom Day
Date
21.09.2013

Description

2013/UK/Manchester

[Manchester]

About Manchester Free Software

[Free Software (MFS)] aims to promote the [software philosophy], centred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester|Manchester]. We provide a friendly and accessible community to learn about and discuss free software.

Event Aim

Our aim for Software Freedom Day (SFD) is to celebrate software freedom, and to engage with and encourage personal computer users, local businesses, government bodies and other groups to use [Software] and to promote the [Software] philosophy.

When?

11am - 4pm. Saturday, 21st September 2013.

Where?

[Castle Hotel] in the Northern Quarter.

66 [St], Manchester, M4 1LE. 0161 237 9485.

Parking?

The venue parking facilities are not amazing. There are parking meter bays on the street but its very expensive, only really good for a short stop. There are paid parking lots around the venue, the light blue P in this [centred on The Castle Hotel], though we can't vouch for how good they are. A lot of them, perhaps all, are are owned by [http://www.ncp.co.uk/|NCP]. If you can't decide otherwise then park in Manchester Arndale.

Public Transport?

[Victoria (MCV) train station], [tram station] and [Piccadilly bus station] are all fairly close to The Castle Hotel, see [centred on The Castle Hotel]. [Piccadilly (MAN) train station] and [Central Coach Station] are not too far either.


Details from 2011

Progress

Preparations are under way for [in Manchester]. The date and venue have been arranged. We have organised several activities and helpers. We are arranging more activities and helpers. If you would like to help with the event then please contact us at .

When?

Saturday, 17th September 2011.

11am to 5pm.

Where?

[http://madlab.org.uk/|Madlab] - Manchester Digital Laboratory, 36-40 [Street], Manchester M4 1HN.

'(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)'

Parking?

The venue parking facilities are not amazing. There are parking meter bays on the street but its very expensive, only really good for a short stop. There are paid parking lots around the venue, the light blue P in this [centred on Madlab], though we can't vouch for how good they are. A lot of them, perhaps all, are are owned by NCP, [parking around Madlab]. If you can't decide otherwise then park in [Arndale].

Public Transport?

[Victoria (MCV) train station], [tram station] and [Manchester|Piccadilly bus station] are all fairly close to Madlab, see [centred on Madlab]. [Piccadilly (MAN) train station] and [Central Coach Station] are not too far either.

What?

||<#80ff80>What ||<#8080ff>Who ||

    1. || [Software] on Windows Demonstrations (for examples see [FAQ] and [http://www.theopendisc.com/|OpenDisc]) || Anthony Harrison (from 1pm) ||

||[http://moodle.org/|Moodle] Demonstrations || 'Mark White' < > ||

    1. ||[http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu|Ubuntu] for Beginners Workshops ||Luke ||

||Robots and [http://www.arduino.cc/|Arduino]s on [Software] || [http://hacman.org.uk/|HACMan] http://hacman.org.uk/ |||| Recycled Computers with [Software] and Support || [h] http://www.greenh.co.uk/ ||

    1. || Linux In-stall: [Software] installation help || [Girl Geeks] ||
    2. || [http://wordpress.org/|Wordpress] demonstration || Azizur Rahman, [http://mwug.info/|MWUG] ||
    3. || [http://drupal.org/|Drupal] demonstration || Chris Maiden, [http://menusandblocks.co.uk/|menusandblocks] ||
    4. || [R] statistical visualisation demonstration || Robin Gower, [Ltd.] ||
    5. || [Hurd] (the [kernel] brought to [http://www.archlinux.org/|Arch]) || [Walker] ||

|| PCs running [Software] for you to try || Friendly [Software] Helpers |||| GNU/Linux and other [Software] CDs || Friendly [Software] Helpers |||| Linux Magazines || Provided by [New Media] |||| [Software] Books, Stickers and Badges || Friendly [Software] Helpers ||

    1. || [Commons Licensed] Music CDs || Produced by Dan Lynch ([Radio] and [Outlaws]), Luke and others ||
    2. ||[LUG] Ubuntu Demo Area || [Pounder], Rick Vause, Rob McLellan and Tony Hughes ||

||More to come || Friendly [Software] Helpers ||

Who?

||<#80ff80>Who ||<#8080ff>What |||| Michael Dorrington || Team Leader |||| Llewyn Máire || Organiser ||

    1. || Leslie I'Anson || Helper ||

|| Luke Taylor || Helper ||

    1. || Asa || Venue Support ||

|| 'Mark White' < > || Moodle Demonstrator |||| [http://hacman.org.uk/|HACMan] http://hacman.org.uk/ || Robot Engineers |||| Des || [h] http://www.greenh.co.uk/ ||

    1. || Samantha Bail || [Girl Geeks] In-stall ||
    2. || 'Azizur Rahman' [http://twitter.com/Azizur/|@Azizur] || [http://mwug.info/|MWUG] ||
    3. || Robin Gower || [R], [Ltd.] ||
    4. || [Walker] || [Hurd] ||
    5. || [Maiden] || [http://drupal.org/|Drupal] demonstration ||
    6. || Anthony Harrison || [Software] on Windows ||
    7. || Roy || Publicity ||
    8. || Mark || Publicity ||

|| More to come || Helpers ||

Post event

After the event we will go for drinks and food to continue the informal discussions. This will be at location(s) decided on the day.

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Created by Unknown on 2013-09-10 21:16:37.