Software Cooperative News

Today is the first of the Library Open Source Webinars run by WiLS. It takes place in a few hours (2pm CST, which I think is 14:00:00-0600, or 20:00:00Z) and costs USD25 per session or USD100 for all six. Future sessions will cover Drupal and Evergreen – sadly not Koha, as far as [...]

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Today’s the last day for the Gov.UK Consultation on Forced ISP Snooping: Please Say NO.
I didn’t get to LinuxExpo, partly because of Monday Machine-Mangling Madness but I saw LinuxExpo 2008 — Robert Castelo from the Drupal point-of-view. I also didn’t get to Public Sector Online (report by Andrew Lewin with links to more) and [...]

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Today is Software Freedom Day.
It is also the start of British Food Fortnight. (Tip to total coverage cooperative.) There is an open day 11-3 at Thatchers Cider, near here in Sandford. (To get there from Worle by bike, leave through St Georges to Bourton, then Hewish, Puxton, Nye, over the Strawberry Line [...]

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Some interesting events that I’ve heard about recently, with a bit of a focus on software, cooperatives and the South-West:-

Bristol Knowledge Unconference: Friday 5th September 2008 *
Tour of Britain, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, Tuesday 9th September – other UK locations 7-14 September, itv4 7pm highlights daily *
NoseRub DevCamp, Cologne, 13.-14. September 2008
BathCamp, Bath, Somerset, 13-14th September
Bristol Anarchist [...]

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Jimmy Kaplowitz writes:
“Software in the Public Interest, Inc., will hold a public board of directors meeting on Wednesday, August 20, 2008, 19:00 UTC. [...] SPI meetings are held on the OFTC IRC network, irc.oftc.net, in #spi. [...] Agenda“
A couple of weeks ago, I asked why people do and don’t join SPI? The answers I got [...]

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