[Sheflug] Stuart Langridge talk on Free Software, 6th October

[Chris Warburton <chriswarbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone, I wanted to let the LUG know that the University's Free Software 
Society will be hosting a talk by Stuart Langridge (Web developer and Free 
Software advocate of LUG Radio fame) on Monday 6th October.

The talk will be about the importance and impact of software freedom, and 
having been to some of Stuart's other talks I can say that it will definitely 
be interesting, humourous and most likely a little offensive :P It's aimed at 
those new to the community, so I'd encourage as many people to come as 
possible if you want to learn more about the philosophy of GNU, Linux and Free 
Software in general.

We're currently trying to sort out a bigger room so that's in a bit of limbo 
at the moment, but we're meeting beforehand at the Swim Inn on West 
Street/Glossop Road at 7pm*. Look for some Free Software tshirts or possibly 
my ridiculously large hair. The talk itself should be from around 8:30-9:30, 
I'll send exact room details when they're finalised for those who can't make 
it to the Swim Inn. If you're part of the University (student or staff), are a 
current student with an NUS card, or are a member of the Free Software Society 
then this will be free to attend. For anyone who's not then the regulations 
require that you join the Free Software Society first, which costs £3 (this is 
so we can avoid booking fees we can't afford, and £3 is the smallest 
membership fee we can charge) but that's only the cost of a drink these days 
anyway :)

I'd appreciate if anyone interested sends a reply, either to the LUG list, to 
me at ChrisWarbo@xxxxxxxxx or the society at fss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx so we have an 
idea of the numbers to expect. You can also join our forum discussion here 
http://www.fss.union.shef.ac.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5036#5036 . Spread the 
word and forward this to anyone you think may be interested :)

* The University has useful information for travelling to the main campus here 
http://www.shef.ac.uk/visitors/mapsandtravel for those who need it. A more 
detailed map is available here 
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=53.37993&lon=-1.48065&zoom=16&layers=B000FTFT 
where the Swim Inn is to the north of Convent Walk.

Thanks,
Chris Warburton, Sheffield Free Software Society President

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