Idea: FSF speaker?

Eric "Shubes" plug at shubes.net
Thu May 17 10:59:31 MST 2007


Mike Schwartz wrote:
> On 5/16/07, *Dennis Kibbe* <dennisk at fastmail.fm
> <mailto:dennisk at fastmail.fm>> wrote:
> 
>     From: "Mike Schwartz" <mike.l.schwartz at gmail.com
>     <mailto:mike.l.schwartz at gmail.com>>
>     Subject: Idea: FSF speaker? (was: Re: New Eben Moglen speech [...])
>     Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:47:21 -0700
> 
>     > On 5/16/07, Dennis Kibbe <dennisk at fastmail.fm
>     <mailto:dennisk at fastmail.fm>> wrote:
>     > >
>     > > From: "Ben Francom" <bfrancom at gmail.com <mailto:bfrancom at gmail.com>>
>     > > Subject: Re: New Eben Moglen speech available
>     > > Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 06:44:49 -0700
>     > >
>     > > > On 5/16/07, Alan Dayley <alandd at consultpros.com
>     <mailto:alandd at consultpros.com>> wrote:
>     > > > >
>     > > > > Given at the Red Hat Summit.  I downloaded it last night but
>     have not
>     > > > > watched yet.  I have every confidence that it is worth
>     listening to.
>     > > >
>     > > > Just finished watching it.  He is the man!  [...]
>     > >
>     > > Would you like to meet Eben Moglen?  Maybe talk patents with him
>     over
>     > > dinner?  Or discuss Free software with RMS?  Maybe talk to Bruce
>     Perens or
>     > > the OLPC people?  How about programming with Gene Sussman?  All
>     on the
>     > > campus of MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
>     > >
>     > > You can if you make plans to attent the next membership meeting
>     of the
>     > > Free Software Foundation in Boston (approx. March 2008).
>     > >
>     > > It's free and held on the weekend.  [...]
>     > >
>     > > Dennisk
>     > > ---------------------------------------------------
>     > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [...]
>     >
>     > I am not trying to discourage anyone from attending
>     > the FSF meeting;  this is just a different idea, [...]
>     >     If PLUG (or some other non-profit .org) wants to bring
>     > any of those folks to AZ, to speak,
>     > then [...]
>     > [...] now might be the right time...
>     > perhaps before or (probably) after that FSF meeting?
>     > Just an idea,
>     > from
>     > --
>     > Mike Schwartz
>     > [...]
> 
>     Hi Mike,
> 
>     I'll ask about a speaker when I'm back at the FSF office next
>     week.  This would be a good event for AZOTA to sponsor since it's
>     more about Freedom than Linux.
> 
>     I've already been touch with Joshua Gay, FSF's new Campaigns Manager.
> 
>     Dennisk
> 
> 
> OK, could someone help me out here?
> I am trying to look up AZOTA, and so far
> I have tried this:
>   
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2BAZOTA+%2Barizona+%2B%22free+software%22&btnG=Search
> <http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%2BAZOTA+%2Barizona+%2B%22free+software%22&btnG=Search>
> but I think none of those hits are what you
> are talking about.
> I also tried a few other searches, like with "fsf" instead
> of "free software" (still no luck...)
> What am I doing wrong here?
> -- 
> Mike Schwartz    
> Glendale  AZ
> schwartz at acm.org <mailto:schwartz at acm.org>
> Mike.L.Schwartz at gmail.com <mailto:Mike.L.Schwartz at gmail.com>
> 

http://www.azoto.org/

-- 
-Eric 'shubes'


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