[Wylug-discuss] RMS in Leeds!

[Simon Whiteley]

Hi,
      
>1) Somewhere for him to stay. Hotels are fine, with requirements on
>ID-less check-in, internet access. A couch or floor is better though. I
>can host him, but I'm in Morley so somewhere closer to the centre may
>be better placed to help.

I would be happy to collect Mr Stallman from whereever he needs and to
give him lodgings and food in my family home in Wortley, just 10 minutes
from OBH!  I can also take him and his 'baggage' wherever he needs to
go.  I know he carries quite a bit of FSF literature and stickers etc.
I have a comfortable inflatable matress and plenty of blankets!

If you simply need someone to transport him from your place to OBH then
that would be fine also.
        
>3) Funds. We will need to raise up to 350 GBP (max) for the event, with
>a surplus going to the FSF. This is to cover train travel and a share
>of his flight to the UK. I think this can be achieved by donations on
>the day, but sale of his books can help too, which would need some
>organising.

I would happily donate £20 to the fund aswell as the hospitality as
above.
        
>4) Selecting a talk. RMS has various talks prepared. He can give his
>"standard" free software talk, or one of the others listed below. As
>many people will have seen his free software talk already, a different
>talk may be nice. If anyone has any preferences, please let me know as
>soon as you can because I need to reply, and also publicise it.

I would prefer to hear Mr Stallman talk about 'The Danger of Software
Patents' or 'A Free Digital Society' as I already have the book 'Free
Software Free Society' which is his main lecture and he lectured on this
at Sheffield University.

Please consider Mr Stallman already booked in at 'Chez Moi', I am
inflating the matress as we speak.

Simon.

simon at diesel1.demon.co.uk