Hi everyone, Yep, it's true, *that* Richard Stallman is travelling around the world promoting Free Software, and has found time to fit Bangkok into his schedule.
This could be a once-in-a-lifetime chance for many people to hear him talk. He's giving a keynote at 7:30PM, Friday, October 30th, 2009, KIS Int'l School, Bangkok. The organisers are having trouble getting the word out. Please tell people to tell people, and come yourselves. They are also interested in setting up a BarCamp style event. see: http://flossedbk.flossed.org/ Mike Begin forwarded message: > Dear Mike, > > Thank you for writing. > > This was an encouraging message to receive. We do not have your bar > camp-type organizational experience and are having trouble getting > the word out effectively. > > ----- Message from [email protected] --------- > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:01:36 +0700 > From: Michael Amy <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Michael Amy <[email protected]> > Subject: FlossEdBk inquiry re: Richard Stallman > To: [email protected] > > >> Dear FlossEdBk organisers, >> >> Hello, my name is Mike Amy and I'm a software developer working in >> Bangkok. I also volunteer/participate in BarCamps with the BarCamp >> community here in Bangkok. >> >> I noticed that you are running the FlossEdBk conference and have >> Richard Stallman as a speaker. >> >> This is very exciting to me and I'm sure many members of our >> community. We would very much like to hear Mr Stallman speak. >> >> >> So, regarding your arrangements: >> >> 1. Is the speech intended only for educators and students, or would >> it >> be OK for us to come? What rates would we have to pay? > > ***The rates would be the same. > Free for high school students. > 100 Baht for university student who forget to bring a teacher. > Free for university and high school students who bring a teacher. Up > to 10 per teacher. > 750 for adults (including teachers). > >> >> 2. Also, regarding the rest of the conference, would it be worth us >> attending if we are not educators? > > ***We would love to have you. You'd probably bring a refreshingly > broad outlook to the conversations. In addition to RMS, there will > be talks by Thailand's Creative Commons guru and also the Department > of Intellectual Property (2 sides of the issue). There will be an > interactive whiteboard demo a la Johnny Lee, too. Of course there > will be workshops on Ruby and Python, and Gnu-Linux system admin. > There are a couple of workshops on drupal (theming and module > building), and one on the "semantic Web." Finally, there will be > teaching-related workshops on drupal, typo3, a talk on licensing > regarding student's research papers, and at least one on the pros > and cons of working in a FLOSS school. > > What do you think? > >> >> 3. Perhaps this might be pushing it a bit too far, but it might be >> interesting to meet and talk with Mr Stallman in person. Are there >> any >> events planned outside of the conference where this might be >> possible? >> > > *** Unfortunately, RMS is traveling the world and fitting us in > because he is _that_ driven. He has written that he has a cold and > needs sleep, so, I suspect there will not be a public meeting. He > has written that these events are draining for him and he needs to > rest. However, while at the conference, he is determined to make the > most his time here and will want to discuss intelligent questions > and promote his cause, Free Software, any way he can. > > So, here's a request: Promote this speech any way you can and tell > me how you suggest I/we do it better. We want you and your > colleagues, university teachers and their students and the general > public that cares about individual rights to come. > > As for the conference, same as the above. If you can think of a way > to "grow" the conference beyond our provincial group, we'd be > thrilled and grateful. > > > >> >> >> BarCamp >> >> You may have heard of or attended BarCamps in Bangkok (see >> http://www.barcampbangkok.org ). BarCamp Bangkok 3 was held at >> Sripatum >> University, and BarCamp Bangkok 2 at Chulalongkorn University, so we >> are already involved with education. SPU are interested in setting >> up >> some kind of open source centre in Thailand. > > *** Our goal (shor-term) is to establish a foundation for free and > open software for education in Thailand. We may put the focus on > "sustainable" software. I would like to discuss, and therefore > improve, this idea with community members. >> >> There is an upcoming BarCamp in Chiang Mai on November 14th organised >> by some friends up there if you are interested in participating. > > I do not think I will be able to get there as I have to go to Sri > Lanka, but I a aware of and admire the bar camp movement. 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