The LibrePlanet Florida Team is a group of volunteers and activists organized around furthering the ideals of free software and related issues concerning digital rights as necessary means for a free society.
This group is working towards a free society through free software, but we 'are not' just a GNU+Linux User Group. We may promote any software that respects the freedom of its users. We recognize that some people choose to make compromises, temporary or otherwise, with proprietary software, and some who may not always say GNU+Linux, or "free software" instead of "open source", and we welcome those people to join us and discuss their thoughts, but as a LibrePlanet team, we frame terms accordingly. We are open to people of all levels of interest in free software and welcome new participants.
The vision for this group is one in which we can meet about free software, occasionally face to face. Florida is a state that has many information technology professionals, rich population, and many areas for events. Hopefully this group can help us all learn from each other and advance the fields of software engineering, system administration, and other types of engineering, all with free software.
Goals
Educate
Inform the public about free software and hold events to invite the public
Advocate
Promote free software tools through projects, campaigns, and events to the public and members
Supply
Provide materials and increase the availability of free software to the public
Support
Offer local help getting and using free software with the help of members within the team
Unite
Bridge connections between free software activists, users, and teams (such as the Ubuntu Florida LoCo Team)
Grouping
Create smaller sub versions of the team throughout the state for the local public
Join Us
To become a member of the LibrePlanet Florida Chapter, please
Email team leader
Spread the word of the team
Participate in events or activities around the state
Meetings
To be determined
Activities
Collaborate and Attend Ubuntu Florida LoCo Team activities and events
Suggest some!
Contact
You may contact the team leader via email:
iconic255@yahoo.com (Temporary until team email confirmation)
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom.
We defend the rights of all software users. (Read more)