[Bradford] Fwd: lugmaster Digest, Vol 365, Issue 1

[d.carpenter]

Sorry, Software Freedom Day is here:

On 13 August 2013 13:50, Martyn Ranyard <martyn at theendofhistether.org.uk> wrote:
> Sounds interesting but no url or location.
>
> On 13 Aug 2013 13:48, "d.carpenter" <d.carpenter at virgin.net> wrote:
>>
>> Dick and I get messages on the lugmaster list at times. Thought people
>> below might find the following interesting:
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>
>>
>>    1. Re: Software Freedom Day 2013 - Saturday September 21st
>>
>>
>> At last year's event we had about 120 visitors of all ages, but with a
>> pleasing number of young families. Here are some thoughts about how it
>> went.
>>
>> 1) Activities that went down well included:
>>
>> * Scratch workshop to design a game (lesson plan from Code Club)
>> * Arduino workshop with a variety of projects to try (run by Garry Bulmer)
>> * Raspberry Pi room - half a dozen Pis for visitors to try
>> * Arduino-based drum kit
>> * Music creation with MIDI instruments
>> * Large Twitter wall scrolling SFD tweets from around the world
>> * Assortment of general access Ubuntu machines for visitors to check out
>> * Linux users and developers from credativ and OpusVL (two Rugby-based
>> FOSS business consultancies) on-hand to answer questions and
>> demonstrate software
>> * Coverage in local press
>>
>> * Great venue with plenty of space and rooms for specific activities
>> * Refreshments - hot food and drinks
>> * Several planning meetings in preceding months
>> * Preinstallation of machines by a local school's ICT club
>> * SFD T-shirts for volunteers sponsored by credativ, OpusVL and
>> Sunfield Technologies
>>
>>
>> 2) Activities that could be improved:
>>
>> * At future events we'd also have a screen at the entrance with a map
>> of activities
>> * lanyards/namebadges prepared well in advance
>> * Setting up the venue completely the day(s) before the event. Even
>> having only a few setup tasks to do on the day can eat into valuable
>> time.
>> * Getting the word out even earlier
>> * Using the event to launch other events/schemes that run through the year
>> * Getting more local schools to attend - we've been surprised at how
>> little interest there has been to date from them
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nick
>>
>>
>>
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