[Wylug-discuss] RMS in Leeds!
Christopher McLean
C.J.McLean at leeds.ac.uk
Wed Jul 27 09:23:19 UTC 2011
I'd also like to help financially (seeing as though there seems to be accommodation already!). Is there an appropriate paypal account we could use, or similar online donation destination? If not, I can sort something out, let me know
Chris
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| From: wylug-discuss-bounces at wylug.org.uk [mailto:wylug-discuss-
| bounces at wylug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Simon Whiteley
| Sent: 27 July 2011 01:31
| To: wylug-discuss at wylug.org.uk
| Cc: james-dated-1313482422.e6d3ed at jamesholden.net
| Subject: [Wylug-discuss] RMS in Leeds!
|
| 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
|
|
|
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