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

[Ramanan Selvaratnam]

On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 12:51, MJ Ray wrote:
> 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?

Although unlikely right now  we should not discount possibilities where
only GNOME-UK might be given a space and they could distribute AFFS
paraphenalia sometime in the fuutue (UK desktop championships :-) 
Honestly, theoretically GNOME should go places as it is how many relate
to 'computers'.
We should help to find these situations.

> Manpower and space. We shared with GNU and AFSP at the expo both to 
> get some extra help and to help them,

This specific event was GNU/Linux specific related event.
Alos KDE being there helps too and are IMO very effective for advocay at
the moment.

But GNOME is a GNU package and I feel it would be helpful for everyone
if it is grouped together with GNU and Free sofware camp, atleast at the
begginnings.

The real strength of GNOME would out if GNOME-UK could display the truly
free nature of GTK by giving out GIMP etc. for M$-Windows.
Would not this be good to send home the message of AFFS too?


> > 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?

Would not like to mislead anyone so I have written to the org that was
mentioned to verify independently. Apparently a representative of the
event was going around to stalls chatting about this. I will update the
list as soon as I hear something unless someone who knows better does so
before.