Category Archives: Community

Green or Pirate Party Membership?

2009-08-20 by mjr

Cooperators are spoiled for choice in the UK because all the major parties say nice things about cooperatives and there’s even the Cooperative Party, but a lot of us who take a sharing view to software (usually Free and Open Source Software) are concerned by the attitudes of the Top … Continue reading →

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SPI August 2009

2009-08-19 by mjr

The monthly board meeting of Software in the Public Interest will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 19 August) at 20:00 UTC. The meeting announcement was posted and the main business is selecting the officers after the SPI Voting … Continue reading →

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Facebook Disrupts Activism

2009-08-11 by mjr

Last week, I caused a little bit of upset by using the wrong word when questioning why an online course was advertising Facebook in its title. (Another typical MJR tact failure… I’m sure many people can guess how it went … Continue reading →

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SPI Voting

2009-07-28 by mjr

Software in the Public Interest (SPI) is currently electing to fill two vacant seats on its board. The dates aren’t shown on the vote pages, but on the email: voting closes at 2009-07-28 23:59:59 UTC (UK residents note: UTC not … Continue reading →

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Tribute to Richard Rothwell

2009-07-24 by mjr

Some of you may remember Richard Rothwell from the AFFS conference at Handsworth a few years ago, or maybe through his work with M6-IT. He sadly died on Friday 17th July. There is a tribute website set up for him: … Continue reading →

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2009 Software in the Public Interest Board Election

2009-07-08 by mjr

It’s the SPI annual meeting tonight at 2000 UTC (2100 UK). Once again, I’m elsewhere (probably still out after Somerset Cooperative Services CIC AGM in the day and North Somerset Cycle Forum at 5.30pm), but I’ll try to connect to … Continue reading →

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Digital Britain Report: first glance

2009-07-01 by mjr

The Digital Britain Report was published on 16 June 2009. I only got time to look at it quickly recently because this is one of the co-op AGM seasons. At first glance, it misses the mark. It doesn’t do anything … Continue reading →

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Possible new word: attendocracy?

2009-06-29 by mjr

I think I’ve just made up another new word (to go alongside my pet hate lawyerbomb): attendocracy a whole society run mainly by meeting attendees. Usually, the meetings are basically non-discriminatory (all members may attend) and attendance is itself enough … Continue reading →

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SPI June 2009 and WsM BikeWeek Breakfast

2009-06-17 by mjr

The monthly board meeting of Software in the Public Interest will take place on irc.oftc.net #spi tonight (Wed 17 June) at 20:00 UTC. The meeting announcement was posted and there are indeed minutes to approve, a financial report, and nothing … Continue reading →

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Elect MEPs for Freedom Now

2009-06-04 by mjr

Hi! I’ve been away, but as you might have seen from identi.ca, I’m back but busy. You may remember from posts such as Reject the Term Extension Directive and Improved Telecom Package Passed by EuroParl that MEPs can influence FOSS … Continue reading →

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