[northwestengland.pm] Reminder: MFS Talk. Tues, 20 Sept. "FreedomBox: Enabling private conversations online", Sam Tuke.

[Michael Dorrington]

This is tonight, hope to see you there.

Mike.

On 19/09/11 21:29, Michael Dorrington wrote:
> Please feel free to forward this to those that would welcome it.
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> * Talk: FreedomBox: Enabling private conversations online.
>         http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/
> * Speaker: Sam Tuke
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> * Location: Madlab. (Manchester Digital Laboratory).
> * Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester. M4 1HN.
> "(Between Thomas St and the Craft Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)"
>   http://madlab.org.uk/
> * Date: Tuesday, 20th September 2011 (3rd Tuesday of the month)
> * Start time: 19:00
> * Finish time: 20:30
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> Details
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> FreedomBox Foundation's founder Eben Moglen says:
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>     "We're building software for smart devices whose engineered purpose
> is to work together to facilitate free communication among people,
> safely and securely, beyond the ambition of the strongest power to
> penetrate, they can make freedom of thought and information a permanent,
> ineradicable feature of the net that holds our souls."
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> Learn more about the FreedomBox at:
> http://www.freedomboxfoundation.org/learn/
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> The event will include a Q&A session, discussion and then lively debate
> in the pub afterwards.
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> Speaker
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> *  Sam Tuke - http://samtuke.com/
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>     "writer, philosopher, developer, and most frequently, Free Software
> campaigner."
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> Location
> --------
> The meeting will take place at the usual time, 7pm, at Madlab on Edge
> Street in the Northern Quarter. "(Between Thomas St and the Craft
> Centre, opposite A Bar Called Common)". The venue provides wifi. The
> talk is followed by an informal discussion in the bar opposite (A Place
> Called Common <http://www.aplacecalledcommon.co.uk/>).
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> Transport
> ---------
> Parking: Around the venue there are parking meter bays that become zero
> cost after 6pm (this is likely to move to after 8pm soon, verify
> restrictions before parking) on Tuesday but get full up. There are paid
> parking lots around the venue, the light blue P in this OpenStreetMap
> centred on Madlab
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=3D53.48427&lon=3D-2.23652&zoom=3D15&la=
yers=3DM>.
> A lot of them, perhaps all, are are owned by NCP
> <http://www.ncp.co.uk/>. If you can't decide otherwise then park in
> Manchester Arndale <http://www.manchesterarndale.com/directions.aspx>.
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> Public Transport: Manchester Victoria (MCV) train station, Shudehill
> tram station and Manchester Piccadilly bus station are all fairly close
> to Madlab, see OpenStreetMap centred on Madlab
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=3D53.48427&lon=3D-2.23652&zoom=3D15&la=
yers=3DM>.
> Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station and Manchester Central Coach
> Station are not too far either.
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> Further details at <http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2011-09-20>.
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> More Information
> ----------------
> General information about Manchester Free Software meetings can be found
> on our website.
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> * http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/Meetings
> * http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2011-09-20
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> If you would like five minutes to tell us about something, please
> contact us at <fsuk-manchester-team at nongnu.org>.
> =



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