Hi all,
Attached below is the latest draft for the main DFD release. This should
go out at midnight tonight to be out in time for the Asian morning.
So if you have last minute comments, please make them now!
Best regards,
Georg
26 March 2008: The world's first Document Freedom Day
Today is Document Freedom Day: Roughly 200 teams from more than 60
countries worldwide are organising local activities to raise awareness
for Document Freedom and Open Standards. To support the initiatives
surrounding the first day to celebrate document liberation, DFD
starter packs containing a DFD flag, t-shirts and leaflets have been
sent to the first 100 registered teams over the past weeks.
In a world where records are increasingly kept in electronic form,
Open Standards are crucial for valuable information to outlive the
application in which it was initially generated. The question of
Document Freedom has severe repercussions for freedom of choice,
competition, markets and the sovereignty of countries and their
governments.
"We are very happy about the response and activities that teams around
the world have scheduled," says Ivan Jelic, DFD Coordinator. "Activities
we have heard about range from local speeches and information events
through to prizes being given to governmental bodies that adopted good
policies in the field of Document Freedom and Open Standards. It will
be a challenge to document everything that is taking place today."
The DFD team will do its best to gather all the media reports,
pictures and stories around this first DFD and collect them on the DFD
web page for reference and future editions of the event. If you have
material about local document liberation activities, please send mail to:
coordination(a)documentfreedom.org
How you can get active
The Document Freedom Day is a collaborative effort.
You can make a difference by linking to http://documentfreedom.org,
generate your own artworks or use the ones available at
http://documentfreedom.org/Artwork or generate your own.
You could also print out some of the DFD leaflets at
http://www.documentfreedom.org/2008/DFD_Starter_Pack#Leaflet
and give them to your co-workers, family or friends. And if you feel
creative, consider taking pictures or small video testimonials that
show the world what Document Freedom means to you!
About the Document Freedom Day
The Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a global day for Document
Liberation with roughly 200 active teams worldwide. It is a day of
grassroots effort around the world to promote and build awareness for
the relevance of Free Document Formats in particular and Open
Standards in general.
Document Freedom Day is supported by a large group of organisations
and individuals, including, but not limited to Ars Aperta, COSS,
Esoma, Free Software Foundations Europe and Latin America, IBM,
NLnet, ODF Alliance, OpenForum Europe, OSL, iMatix, Red Hat, Sun
Microsystems, Inc., The Open Learning Centre, Opentia, Estandares
Abiertos.
The list of DFD supporting groups can be found
http://documentfreedom.org/Who
The list of DFD Teams is available at
http://documentfreedom.org/Category:Teams
--
Georg C. F. Greve <greve(a)fsfeurope.org>
Free Software Foundation Europe (http://fsfeurope.org)
President +41 43 500 03 66 ext 400
Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom! (http://www.fsfe.org)
26 March 2008 - Document Freedom Day (http://documentfreedom.org)
Hi all,
I know that everyone is still catching up after Easter, but tomorrow is
26 March and that means it is Document Freedom Day - and we should make
sure not to miss that opportunity to spread the word.
Below you will find a first draft of a simple media release template
that we're also making available to the teams with a reminder that they
should announce this to the media themselves and not forget to take
pictures.
I hope that everyone here will also ensure to put out the message, as
this is a very good positive media opportunity and a chance for us to
bring some more awareness to the debate.
And please try to make sure to remind everying to take good pictures or
small video testimonials. I believe that documentation of the Document
Freedom Day will be crucial for the coming editions and to get the word
out.
My apologies for the short notice at which this is circulated, but if
you can contribute quotes for the DFD main release, please do.
Best regards,
Georg
P.S. Ivan: Once you know the URL for the DFD leaflet printable versions
in PDF and PS, please let everyone know so we can replace the XXXX in
the media release draft.
26 March 2008: The world's first Document Freedom Day
Today is Document Freedom Day: Roughly 200 teams from more than 60
countries worldwide are organising local activities to raise awareness
for Document Freedom and Open Standards. To support the organisation
of the annual circuit of initiatives for this first day to celebrate
document liberation, DFD starter packs containing a DFD flag, t-shirts
and leaflets have been sent to the first 100 teams over the past
weeks.
In a world where records are increasingly kept in electronic form,
Open Standards are crucial for valuable information to outlive the
application in which it was initially generated. The question of
Document Freedom has severe repercussions for freedom of choice,
competition, markets and the sovereignty of countries and their
governments.
"We are very excited about all the activities that teams around the
world have scheduled," says Ivan Jelic, DFD Coordinator. "Activities
we have heard about range from local speeches and information events
through to prizes being given to governmental bodies that adopted good
policies in the field of Document Freedom and Open Standards. It will
be a challenge to document everything that is taking place today."
<LOCAL INFORMATION / QUOTE HERE>
How you can get active
The Document Freedom Day is a collaborative effort.
You can make a difference by linking to http://documentfreedom.org,
generate your own artworks or use the ones available at
http://documentfreedom.org/Artwork or generate your own.
You could also print out some of the DFD leaflets at
http://documentfreedom.org/XXXX
and give them to your co-workers, family or friends. And if you feel
creative, consider taking pictures or small video testimonials that
show the world what Document Freedom means to you!
About the Document Freedom Day
The Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a global day for Document
Liberation with roughly 200 active teams worldwide. It is a day of
grassroots effort around the world to promote and build awareness for
the relevance of Free Document Formats in particular and Open
Standards in general.
Document Freedom Day is supported by a large group of organisations
and individuals, including, but not limited to Ars Aperta, COSS,
Esoma, Free Software Foundations Europe and Latin America, IBM,
NLnet, ODF Alliance, OpenForum Europe, OSL, iMatix, Red Hat, Sun
Microsystems, Inc., The Open Learning Centre, Opentia, Estandares
Abiertos.
The list of DFD supporting groups can be found
http://documentfreedom.org/Who
The list of DFD Teams is available at
http://documentfreedom.org/Category:Teams
<LOCAL TEAM INFO & CONTACT DETAILS HERE>
--
Georg C. F. Greve <greve(a)fsfeurope.org>
Free Software Foundation Europe (http://fsfeurope.org)
President +41 43 500 03 66 ext 400
Join the Fellowship and protect your freedom! (http://www.fsfe.org)
26 March 2008 - Document Freedom Day (http://documentfreedom.org)