Software Freedom Day 2008
Software Freedom Day Print Saturday, September 20 2008 by dokello
Software Freedom Day is a global, grassroots effort to educate the public about the importance of software freedom and the virtues and availability of Free and Open Source Software. Local teams from all over the world organise events on the third Saturday in September.
In Uganda, this event has been hosted previously and has attracted varied participation from the community in Kampala. Last year, it was hosted at UICT-Nakawa and had workshops, an exhibition and training activities. This year, WOUGNET has been able to raise some funds to also enable the participation of up to 10 people from out of Kampala in order to generate a little more awareness of this event beyond Kampala.
The event this year is being organised by a variety of partners including WOUGNET, East African Centre for Open Source (EACOSS), Linux Solutions, Mountbatten E-Tech Uganda Ltd and the Linux User Group Uganda
Event Venue: Venue: Faculty of Computing and Information Technology. Top Floor.
Event Organiser: Okuti Richard Boroa, Organising Committee Chairman Software Freedom Day 2008
Proposed Timetable
1. Opening by Minister at 9:00am.
2. Key note address.
3. Sector discussions (private, civil society & government.
4. Lunch.
5. Training, Demonstration sessions.
Software Freeday Day 2006
LCU: Linux Chix Uganda, SFD Celebrations
About Linux Chix Uganda
Linux Chix Uganda is a group of women in Uganda who love and use Linux and Open source Software. It is a group affiliated to LinuxChix Africa.
Statistics show that few Women in Uganda are able to use Open Source Software or even know what it means, thats why Linux Chix Uganda is there to encourage and make women aware of the alternatives that could make their day to day computer life easier.
This year, Linux Chix Uganda will again participate with the rest of the world in celebrating the freedom of software.
We are excited about this, and we have plans to go out to a University and tell them about Software freedom and demonstrate what Open Source can do and generally have a fun time talking about Software freedom. Words of the Country Representative, LCU Lillian Achom.
Event Venue: KIU
Parent Organisation: Linux Chix Africa
Team Contact: Evelyn Namara, Eastern Region Representative, Linux Chix Africa
Contact Information:
Uganda Linux Chix c/o P.O.BOX 26912 Kagga House, Bugolobi Kampala.
+256782795320
email: enamara@linuxsolutions.co.ug , or lily_ann01@yahoo.com
Coordinator:
Lillian Achom; Country Representative
Other Team members
- Prossie Odong
- Daphne Kakonge
- Natalie Kimbugwe, among others.
Planned Event
- Presentations about Software Freedom
- Installation of OSS applications and demonstrations
- Quizes and Raffles
- User experiences
- Installfests and CD burning
Some Pictures of the last SFD, Kampala Uganda
http://softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2006/LinuxChix Uganda SFD Photos?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=tmp.webnail.SFD 038.jpg
- Participants pose for a group photo after the SFD event, last year september 2006.
http://softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2006/LinuxChix Uganda SFD Photos?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=tmp.webnail.SFD 058.jpg Panel of Judges that asked questions at the Quiz and raffle draw, SFD 2006