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SA 18th of August — More Planning for Software Freedom Day
by committee＠freesoftware.org.au 16 Aug '22

16 Aug '22

Hi everyone, This month at Free Software Australia we are continuing the planning for Software Freedom Day in September. This month we will be reviewing the responses we've gotten from our outreach so far. We will also send out some speaker requests from the committee email account. This event will be a working group primarily aimed at the organisers of Free Software Australia and community members interested in getting involved but all are welcome to come along and learn about how we prepare for the event. Details: Thursday, 18th of August 2022, 7:00pm-8:30pm AEDT Join us at: https://venue.electronworkshop.com.au/r/freesoftwareaus Join the FSA mailing list to be notified of events: https://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software… Meeting Tips: Be sure to test your audio on the way in. Your mic will be muted when you join the room. Headsets are recommended to reduce any feedback. Code of Conduct: https://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct

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Australian Repair Summit this Friday (and Thursday), also online
by Les Kitchen 03 Aug '22

03 Aug '22

Hi Freedom Lovers, The Australian Repair Network is running the Australian Repair Summit this Friday (day after tomorrow), all day. And in association with it, they're also holding a Community Repair Conference Thursday afternoon (tomorrow). The physical event is I think in Canberra, but you can also join online. Registration is no-cost. I found the website a bit confusing, and found out about the Community Repair Conference only in the confirmation mail for registering for the Summit. But it looks like the best place to register is: https://events.griffith.edu.au/event/aaef46dc-a952-4377-8b6c-5b3453af9cda/w… (The Australian Repair Network being based at Griffith University it seems.) Sorry for short notice. I'm still in catch-up mode after getting back from a long trip, and found out about the Repair Summit by accident only this morning. I know this isn't exactly Free Software, but we all know that Right to Repair is closely aligned with Software Freedom, and they're inextricably linked, with so many devices these days having embedded software. Oh, Kyle Wiens of iFixit is one of the speakers Friday morning. Hope this is useful information for some of you. — Smiles, Les. "If you can't fix it, you don't own it."

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Software Freedom Day 2022 Expressions of Interest
by committee＠freesoftware.org.au 02 Aug '22

02 Aug '22

Hi everyone, This year on September the 17th we're going to be celebrating Software Freedom Day across Australia. Our theme for the year is reFLOSSify online communities, schools and workplaces. It's a broad topic and we'd love to have talks about how Free and Open Source Software can help us to build communities, contribute to and improve teaching experiences, and how we can use FOSS more in the workplace. We are reaching out for anyone from the community interested in presenting on these or similar topics. It could be a full presentation, a small lightning talk or a demo of your favourite FLOSS software. You could talk about how your group uses or contributes to Free and Open Source. You could explore how the 4 Freedoms are relevant to education. Or if you have another burning topic you think will fit with the event, let us know. If you're interested in getting involved please send your expression of interest to committee(a)freesoftware.org.au. Please include a working title, short description and an estimate of how long you expect to present. ~~ Ben

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