Software Freedom Day 2014 SFD South Christchurch (Christchurch, New Zealand)

SFD South Christchurch

20 Sept 2014

International Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) Festival

. FOSS demonstration & Installfest, free software sharing, internet security, PC tuition, DVD screenings, BigBlueButton project and more. 10am to 4pm, NZ election day Saturday 20 September. South Learning Centre South Christchurch Library 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere

For more information, see [http://www.infohelp.co.nz/sfd14.html|SFD14] and [http://www.sfd.org.nz/|www.sfd.org.nz]

And as part of our usual event:

Workshop on prospects for Christchurch FOSS business collaboration:

11am - 12pm: Free Software, secure online voting

Report: Secure Online Voting first principles established, 20/9 at SFD14.

'Secure Online Voting' (SOV) - to get started, maybe never - must be:

Secure - the toughest of technical challenges;*

Free and open-source software based - altruistic, community-good development, where proprietary SOV models have all dismally failed;

Optional - don't expect that SOV shift will ever necessarily happen, as digitised human variability is oxymoronic and not a good thing - bad historical precedents and SOV has to build trust;

Anonymous - without guaranteed disconnection of people from political preferences, new media will degrade and inhibit the current quality of choice, which is intolerable;

Independent - implemented by the Electoral Commission or similar agency, tasked with oversight of a voting system delivering 100% representative integrity; Constitutional - reform required to establish independent democratic priority;

... etc.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/256206/push-for-online-voting-next-election - Who would like to help make direct democracy real? Call 03-332-1069 please.

• Yet could it be that http://lane.net.nz/blog/dave/online-voting-is-a-bad-idea as https://medium.com/message/everything-is-broken-81e5f33a24e1 ?

2pm: Free Software, business development

Advice and http://www.Zentyal.org demo from Dave Lane, http://www.NZOSS.org.nz President.

3pm: Luke Douglass, http://SUPPORTU.co.nz facilitator - Why run open-source in business?

FOSS business models for user results - seeking innovators, developers, collaboration

Web apps & how they can work together

Active Directory via SAMBA

KEXI PLEX etc.

http://www.zimbra.com/ test login https://accessmy.email

FreeNix / Free Software Group / GNUz team

* FSG GNUz

[Christchurch]

[Newsletter – September 2014]

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