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I next talk is starting now if anyone
wants to join us there is it's it's a
bad bad Al for appreciation talk that
nobody's here maybe maybe we can run
around and tell people to come
appreciate Dario come here and listen to
the
talk
okay um I introducing you nevertheless
and I hope that more people join us in
the course of the next 15 minutes this
is Bonnie from the free softer
Foundation Europe and she's talking
about sharing the power of appreciation
thank you thank you
hi thank you thank you I'm here today to
talk to you about sharing the power of
our appreciation and of course the of
your software day so first of all I
would like to say that this is one of my
favorite most favorites I my English is
not always perfect so but it's like the
initiative that I like the most because
there are several reason for it which I
will go through with you in the next
seven 10 10 15 minutes
so and those reasons are first of all I
will talk to you about what it is like
that makes the pH soft day and that's
the power behind this day then what is
actually happening on this day like what
are we supposed to do how can we share
how like how can we share our
appreciation how can we reach out to
others and let them know that we are
positive and welcoming
community and why do we need something
like the I love free software day and of
course nevertheless how do we celebrate
it actually so those are the points that
I would like to introduce you to you and
first of all I take you back on a
journey it's like a quick time travel
back to 2010 so it's like 13 years ago
and it was a very small initiative at
the beginning so it was like an idea
that popped up in the FSF and about how
can we make the free software
communities more positive how can we
share appreciation for free software how
can we yeah reach out to those people
who are contributing to free software
make them seen by others so that others
know oh my God it's not only developers
who are doing something for free
software there are so many people in it
for this we Cho chose the Valentine's
Day I know it's like several
months before the Valentine day and I
know that the feeling for Valentine's
Day is not yet there and that it will
pop up in February or early
February and yeah but it's still it's
like a nice setting and we are already
in this mood for sharing our love
sharing appreciation for those people
that we like and love why couldn't we do
that for free software as well why
couldn't we do it for something that we
care so deeply about because free
software is not only a software that we
use but it's something that empowers us
that gives us the power to use study
share
and improve so it's something that we
thought might be a very good day for
this and that's how it all started 13
years ago so what it is all about each
year on the 14th of February we share
our love appreciation and gratitude for
all those people contributing to free
software so as I said it's not only
develop velers it's translators as well
it's those who do this design so there
are so many people involved in free
software projects and it's nice to
highlight them and to say thank you and
to reach out to them
and yeah let them be seen by others how
do you do that it's you can do this on
social networks of course and highlight
free software projects or contribute to
those and you can of course also do
offline actions with sending postcards
organizing events or meetups and most
importantly you can donate money to them
free software projects are worth
something and they are not only worth
our at home they are also worth some
money and it's nice
to think about free software as
something that we can participate in and
that we have the power to be part of so
that's what's happening on this day
that's why I think this day is very
important and now to this point why do I
think it's so important everybody
appreciates a thank you it's not only me
who appreciates a thank you it's
everybody in this room here as well it's
like a nice thing to say thank you once
a time and also as you probably know in
free software communities we do not
always have the nicest tone we are
sometimes like why do you create this
issue look up the doku and it's not
always very easy to take part in free
software projects and to feel like the
work that you're contrib to those
projects is actually valued so we should
create a more positive and
welcoming communities and I do think
that with saying thank you we start
something we can motivate others to
contribute to keep doing this because if
I say some thank you to you it's not
like I'm just saying hi and good that
you do that whatever continue it's like
I'm really appreciating what you're
doing so it's motivating it ALS
acknowledges the work that we are done
that we are doing for this project and
it should be more than just some words
it should be very nice
and
um uh now I'm thrown off the time I'm
sorry it should be nice and it should be
valuing those people who are
contributing so we do rise awareness
with the say as well because there's a
lot is happening on the social media
networks with this and people do see
free software communities free software
projects that they may might not have
heard of before so it's like we are also
reaching out to other free software
communities that we have not been in
contact with before for example we had
one of those I love free software days
about free software games I'm not a big
gamer and I did never hear anything
about all those things that are needed
for free software games and was a nice
opportunity for us to connect more free
software projects with each other and to
yeah create a welcoming and nice
community so this is also what we are
doing with this day we are raising
awareness for the various free software
communities out there for free software
itself you can talk to other people we
can organize events we
can contact people that might be in the
hex space but have not yet here so much
about free suffer and say hey come on
this day let's share our knowledge let's
share our appreciation for free
software so and of course as I said
