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

[d.carpenter]

D'oh, try again

Software Freedom Day:
http://softwarefreedomday.org/

but really I was just posting because we have had discussions about
doing 'public' events in the past. I'm not saying we should do one,
but I thought the experience of 'Nick' at some LUG or other was quite
interesting.

Cheers
David

On 13 August 2013 14:29, d.carpenter <d.carpenter at virgin.net> wrote:
> 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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