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*Through technical training sessions, we hope to increase the knowledge, skills and competences of the participants in free software on end. | *Through technical training sessions, we hope to increase the knowledge, skills and competences of the participants in free software on end. | ||
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There will be people from different user groups from all Central America. There shuld be people from user lug, but also from communities like word press, mozilla and such. My objective is to try to understand the different schedules and agendas of different central american countries. We don't have ambassadors listed on Costa Rica, ambassadors on Honduras and Guatemala are not active. Knowing what are the activities in other countries we can plan ahead to participate in their activities to bring awareness about fedora and possible get some contributors. | |||
== Fedora Representatives == | == Fedora Representatives == |
Revision as of 22:57, 11 June 2015
American meeting of free software.
Dates/Location
SAN PEDRO SULA 7 AND 8 AUGUST 2015
Event Description
It is an international event open to the public interested in sharing experiences and knowledge, joint social movement, develop and participate in business projects, investigate and discuss the state of the art, collaborate and participate in user groups and development of free software.
Objectives
Objectives
- Strengthening the processes of social, philosophical and political awareness on free software in the region.
- Create opportunities for the exchange of experiences and knowledge, which should produce competencies and skills to the creation and development of projects and free software companies.
- Raise awareness among academic institutions in the region, especially to universities, the importance of education with free software.
Expected Results
- Increased capacity building and strengthening communities of free software in the region..
- Consensus processes that lead to propose public policies that facilitate the adoption of free software in the different countries represented.
- Through technical training sessions, we hope to increase the knowledge, skills and competences of the participants in free software on end.
why it is important for fedora ?
There will be people from different user groups from all Central America. There shuld be people from user lug, but also from communities like word press, mozilla and such. My objective is to try to understand the different schedules and agendas of different central american countries. We don't have ambassadors listed on Costa Rica, ambassadors on Honduras and Guatemala are not active. Knowing what are the activities in other countries we can plan ahead to participate in their activities to bring awareness about fedora and possible get some contributors.
Fedora Representatives
Fernando Espinoza Lopez, embassador of Fedora in Nicaragua (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Espasmo)