[Linux-aus] Freedom Day calendars 2014

[Daniel Jitnah]

The date for the Education Freedomday has probably been set in relation
to typical school/academic year in the northern hemisphere.  It
unfortunately falls during the holiday period in Australia.

It would be better to set an alternative date more in synch with the
Australian school year, if we wish to organise events for the Education
freedom day here : suggest perhaps 6 months later which would be 20 June.

Cheers
Daniel.

On 26/12/13 01:05, Kathy Reid wrote:
> 
> Hi all, Digital Freedom Foundation dates of interest for 2014,
> 
> Best wishes,
> Kathy
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:     [SFD-announce] Happy holiday season and new year!
> Date:     Wed, 25 Dec 2013 12:07:45 +0800
> From:     Frederic Muller - DFF <fred at digitalfreedomfoundation.org>
> Reply-To:     sfd-discuss at sf-day.org
> To:     SFD announcements <sfd-announce at sf-day.org>
> 
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> We wanted to wish you a happy holiday season (for those of you on
> holidays) and a happy 2014!
> 
> 2014 is an important year for SFD and Digital Freedom Foundation, the
> non-profit behind it. We have now extended our celebrations to four in a
> year as the Free Software philosophy extends to more and more places. We
> have also merged one of our side activities, Greenboard, which is
> building a totally Free and Open Source curriculum to meet a tremendous
> need for technology for everybody and especially the unprivileged groups
> at the lowest possible cost. While currently only available in Chinese
> (as it is where it is developed) we are slowly translating it into English.
> 
> So to be short we will be celebrating the following events this year:
> - Education Freedom Day: Saturday January 18th
> - Hardware Freedom Day: Saturday March 15th
> - Culture Freedom Day: Saturday May 17th
> - Software Freedom Day: Saturday September 20th
> 
> You can of course find more information on the related websites[1] or
> ask us questions through the appropriate mailing lists[2].
> 
> Last but not least, we are headed towards our tenth year of existence
> and this would not have been possible without you and without all the
> supporting organizations which have followed us around the years, namely
> Canonical, Google, Linode, the FSF and FSFE, Creative Commons, FreeBSD,
> Joomla!, the Open Clipart Library, Foundation Ceata, Linux Magazine,
> Linux Journal, Ubuntu User, Admin magazine and smart developer.
> 
> This year we will also try to raise more funds and hopefully hire
> someone to help us full time as it is starting to be a busy
> all-year-round activity. Hopefully this will make us more active and
> responsive to all the requests we are getting and better overall.
> 
> So thank you all and let's make 2014 unforgettable!
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> 
> Frederic Muller
> --------------------------
> Digital Freedom Foundation
> 
> [1] - http://www.educationfreedomday.org
>     - http://www.hfday.org
>     - http://www.culturefreedomday.org
>     - http://www.softwarefreedomday.org
> [2] - http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo
> 
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