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Dallas Software Freedom Day 2012

From the website.

. . .
Software Freedom Day is a global celebration and education of why transparent and sustainable technologies are now more important than ever.
With over 200 teams in 60 countries participating, it is a fantastic event to get your schools and communities involved in.
. . .


Dates/Location

  • When:
    • Saturday, Sep 15, 2012 (the third Saturday of September).
  • Where:
    • Dallas Makerspace, 2995 Ladybird Lane, Dallas, TX 75229
    • MAP


Event Description

Event Description
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Fedora Representatives

Fedora Representatives
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# Name Capacity Comments
01 Jon Disnard Event owner, Booth Worker His First Ambassadorial Event
02 Aaron Marshall Booth worker
03 Bill Nash Booth worker
04 Your name here

Event Schedule

Event Schedule
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Ideas/Brainstorming

Ideas/Brainstorming
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  • Jon will bring his Pandaboard to demo fedora-arm.
  • Aaron will bring his Raspberry Pi to demo the Fedora Raspberry pi remix.
  • Jon will bring EeePC netbook to run demos and USB media creation station.

Important Deadlines

Important Deadlines
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Event Budget

Event Budget
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  • Stickers 50x (N)
  • Pins 20x (N - 60%)
  • Pens 20x (N - 60%)
  • Pressed DVD media. 25x (2/N)



Event Funding by the Fedora Project
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Travel Subsidy Requests

Travel Subsidy Requests
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Event Funding by the Fedora Project
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Event Report

Event Report
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