June 2014 - Free-software-melb-announce - lists.softwarefreedom.com.au

Jon Lawrence on Trans-Pacific Partnership, Thu 2014-07-17
by Adam Bolte 27 Jun '14

27 Jun '14

Howdy all, The negotiations continue for extortionist mega-corporations, under the guise of the US Trade Representative office, using secretive international trade negotiations to bully Australia, and many other countries, to enact laws favourable only to those corporations. This is the Trans-Pacific Partnership <URL:http://tppaustralia.org/what-is-the-tppa/>. Our coming Free Software Melbourne meeting, Thursday 2014-07-17 from 18:00, will feature Jon Lawrence from Electronic Frontiers Foundation, to lead a discussion about this deal which will have profound effects on our software freedom in Australia and elsewhere. Definitely one not to miss! Please spread the word to people likely to be interested in this event and let us know.

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Summary of last Thursday's meet up
by Adam Bolte 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

Hi Folks, Thanks all for coming along to the Thursday meet-up, and thanks Andrew for a very interesting presentation on Datawrapper. The meeting notes (including all Gnews links) have been added to our wiki here: http://freesoftware.org.au/wiki/meetingNotes/20140619 Next month's meet up will be on Thursday July 17. See you then! Cheers, Adam ps. If you would like to volunteer to give a presentation (long or short) on a subject that you think would interest our group, please drop me an e-mail.

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Discussion group Thu 19 June
by Adam Bolte 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Hi everybody, Tomorrow night, Free Software Melbourne presents: An introduction to Datawrapper, loads of Gnews, and a continuation of the segment on getting to know individuals in the group. Please join us for a tasty dinner afterwards too. Hope to see you there! Cheers, Adam Free Software Melbourne ----------------------- Thursday 19 June (3rd Thursday of month) 6-9pm (inc. dinner at nearby restaurant) VPAC Head Office Training Room Level 1, Building 91, 110 Victoria Street Map: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/

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Bitcoin documentary fundraising launch Tue 17 June
by Ben Sturmfels 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

Hi again folks, Looks like Tuesday is going to be a busy day! Dale Dickens let me know that her and film maker Chris Mylrae are holding an event to raise money for a new Bitcoin documentary. -------- Bitcoin Doco Crowdfunding Campaign Launch 5pm, Tue 17 June 2014 ThousandPondBend, 361 LittleLonsdale Street Melbourne http://www.thebitcoindoco.com Giving Bitcoin newbies $10 worth of Bitcoin to experiment with on the night. -------- Regards, Ben

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Jon Lawrence (EFA) and Scott Ludlam next Tue 17 June
by Ben Sturmfels 12 Jun '14

12 Jun '14

Hi Folks, We've been advised of an event in Melbourne next Tuesday called Web We Want. Sounds very worthwhile if you can make it. -------- Lindy Stephens will be joining Scott Ludlam, the EFA, and others, to discuss the impact of mass surveillance and what we, as individuals, can do about it at Creating the Web We Want, a free public forum at 11:30am on June 17th, Melbourne Convention Centre. Please feel free to share this link as widely as you like, as we have 1500 seats to fill! http://webwewant.org.au -------- Regards, Ben

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