before I can't say it more often because
it's very important for me create a
positive and welcoming community that
appreciates the work that's done for
free software projects and not
only focusing on the negative but also
on the positive so how do we celebrate
diof software day I have already given
some examples like the one with the um
free software Games events that we
organized but there are more
so a few years ago quite some years ago
we did for example send a lot of roses
to every member of the German Parliament
attached with an open letter
to well how to put it nicely to
basically make them aware of free
software and to give the hint that it
might be a cool thing to also do some
more work for or to focus on free
software and politics as well
so this was done by the um free software
Foundation Europe it was a lot of work
because as you can imagine there are a
lot of people in the German Parliament
but it was worth our time because you
get in contact with them they are happy
that you send them a roast like it's a
very nice thing and they also get some
information about free software attached
with the rose so this was one of the
events that has happened on the AL fre
software day but also others are
contributing to theate this is salent
organizing a panel for the I love fre
software day in 2019 Sal is doing a lot
of work for open source but this is not
the point there are also like there are
a lot of people out there it's not only
the free software Foundation Europe who
are participating in the iof free
software day also
companies and some more recent examples
we have also created made it easier for
you by creating an share pick generator
that you can use to share your love for
free software very easily so this was
also done by one of our
volunteers who wanted to make the alof
software Day More accessible and more
easy to yeah attach a noise picture a
message by sharing a share pick on your
favorite social
media and of course we also sent a lot
of postcards to a lot of software free
software projects that we liked or that
we appreciated in the team and yeah say
it thank you to them so it was quite
nice action but it was a lot of writing
and I do think it was great fun in the
office so
yeah and of course others are also
participating as I said before it's also
other organizations this is for example
from this year's ala resof day and the
share pick generator idea picked up
quite good so others are doing this now
as well with different designs of course
and are also participating there's also
a lot of other organizations to
participate in the day very constantly
every year so it's yeah something that's
already quite established but I still no
notic that a lot of people have not yet
he so much about it or thought about why
they should participate
personally and of course we also
organize meetups and make it possible
especially after all those time where we
had to stay apart and it was quite an
nice thing to meet people who are
contributing to free software this can
also be a good thing to actually start
projects again or to keep working on
them because maybe you have also noticed
not sitting in the hex space or not
meeting up with your peers can be
demotivating sometimes for programming
so this day can also be an option for
you to yeah restart something and to
continue working on
it
so what are we going to do for the next
iof fre software day the next one will
be focusing on
um organizing workshops meetups in our
local library youth clubs Etc so it's
more about going outside of our realm
and reaching out to other people who are
not yet contributing to free software
projects or who are not yet part of the
free software
communities and letting them know about
free software this day is supposed to be
a day that where we share our love for
free software where we share our
appreciation and where we also raise
awareness for free software project
so that's the idea for the next a of
free software day as I said before it's
an
initiative that lives by other people so
we can't do this on our own we need you
to participate in this day because if we
only say thank you then it's very nice
and others are happy about us yes of
course but it's also nice to hear thank
you from others as well and it's also
nice if more people participate and
share their appreciation and love for
free software and create welcoming
communities so it's about spreading the
word for free software showing your love
for free software and being part of the
I love free software day and the free
software movement and of course most
importantly say thank you to other free
software projects
so um I think I put it all in there and
I'm happy to take your questions if you
have
some contribute spread the word donate
with time or money and yeah we are over
there at the FSF e boo so you can also
visit us there if you
want thank you bon for the talk are
there any
questions
yeah how many how many of the um members
of the German parament replied and how
lard this is so many years ago that I
can't tell you anymore I'm so
sorry I will try to find out and I will
look it up
okay are there any more
questions well I mean it was pretty
straightforward I do think so as well
but yeah okay
as I said before like it's an important
Initiative for me I think it's a very
nice thing I also think it's something
that we should not only do once a year
but like keep doing and it's yeah
something that we should keep in mind
the whole time when we're communicating
with other people who are contributing
to free software projects maybe you want
to say something about the stickers in
the postcards which are down there oh
yeah that's a good idea um we have some
stickers postcards and yeah you can use
them to share your love for free
software you can also send those
postcards to other free software
contributors and don't forget there's
the cow past so you can even send them
on the camp here and reach out to your
favorite free software project here and
let them know that you really appreciate
them and that you think they're doing
great
work and say thank you good idea thank
you for being here thank
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