[Dfey-nw-discuss] [Fwd: Free Software Events: Introduction on Wednesday 7th October]

[Tim Dobson]

I might make it to one of these... Anyone else thinking about going to 
one of them?

Tim

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Subject: Free Software Events: Introduction on Wednesday 7th October
Date: Tue,  6 Oct 2009 00:22:37 +0100
From: Free Software Society <address@hidden>
Organisation: University of Sheffield
To: address@hidden

Hello everyone, a little communication hiccup (apparently Gmail's spam 
filter is
a bit paranoid) but the Free Software Society is going strong and we 
have a few
events lined up for the coming weeks:

FSS Events
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What: The Best Things In Life are Free? An Introduction to Free Software
When: Wednesday 7th October, starting from 6/7pm
Cost: FREE!
Where: Showroom Cinema cafe/bar (across the road from Sheffield train 
station)
Description: An introductory talk explaining what Free Software is, what 
you can
do with it and why it's important and relevant to anyone who uses a computer
and the Internet. This is especially aimed at anyone who uses computers but
doesn't count themselves as "tech-savvy", since these are the users often
exploited by large software companies (eg. Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, 
etc.).
Come along, don't be scared and you'll find out how to avoid some of the 
traps
often used to get money out of users!

We're doing this as part of "GeekUp", a monthly meeting of computer 
enthusiasts,
so there will be plenty of people to chat to, and a few other talks (see
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4407049/ )

What: Installfest
When: Wednesday 21st October and Wednesday 18th November, 3pm-5pm
Where: On the 21st we're in the Moors (above the Source in the Student 
Union),
on the 18th we're in Octagon Meeting Room 1 (in the Octagon, downstairs then
straight forward on the left)
Cost: FREE!
Description: An Installfest is an opportunity to bring anything 
computery along
to a bunch of geeks who can get it doing what you want (well, most of 
the time
anyway!). We'll show you what various Free programs can do, how to use 
them and
anything you like we'll install and set up for you. We can also try our 
hand at
fixing problems you're having, although as we're the Free Software society
we'll fix misbehaving non-free programs by giving you a Free Software
alternative ;)

Everything Else
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Socials: We'll be having socials every other Thursday, so for this month 
that's
the 15th and 29th of October. These are usually at 6pm in the Interval 
cafe/bar
(part of the Student Union) but check the forum for changes.

Other events: There are loads of Free Software events happening around 
Sheffield
and the UK which we'll be attending, to keep up to date you can check 
our news
page at http://fss.union.shef.ac.uk/news.html and our forum at
http://www.fss.union.shef.ac.uk/forum or you can follow us on Identi.ca at
http://identi.ca/sheffieldfreesoftware (this feeds our News page)

Thanks
Chris Warburton (FSS President)

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