Dea all,
Apologies for x-posting. A bunch of us are organising Floss Manuals event at
Furtherfield Commons in London - It would be great to see you there! Please see
below.
Best wishes, Lara
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FLOSS Manuals UK hub warm-up
FLOSS Manualswas launched by Adam Hyde in 2007 to remedy the deficit of good
free documentation about Free Software. Our strategy since the beginning has
been to develop communities to produce high quality free manuals about Free
Software in their own language.Today, through the use of Booksprints and
federated publishing techniques we have more than 120 books in more than 30
languages and more than 4,000 contributors.
FLOSS Manuals is more than a collection of manuals about doing things with
free and open source software, it is also the community, The contributors
include designers, readers, writers, illustrators, free software fans,
editors, artists, software developers, activists, and many others. Anyone can
contribute to a manual – to fix a spelling mistake, add a more detailed
explanation, write a new chapter, or start a whole new manual on a topic.
FLOSS Manualsnow consists of 3 independent language communities (French,
English, Finnish) supported by a Foundation based in Holland. Our current
focus is to develop strong partnerships with grassroots educators to develop
educational materials about free software. Come to our UK hub warm-up meeting
at Furtherfield to propose books/manuals projects, to encourage others to
propose book/manual projects and also to invite publishers, or people
interested in publishing.
The afternoon is convened by Larisa Blazic, Mick Fuzz and Rachel Baker. Mick is
a long-term contributor at FLOSS Manualsand community educator. Rachel has
recently undertaken a detailed study of Booksprints process. Larisa is
investigating how FLOSS tools and practices to be best embedded in
post-graduate programmes.
Contacts: Lara <lab_webATyahoo.com>; Mick - FM <mickATflossmanuals.net>
Date: 18th October 2014
Time: 2-6pm
Place: Furtherfield Commons
Map: http://www.furtherfield.org/gallery/visit
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