$YOURFREESOFTWARE.org supporting Document Freedom Day?

[Matthias Kirschner]

Hi all,

you are part of a Free Software group? Please a) become supporting
organisation of Docuemnt Freedom Day b) make an activity for DFD and C)
if you participate provide us a nice picture and quote, like we already
got from Stephen Fry:

"Open standards makes sense. What makes no sense is that large
companies in the field still do not understand this. It is time once
and for all to end the pointless nonsense of one document sent on one
platform being incomprehensible to the user of another." Stephan Fry
http://documentfreedom.org/testimonials.en.html

Here more information on DFD (pass it along):

Document Freedom Day (DFD) <http://documentfreedom.org> is a global day
for document liberation. It is a worldwide event celebrating Open
Standards and raising general awareness about the need for their
adoption. DFD is actively redefining perceptions of Open Standards in
media, public administration and educational institutions. Thanks to
generous donations, in the last year we were able to:

- Organise 42 events in 14 different countries around the world, ranging
from Brazil and Mexico, to Greece and Portugal,
- Coordinate an important talk at the European Parliament with multiple
speakers, and
- Raise the profile of pioneering users of Open Standards, such as
German news website 'tagesschau.de', by awarding certificates and
prizes in view of the press.

The winner of the DFD 2011 Germany prize went to a popular news website
which provides its 1.4m daily visitors with current affairs videos in
the Free video format Ogg Theora. The award was presented in Berlin,
resulting in coverage in 8 national and international media outlets. The
city of Munich received the European prize, for the use of Open
Standards in its LiMux project.

In 2012 we will celebrate Document Freedom Day for the fourth time. We
shall again organise more than 42 events, include countries that were
previously not involved, and strenghten engagement with the public
sector.

To make these plans a reality, we need your support as a partner of
Document Freedom Day 2012! Talk with your friends/regional groups, and
think about activities and events that you could organise to promote
Open Standards. We would be happy to help you with ideas, prize-giving,
and finding sponsors.

With your help we will be able to organise more events in 2012, and
together we can raise awareness for Open Standards around the world.

At the moment we are coordinating our activities with international
partners and sponsors. Please do not hesitate to contact us for more
detailed information about partnership opportunities for Document
Freedom Day 2012.

Please let us know until 6. February if you want to organise your own
activity or event, and/or if you want to be listed on our supporter page
as a supporting organisation.

Thanks,
Matthias

[MJ Ray]

Matthias Kirschner <mk at fsfe.org>

Post by Matthias Kirschner
you are part of a Free Software group? Please a) become supporting
organisation of Docuemnt Freedom Day b) make an activity for DFD and C)
if you participate provide us a nice picture and quote, like [...]
Please let us know until 6. February if you want to organise your own
activity or event, and/or if you want to be listed on our supporter page
as a supporting organisation.

I'm not sure about other groups, but this is barely enough notice for
my main group, which meets next on 6 February.

Don't most groups meet formally at most monthly?

In other words: please would you consider extending this deadline
to at least 25 Feb?

Thanks,

[Matthias Kirschner]

Post by MJ Ray
In other words: please would you consider extending this deadline
to at least 25 Feb?

Yes, that's fine. It is just for our planing, the sooner we know what
activities will happen, the better we can plan. (But I am also aware
that we could have send out this e-mail earlier.)

Regards,
Matthias

[MJ Ray]

Matthias Kirschner <mk at fsfe.org>

Post by Matthias Kirschner

Post by MJ Ray
In other words: please would you consider extending this deadline
to at least 25 Feb?

Yes, that's fine. It is just for our planing, the sooner we know what
activities will happen, the better we can plan. (But I am also aware
that we could have send out this e-mail earlier.)

OK, cool. Thanks. One other thing for future announcements: it didn't
mention the date but I think I found it online (28 March?)

[Matthias Kirschner]

Post by MJ Ray
OK, cool. Thanks. One other thing for future announcements: it didn't
mention the date but I think I found it online (28 March?)

Yes, that's correct. Sorry if it was not included in the e-mail.

Regards,
Matthias