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[Fellowship-uk] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 4)
by Sam Tuke 30 Jan '12

30 Jan '12

= Summary 23-29 January = During three days this week I spent most of my time organising the January Manchester Fellowship meeting, and working on the Document Freedom campaign and website. = Detail = == Web == - Created new page for contributors and translators of dfd website; linked outdated translation notices to it (http://documentfreedom.org/website.pl.html) - Created new form to allow dfd groups to register their events - Fixed typos on 'effective advocacy' page == DFD == - Found contact details for, and emailed potential UK DFD sponsors with request for donations - Asked FS company CEO about UK DFD prize, and hosting a DFD event == Fellowship == - Sent Manchester Fellowship meeting notification email to mailing lists - Chaired January Manchester Fellowship meeting, discussed DFD, FOSDEM, national curriculum changes, and hosting project progress - Visited Arcspace community centre; arranged free server for community hosting project - Arranged for building / installation of new Manchester community hosting project server with Fellows & volunteers on 09.02 with volunteers present and time-lapse photography - Asked local contact about UK legality of offering encrypted mail hosting service for community hosting project - Registered domains for hosting project - Provided volunteer with info about hosted FS mailing list software == Community == - Dented UK FS news from FSFEUK account == Preview == - Work on DFD campaign & website - Organise Chorlton Green Festival and Leicester Green Light festival FS booths - Attend FOSDEM Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Contact the British team: uk(a)fsfeurope.org

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[Fellowship-uk] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 3)
by Sam Tuke 23 Jan '12

23 Jan '12

= Summary 16-22 January = During three days this week I spent most of my time investigating current UK open standards procurement policy, and making improvements to the Document Freedom Day website and content. = Detail = == DFD & Web == - Fixed issue on dfd site with events not appearing - Added new Stephen Fry qoute to DFD front page - Added improved styling to dfd form input elements (match colour scheme, shadows, etc.) - Implemented system for displaying cc license infomation to dfd and fsfe.org - Added description and keywords meta tags to dfd front pages - Suggested solutions for other search engines indexing of wiki.fsfe.org - Added description and keywords meta tags to android fsfe wiki page - Updated list of women in FS wiki == Policy == - Worked on list of articles to be written by team members on education proposed to coincide with new national ict curriculum - Requested copy of leaked cabinet office report and BSA consultation submissions from journalist - Updated RMS on FSFE's work on ict national curriculum - Assessed current Open Standards procurement situation - Notified UK team about opportunity to speak at Leicester Green Light festival == Fellowship == - Approached potential speaker for Jan manchester Fellowship meeting = Preview = - Further work on DFD website and content - Possibly write article / chart / infographic on UK govt. open standards flip- flopping - Chair Manchester Fellowship meeting Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Contact the British team: uk(a)fsfeurope.org

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[Fellowship-uk] IT Opportunities for young women in London
by Sam Tuke 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

-- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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[Fellowship-uk] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 2)
by Sam Tuke 16 Jan '12

16 Jan '12

= Summary 09-15 January = During three days this week I spent most of my time catching up on emails from Christmas, reading and editing DFD materials, and responding to news of changes to UK's national ICT curriculum. = Detail = == Fellowship == - Welcomed new fellow 'bsum' - Welcomed new fellow 'Thom' - Replied to London advocate contact referred by Rainer == Policy == - Notified education team about government consultation on new ICT curriculum - Microblogged multiple news items about UK policy on standards, and school laptop spending scandal - Replied (email) to BBC journalist about politics of programming and education - Spoke with BBC journalist about future of UK ICT curriculum and the potential role of FS - Published as blog post reply to bbc journalist & added as news item to http://uk.fsfe.org (http://blogs.fsfe.org/samtuke/?p=255) == Web == - Reported problem with wiki.fsfe.org making it unindexable by search engines - Collected list of women Free Software speakers for UK Flossie conference - Created new wiki page with brief list of women involved with FS https://wiki.fsfe.org/Free-Software-Women == Other == - Investigated banks supporting SEPA for receiving FSFE payments - Indefinitely postponed London 'Free Software Assembly' conference in order to focus on DFD - Found contact details for Dame Janet Finch for RMS re: open-access scheme == DFD == - Edited letter to DFD adopt a city donors - Started planning Berlin DFD sprint in mid feb = Preview = - Work on recent changes to UK Govt. Open Standards procurement policy - Work on DFD website Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Contact the British team: uk(a)fsfeurope.org

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[Fellowship-uk] Document Freedom Day 2012
by Sam Tuke 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

Document Freedom Day 2012 (DFD) will be on March 28th, and currently planning and preparations of all sorts are under way. If you would like to be involved with DFD activities, press-releases, website information, donors, or any other aspect, please join the dedicated mailing list: https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/dfd (dfd(a)lists.fsfe.org) Shortly before Christmas I launched the new DFD website, which can be found here: http://documentfreedom.org/ We're hoping to make many improvements before the day itself. *About Document Freedom Day* Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a day designed to "raise awareness about document freedom" "on the last Wednesday of March". Document Freedom Day was first celebrated on March 26, 2008, and is organised and funded by the Free Software Foundation Europe. According to Ars Technica, more than "200 groups in 60 countries" are actively involved in DFD. DFD's main goals are: - promotion and adoption of free document formats - forming a global network - coordination of activities that happen on last Wednesday of March, Document Freedom Day Thanks! Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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[Fellowship-uk] EU parliament needs Drupal help
by Sam Tuke 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

