Minutes of the Meeting - SFD Coordinators' Meeting [ ]

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1 MM-SFD2008_ Page 1 Minutes of the Meeting - SFD Coordinators' Meeting [ ] Saturday, August 09, :59 AM Date: August 9, 2008 Time:10:00 AM -1:00 PM Venue: The Kubo, Center for Environmental Concerns #26 Matulungin St. Brgy. Central, Diliman, Quezon City Facilitator: Rick Bahague, Jr. (CPU) Present Groups/Organizations: 1. Computer Professionals' Union (CPU) 2. Txtpower.org 3. Office of Rep. Teddy Casino 4. United Nations Development Programme -International Open Source Network (UNDP-IOSN ASEAN+3 ) 5. Angeles City Linux Users Group (ACGLUG) 6. PHP User Group Philippines (PHPUGPH) 7. Internet Café Association of Imus (ICAII) 8. University of Makati (UMAK) 9. UP Linux Users Group (UnPLUG ) 10. Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) -Taguig Attendees: Rick Bahaguer Jr. (Computer Professionals' Union) Giovanni Tapang (Txtpower) Rommel Dorin (University of Makati) Alexander Pahayahay (University of Makati) Jasmin Sicat (University of Makati) Bryan Alvin Gueco (University of Makati) Wency Panguntalan (PUP) Elvin Catantan (PUP) Troy Frederick Lim (ICAII) Gener Luis Morenda (ICAII) Cherrie Ann Domingo (PHPUGPH) Edison Go Tan (PHPUGPH) Archimedes Cortes (ACGLUG) Rystraum Gamonez (UnPLUG) Carmela Bona (UNDP-IOSN) Diana Joyce Gonzales (UNDP-IOSN) Gerald Cruz (Office of Teddy Casino) Main Agenda : Software Freedom Day 2008 Introduction of Organizations Representatives from different organizations met up in preparation for Software Freedom Day The coordinator's meeting started with a short introduction of each attendee and the organization/institution each one represents then, an update about the hearing of the FOSS bill was given by Gerald Cruz, the representative from the Office of Rep. Teddy Casino. Planning for Software Freedom Day 2008 Suggested themes for the event (c/o Edison Go Tan) Simply Open Software Freedom for Life

2 MM-SFD2008_ Page 2 One Nation, Unity for Software Freedom Suggested Concepts for Video Promotion - Marketing (c/o Edison Go Tan) It was suggested to have short video clips for marketing promotion. FOSS Badge (c/o Edison Go Tan) Badges are like the Linux User badges where the user is given a number for his identification. It aims to help to push the FOSS bill with the total number of FOSS users in the Philippines. Live Video Streaming for the SFD 2008 thru NBN TV (Ch. 4) Network (c/o Edison Go Tan) Hardware requirement is at least 150kbps internet connection to NBN TV Network Signature Drive for FOSS Bill (c/o Gerald Cruz from Office of Teddy Casino) It was suggested to have signature drives to push the FOSS bill with the help of the present organizations in the coordinator's meeting since the organizations have been active in conducting campus tours and seminars. Tasks Office of Rep. Teddy Casino Rep.CasinowillupdatethecommunityontheStatusoftheFOSSBill Facilitate another hearing on the Congress ICT Committee for the FOSS Bill Organize an Exhibit in the House of Representatives ACGLUG Remote Holy Angels University (Angeles, Pampanga) on Sept. 20 Programme would be based on SFD 2008 Main Event Participate in SFD 2008 event via Live Video Streaming thru NBN Network UNDP-IOSN ICAII Facilitate FOSS for Educators Speaker Noeventsplannedyet Organize breakout session for Internet Cafés Topics: Otherbusinessmodelfornetcafé NetcafeissuesinFOSS UMAK Host Venue for the Event (Small Theater for Morning Session and 5 rooms for breakout sessions during the afternoon) Student participants UnPLUG Campus Tour around UP Area (Pre-Event) Burn UP Computer Center (UPCC) on Sept. 20

3 MM-SFD2008_ Page 3 PHPUGPH Organize breakout session for developers Spread news about the event thru blast, forums and blogs Contact prospect sponsors - Mobius and Globe Labs Pre-Event Activities Campus Tour around UP area by UnPLUG Intro to Big Theater, University of Makati (UMAK) on September 5, 2008 (Friday)with audience of 1,000 UMAK students plus faculty staff Morning Session Introduction to FOSS Afternoon Session Introduction to PHP and MySQL for students (c/o PHPUGPH) Event Proper - Software Freedom Day 2008 Details Date: September 20, 2008 (Saturday) Time:8:00 AM -5:00 PM Venue: University of Makati (UMAK) Total 300 slots for attendees Programme (Tentative) Morning Session Registration Welcome Remarks What is Free and Open Source Software? Why use Free and Open Source Software? The FOSS Movement in Advancing ICT for the People FOSS for Daily use Update on the FOSS Bill (Rep. Teddy Casino) Open Forum Afternoon Session (Break-out) Track 1: FOSS for daily use (UNDP-IOSN) Ubuntu GNU/Linux Installation Basics Migrating to Free Software FOSS for Daily Use FOSS for Educators Track 2: FOSS for NGOs (TXTPOWER, CPU & PHPUGPH ) Harnessing the Internet for Advocacy Work Blogging Basics: Quick Start to be Online with Open Source

4 MM-SFD2008_ Page 4 Software For NGOs Joomla Drupal Sahana Karapatan-Monitor Tools for Daily Use Track 3: FOSS for developers (PHPUGPH) PHP Development MySQL Development Tools Sponsors' Promotion Demos/Booth Setups Sponsors GNU/Linux Desktop Set-up Burn Fest (Bring some blank CDs or give donations to Burn Fest booth) GNU/Linux Install fest CMS Demo Action Items Creation of Google Groups for SFD 2008 (c/o Chean -PHPUGPH)-done Obtaining permission from NBN TV (Ch. 4) for live video streaming (c/o Edison Go Tan -PHPUGPH)- done Conceptualization for Video Promotion (c/o Edison Go Tan -PHPUGPH)-done Speaker for Breakout Session Lineup of Topics for Developer Track with speakers - PHPUGPH Speaker for Breakout Session for NGOs (Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress) - PHPUGPH Speaker for Blogging using Joomla, Drupal or Wordpress - PHPUGPH Speakers for Remote Holy Angels University, Pampanga (c/o ACGLUG) - PHPUGPH Coordination with Globe Labs and Mobius (c/o Chean - PHPUGPH) Breakout Session Lineup of Topics for Internet Café Track with speakers - ICAII Internet Connection plus Computers - ICAII T-shirt Design/Banner & Poster Design Online Registration thru Website Pictures during the meeting Rick Bahague, Jr. of CPU facilitates the SFD 2008 Coordinators' Meeting

5 MM-SFD2008_ Page 5 Serious Discussion about plans for preparation of SFD 2008 Edison and Chean makes "kulit" to Rick Bahague, Jr. of CPU