[Tfug] Bringing the FSF to Tucson

[Ian McEwen]

I'd love to see this happen --- but, of course, I'm leaving. I'll do
what I can while I'm still here (probably very little). And, if by some
luck they happen to come some time I'm here, I can help with the more
time-specific things. Sounds excellent, though; keep me up on how I can
help.

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 12:05:20PM -0700, Claude Rubinson wrote:
> Hi TFUGgers,
> 
> I'm wondering who might be interested in helping to bring the Free
> Software Foundation (FSF) down to Tucson for some talks and
> meet-and-greets?  I've been exchanging some email with their
> membership coordinator and they're really interested in sending
> somebody down.
> 
> The sticking point is financing the trip.  The FSF is non-profit, so
> they don't have much money.  And TFUG is volunteer-run, so we don't
> have any money.  But Hacks, the on-campus club, is eligible to apply
> for ASUA funds.  So, I'm thinking that maybe TFUG and Hacks can team
> up to make something happen.  I'm going to send a second email to them
> shortly.  (So those of you on both lists will see similar variants of
> this email.)  I'm also thinking that my church might be able to kick
> in some funds but don't want to commit to that until the idea's had a
> chance to work it's way through the committee structure.
> 
> Finally, I'd like to ask for volunteers to help organize this event.
> What we would need for the immediate future would be people to do some
> grant writing and editing.  We especially need UofA students, since
> we'd be applying for funds from the UofA.  As the event date comes
> closer, we'll need people to help organize the details of the event,
> itself.
> 
> Claude
> 
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