The European Parliament Free Software Users group, which supports MEPs with using and migrating to Free Software, is looking for someone to help them with their Drupal website. The site, http://epfsug.eu, is up and running, and has an experienced system administrator taking care of it. A few extra features are required however to make it more useful to MEPs. A calendar is required so that users can schedule events and meetings, and better spam handling of comments would also be appreciated. The group is looking for someone who can take care of these tasks, and also ideally help out in future with maintenance issues relating to Drupal should they arise. If you are able to help with this important project, *please email Erik Josefsson* <erik.josefsson(a)europarl.europa.eu>, who is the advisor on Internet policies to The Greens party (currently the fourth group in the European Parliament with 56 MEPs from 15 countries). FSFE assisted in setting up the Parliamentary Free Software group, and continues to take an active part in their important work. Thanks! Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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[Fellowship-uk] Document Freedom Day UK prize shortlist
by Sam Tuke 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

Document Freedom Day 2012 is on March 28th, and we need a short-list of winners of the UK prize for a UK organisation which has adopted / promoted Open Standards in the last year. Last year the European prize went to the city of Munich for its switch to Open Standards in its city wide LiMux project. The German prize went to major news website http://tagesschau.de for offering broadcast shows in the free Ogg Theora video format. The awards comprised a certificate and an elaborate cake, presented in person at various locations, generating significant media interest in Free Software and Open Standards. This year there shall be a UK prize also, and picking the right recipient is important. One possibility is the Home Office, for their work on promoting Open Standards this year and their their adoption of a comparatively strong definition of Open Standards for use by the British Government (see page 7 of 'All about Open Source' available here: https://update.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-source-procuremen… toolkit). This choice is not ideal however and and other suggestions are needed. Other ideas might be local authorities or city councils that have switched to using OS, charities which have implemented wide scale support for OS, or UK software companies which have added support for OS in their products. Preparations for the wider DFD campaign are underway, with letters to last years donors having already been sent, letters to potential donors already having been prepared, and a new website due for launch shortly: http://test.documentfreedom.org/ Share your ideas for prize winners! Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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[Fellowship-uk] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 47)
by Sam Tuke 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

= Summary 21-27 November = During two days this week I spent most of my time working with volunteers on the November Fellowship interview, FSFE's Marketing, and the November Manchester Fellowship meeting. = Detail = == Fellowship == - Coordinated November Manchester Fellowship meeting, gave summary of recent FSFE activities, FSCONS, and then discussed planned Manchester community hosting project - Completed and sent notes from Manchester Fellowship meeting to manchester@ mailing list == Editors == - Organised editing and publication of November Fellowship interview in my absence (notified editors, interns, interviewer) - Edited interview after publication == Community == - Sent details of 'Open Source Options for Government' paper to Swedish Wikimedia contact from FSCONS == Document Freedom Day == - Had in depth meeting with Matthias about DFD 2012 coordination, agreed initial tasks and priorities == Web == - Continued planning of 2012 web sprint - Provided Chris Woolfrey with background data for use with FSFE marketing - Created FSFE Adwords account for Chris Woolfrey - Provided ideas for online task list for volunteers to web team == Other == - Planned flights to FOSDEM - Sent contact details of volunteer international payment systems developer to Fellowship Coordinator for future reference Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Contact the British team: uk(a)fsfeurope.org

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[Fellowship-uk] Weekly report for Sam Tuke (week 46)
by Sam Tuke 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

= Summary 14-20 November = During two days this week I spent most of my time travelling back and recovering from FSCONS in Sweden, following up tasks from the conference, and publicising next week's Manchester Fellowship meeting. = Detail = == Fellowship == - Set up account on Grical for posting Fellowship meetings and FSFE events - Added Manchester Fellowship event to FSFE.org - Emailed mailing lists about next Fellowship meeting - Added page to Madlab website about next Fellowship meeting == Web == - Investigated / tested LimeSurvey as potential survey tool for use in FSFE charity survey (following from my workshop on the subject in Sweden) and also other surveys in future == PDF Readers == - Committed extensive improvements to my PDF Readers bug processing scripts; now letters are saved separately to envelopes, bugs are automatically added to the corresponding xml file for their country (and then displayed on the online list of bugs), some special characters issues were also resolved. == Community == - Emailed contact from OggCamp information about the Freedom Task Force & GPL compliance. Finally got this person's details, hence the delay. - Attended Manchester Free Software meeting on Diaspora; the speaker cancelled last minute so I led the group discussion on decentralised Internet technologies. Very positive, about 10 attendees, nearly all of them now in communication with me on Diaspora. == Other == - Had meeting at FSCONS with Matthias (German Team Coordinator) about progress, strategy, and Document Freedom Day 2012 - Emailed mailing lists request for help with European Parliament's Free Software User Group website on behalf of Erik Josefsson - Contacted my bank about recent failed transactions between FSFE and myself - My audio interview from OggCamp is now available: http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0857%3E == Editors == - Identified interview candidate for November, suggested them to Chris Woolfrey Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Contact the British team: uk(a)fsfeurope.org

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[Fellowship-uk] Making a PDF Readers mobile site: can you help?
by Sam Tuke 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

To extend the reach and effectiveness of the existing pdfreaders.org website we would like to add a mobile site that will make suggestions for Free Software PDF readers to use based on the detected mobile browser and operating system. This will likely involve a new mobile PDF Readers site that is optimised for viewing on mobile devices. If you're able to help with this project, please let one of the following mailing lists know: web(a)fsfeurope.org pdfreaders(a)lists.fsfe.org The existing pdfreaders.org website has been hugely successful since it's creation in 2009. It receives thousands of visits from the public, is linked to by many Government websites around the world, and has for a long time been one of the highest ranking websites in search engine results for search terms relating to PDF. Thanks, Sam. -- Sam Tuke British Team Coordinator Free Software Foundation Europe IM : samtuke(a)jabber.fsfe.org Latest UK Free Software news: uk.fsfe.org Is freedom important to you? Join the fellowship.fsfe.org

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