Re: [Fsfe-uk] [Proposal] Mailing lists

[MJ Ray]

On 2003-10-23 12:48:13 +0100 Ramanan Selvaratnam <address@hidden> 
wrote:
> Now, I do not see why we should not help GNOME-UK set up stalls etc as
> outlined below?

Manpower and space. We shared with GNU and AFSP at the expo both to 
get some extra help and to help them, as I don't think they were 
offered stand space of their own. I have also not helped GNUstep with 
these shows because I am helping AFFS. If GNOME-UK can help give 
people, that's the same as with the other orgs, so I don't see why 
not. We will need to get extra stand space. We would have been very 
cramped at Olympia if we hadn't been able to take over an unoccupied 
stand.

> Otherwise no one might notice and space in .Org villages also look
> scarce.

It certainly seemed to be, but I'm not sure why. I think the central 
pillar areas created a lot of dead space, but weren't enough to hold 
useful meetings in. It would be good if we could have a more open 
stand design (it really felt "them and us" this time) and some 
security features (stick things to the floor and let us tie to the 
things?) next time, but beggars can't be choosers.

> At the (GNU)Linux Expo there was talk of a community based IT 
> solutions
> exhibition in Brighton, in spring.

Does anyone have details of this?

> In the case of l10n with non western languages I am aware of cases of 
> enthusiastic expatriates who live in the UK, interacting with the
> Unicode consortium on behalf of their languages' digital futures.

Is there any catalogue of these groups?  If not, we should certainly 
try to create one.

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