Maldives Open Source Society
MOSS is an initiative to provide a collaborative platform and forum to promote and facilitate Linux and Free Open Source Software. MOSS members are from the community, civil society, students abroad, professional bodies and companies who promote the Free/Open Source Software concepts. MOSS aims to help policy makers, commercial enterprises, and users to take advantage of the benefits of Free/Open Source Software.
MOSS Website: http://www.moss.org.mv/
MOSS/MLUG Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/mlugmv
Events Marked for the Software Freedom Day 2009
Some ideas brainstormed for the software freedom day event.
- Interactive, casual.
- Start at 4 pm and run through 12 am.
- Get a sponsor from a drink, preferably an Energy drink.
- Get a sponsor from one of the ISPs to provide Internet and Wifi access.
- Prepare T-Shirts. Just a local one, possibly of MOSS. Make it catchy by developing an idea that will make people curious. Something like a question at the front and MOSS's logo at the back with an answer.
- Main banners.
- Invite schools (primary and secondary + CHSE).
- Get as much FOSS CDs from possibly anywhere we could.
- A corner for the Translation project.
- A corner for Server side software.
- A corner for general desktop software.
- Invite ISVs and individual developers to showcase their local developments (open source or commercial ones).
<more will be updated as things fire-up>
Email: <shunan AT SPAMFREE gmail DOT com>
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