Kia ora, hello, greetings from Ootautahi / Christchurch, Aotearoa-NZ, across the ditch! I am with the Sydenham GNU/Linux Users / Free Software Group here and have just realised you're our nearest relatives, literally :) While my grandfather's line migrated here from near Launceston TAS 100-odd years ago, it is Software Freedom Day that unites us today. Which is why I write. You are https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2021/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Free%2... We are https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2021/NewZealand/Christchurch/FreeNix SFD21 went ok for us, we had very modest engagement under covid lockdown conditions. But the parallel with how FSM-LA has run SFD21 now stands out to us. To summarise: FSM-LA used BigBlueButton and we used Jitsi; FSM-LA had rich content (well-organised speakers) and we had prepared none (while we tested the venue / hardware / software / people mix for teleconferencing). In hindsight, we could/should have dialed in to FSM-LA to observe / participate. Our belated apologies, thus. The experience is spawning a vision for how to improve SFD year on year. We now have conversation started with Fred Muller of DFF/SFD along these lines. The emphasis - as for everyone suffering covid lockdowns lately - is optimised teleconferencing to achieve quality collective outcomes. So I'm writing to request/invite more online conversation please and offer this test link for anyone keen to meet and share notes so far please: https://meet.jit.si/SFD2021 Excellent to be back in touch with Melbourne again, a place I have spent several happy weeks and months in the past decade, Epping area. Kia kaha - keep up the great work! Kind regards Rik Tindall +64 03-332-1069 / 027-406-0077