Inactive Group
This page is about a currently inactive FSFE group. This means that there were no meetings within the last 6 months, and there are no currently planned future acivities. If you want to restart this group, please contact <fellowship AT lists DOT fsfe DOT org>.
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Manchester Fellowship Group
About the group
The Manchester Fellowship Group is no longer having meetings. They may resume in future; email the mailing list for details
We are an active group Free Software advocates working to promote Free Software at a local and national level. Working as members of the Free Software Foundation Europe, we draw attention to the social and political aspects of Free Software, share news and ideas, and plan future events and campaigns.
We meet on the last Thursday of each month at 19.00 at MadLab hackerspace in Manchester's Northern Quarter.
Coordinator: Anna Morris
Ex-Coordinator: Sam Tuke
Mailing list: manchester@lists.fsfe.org
All group meetings are listed on both uk.fsfe.org and fsfe.org. iCal and RSS feeds are available from those pages.
Information about other nearby community groups can be found on the community groups, and on the North West Digital Communities website.
Projects
Resources
Convince your friends project documenting arguments and ideas for explaining to your friends why you choose to use Free Software (discussed at June Fellowship meeting).
Past events
Fellowship meeting: JACK Free Software pro-audio system
Date: 2012-03-29
Video and slideshow available. Slides are licensed as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA, Copyright Bob Ham.
Bob Ham, GNU/Linux audio developer and coordinator of Liverpool Linux User Group, introduced and explained the JACK Audio Connection Kit – a professional Free Software sound server for audio recording, mixing, editing, and more.
Mailpod: Secure private Free Software community mail hosting service
Date: 2012-03-22
First dedicated project meeting at Arcspace Community Centre, Manchester.
Stamp out the ads: Free-Software PDF reader sprint
Date: 2011-08-13
Publicly funded institutions often advertise one specific PDF-reader on their websites: this is not acceptable. Armed with cake and pizza, we will find and contact public institutions advertising non-free brands of PDF readers and ask them to replace the advert with a company neutral, free and open standards alternative.