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We're going to do this by organizing a free-of-cost event to celebrate Software Freedom Day here in the Boston area.
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== Software Freedom Day 2011, in Boston ==
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* Noon: Lunch
* 1:00: "Show and tell" time, where you can speak with community groups
* 1:30 - 4:30: Two tracks: ofInstallation talks:help and Tutorialstutorials (for newcomers to free software), and community organizing talks with Q&A (for ongoing contributors)
* 4:30-5:00: Wrap-up
* 5:00 to 7:00: After-party, at [http://www.tommydoyles.com/blog/harvard-square/ Tommy Doyle's in Harvard Square] (some tickets for drinks will be available for attendees thanks to the generous support of the [http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/ Open Innovation Network])
 
* 5:00 to 7:00: After-party, venue TBD
 
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The event is organized by [http://openhatch.org/ OpenHatch] and made possible with generous support from the [http://www.openinventionnetwork.com/ Open Invention Network] and the [http://www.fsf.org/ Free Software Foundation].
 
=== Organizational checklist ===
 
* [[Software Freedom Day 2011 Boston/Checklist]]
 
=== Other SFD celebrations ===
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* NEIA Free Culture is organizing one of their own on Tuesday, September 20.
* Add yours here!
 
=== Slides & Information ===
 
* Keynote Máirín Duffy
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjvqWKsndGs Video], recorded by Chris Macken
 
* A. Richard Miller's talk and Walter Bender's talk
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9k9LjLXXwQ Video], recorded by Chris Macken
 
* Sunlight Meetup Boston
** [http://www.shaunagm.net/docs/programming/sunlight.odp Presentation in .odp format]
** join the mailing list: [http://groups.google.com/group/open_gov_boson Open Gov Boston]
** next project next Weds Oct 4th, 6pm at [http://thesprouts.org/studios Sprout]
 
* Oliver Day's talk on information security
** [http://zeroday.hastypastry.net/infosec101-handout.ods Handout in .ods format]
 
* Rob McQueen's talk on "Free Software in Consumer Electronics," subtitled: "(why Android makes my job harder)"
** [http://people.collabora.com/~robot101/SFD-Boston-2011-09-17.pdf Slides as PDF]
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