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Casual dinner with Deb Nicholson
by Ben Sturmfels 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Hi Folks, Deb Nicholson is visiting Melbourne during her trip to linux.conf.au. She'll be joining us for a casual dinner next Thursday 22 January. Deb is well known for her efforts with the Free Software Foundation, Mozilla, Open Invention Network and MediaGoblin. She's also a colleague of Andrea Casillas, whom we met last year. Please RSVP to ben(a)stumbles.id.au by 20 January so I can book a table. Hope you can join us! Regards, Ben Casual dinner with Deb Nicholson -------------------------------- 22 January, 6pm The Standard Hotel, 293 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy (between Bell St & Moor St) Map: http://osm.org/go/uG4H0UE~1-?m= Nearest tram lines are Tram 96 to East Brunswick (stop 14 on Nicholson St) or Tram 112 West Preston (stop 15 on Brunswick St). RSVP to ben(a)stumbles.id.au by 20 January.

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This Thursday: Free Software casual dinner at classic curry
by Ben Sturmfels 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

Hi Folks, As I've said before, my favourite part of Free Software Melbourne is meeting other interesting people over dinner. This month we skip the regular meet up and just have dinner instead. I hope you can join us this Thursday at Classic Curry (details below). We don't hold a normal meet up in January, though if the stars align we may announce a casual dinner with Deb Nicholson (of FSF, Mozilla and Open Invention Network fame) who's visiting Australia for linux.conf.au. If we don't see you on Thursday, have a wonderful Christmas! Regards, The Free Software Melbourne Committee Adam B, Andrew S, Ben F and Ben S Free Software Melbourne Casual Dinner ------------------------------------- Thursday 18 December, 6pm Classic Curry Restaurant 597 Elizabeth Street (Corner of Queensberry St) North Melbourne http://www.classiccurry.com/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/?node=2274622026

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This Thursday: Damien Zammit on free software audio
by Ben Sturmfels 18 Nov '14

18 Nov '14

Hi Software Freedom Lovers, [Apologies for late notice, I wrote this message last week but had problems sending. - Ben] This Thursday evening we'll talk to Damien Zammit, a passionate free software activist, audio recording engineer and software developer. He'll be demonstrating and discussing how he's "scratched his own itch" to write some software for high-quality audio processing. We'll follow on with dinner at 8pm at nearby Big Mama's Korean restaurant on Swanston Street. This is our last discussion-group meet up for the year, so hope you can join is. We'll have a casual dinner in December for those who can make it. Regards, Ben Free Software Melbourne ----------------------- Thursday 20 November 6-8pm (followed by dinner at nearby restaurant) VPAC Head Office Training Room Level 1, Building 91, 110 Victoria Street Map: http://www.freesoftware.org.au/melb/

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Meet up this Thursday 16, free software to keep your passwords safe
by Ben Sturmfels 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Hi Folks, It sounds like Software Freedom Day was a wonderful success (and I'm sad I couldn't be there). Hope you all had a great day. Big thanks to Lilly, Adam, Lev and Angus for coordinating the day and everyone else for helping out. This Thursday we're back to our normal meet up schedule. Adam will be discussing how to keep your passwords safe with free software. We'll also be discussing the privacy implications of recently laws enabling wider spying and data retention. Our friends at EFA and Electron Workshop are also running an event on Friday call The Privacy Workshop - a day of big name speakers including Senator Scott Ludlam (link below). Regards, Ben Free Software Melbourne ----------------------- Thursday 16 October 6-9pm (inc. dinner at nearby restaurant) VPAC Head Office Training Room Level 1, Building 91, 110 Victoria Street Map: http://www.freesoftware.org.au/melb/ The Privacy Workshop -------------------- Friday 17 October 10am Deakin Edge, Melbourne https://privacy.electronworkshop.com.au/

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Software Freedom Day is almost here
by Adam Bolte 19 Sep '14

19 Sep '14

Hi everyone, There will not be a Thursday FSM meet-up for the month of September. Instead, you're going to be in for a much bigger treat! This month, OpenTechSchool Melbourne[1], along with Free Software Melbourne[2], Linux Users of Victoria[3] and Electron Workshop[4] are joining forces to bring you the local Software Freedom Day event for Melbourne. The event will take place on Saturday 20th September between 10am and 4pm, and this year we have a new venue: Electron Workshop 31 Arden Street, North Melbourne. Map: http://www.sfd.org.au/melbourne/ We will be demonstrating GNU/Linux distributions, the Raspberry Pi, Arduino and more. You will also get to see free software games on the big screen - bring your laptops (and perhaps a mouse) if you want to help put some of them to a mutiplayer test! Newcomers will also be able to get help trying out and installing GNU/Linux on their machines, and can learn more about free software. We will have several guest speakers throughout the day with talks on OpenStreetMap, open source gardening, electronics, Bitcoin and more! Lunch will also be provided. The Valhalla Social Cinema will be screening a film in the space just after our celebration ends. Please consider joining them in the evening! Ticket and film info is available here: http://valhallacinema.com.au/ This event has been generously sponsored by Serversaurus[5] and Freetronics[6]. Image design work provided by Saltface Design. More information about the event is available on the Software Freedom Day Melbourne website: http://www.sfd.org.au/melbourne/ The day should be both educational and a lot of fun. Please spread the word, and I'll see you there! Cheers, Adam Links: [1]: http://www.opentechschool.org/melbourne/ [2]: http://www.freesoftware.org.au/melb/ [3]: http://luv.asn.au/ [4]: http://www.electronworkshop.com.au/ [5]: https://serversaurus.com.au/ [6]: http://www.freetronics.com/

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This Thursday: Linux Defenders Andrea Casillas, Les Kitchen, Gnews and tasty Korean food
by Ben Sturmfels 18 Aug '14

18 Aug '14

Hi Freedom Lovers, This month we have a special guest, Andrea Casillas, Director of the Open Invention Network's Linux Defenders Program. Andrea is visiting from North Carolina and will be discussing her work preventing and educating about software patents. Our own Les Kitchen will be talking about how he came to love free software. As always, there will be lots of Gnews, followed by dinner at nearby Big Mamas Korean restaurant. Look forward to seeing you on Thursday! Ben Free Software Melbourne ----------------------- Thursday 21 August 6-9pm (inc. dinner at nearby restaurant) VPAC Head Office Training Room Level 1, Building 91, 110 Victoria Street Map: http://www.freesoftware.org.au/melb/

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

14 Jul '14

Greetings all, This coming Thursday the 17th is the next scheduled meet-up for our Free Software discussion group. In addition to discussing recent developments in the Gnews, Jon Lawrence from Electronic Frontiers Foundation will be joining us to lead a discussion on the Trans-Pacific Partnership - a deal that will have profound effects on our software freedom in Australia and elsewhere. <URL:http://tppaustralia.org/what-is-the-tppa/> After the meeting we'll head on down to a nearby restaurant for a tasty dinner. See you Thursday! Cheers, Adam Free Software Melbourne ----------------------- Thursday 17 July 6-9pm (inc. dinner at nearby restaurant) Location: VPAC Head Office Training Room Level 1, Building 91, 110 Victoria Street Map: http://freesoftware.org.au/melb/

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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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