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Registrations are now open for Software Freedom Camp Diversity Edition 2021

by Pirate Praveen

September 18, 2021 The world celebrates Software Freedom Day today with the aim of increasing awareness of Free Software and its virtues, and it is in the same spirit and excitement that we announce today the Software Freedom Camp Diversity Edition. Diversity edition is aiming to reach out to people subject to systemic bias and impacted by under-representation in the technical industry in India. The Software Freedom Camp is an online mentorship camp on free software organized by Free Software Community of India in association with Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle-IIT Bombay and Egalitarians. It will start in October and run till end of February. The Software Freedom Camp will be a valuable opportunity for anyone who wishes to become a contributor to free software projects but feels like they need structured mentorship and a learning environment to get started. It will also be an opportunity for existing free software contributors to get new contributors to their project and facilitate their entry into the free software community. Application links for learners and mentors are open now on the camp website and will close for learners on October 15 2021. The camp promises to be a safe space for learners to acquaint themselves with the philosophy of free software while also getting equipped to become free software contributors. In the first phase of the camp, learners will go through a series of assignments, interactions, movie screenings, and other activities that introduces them to the social benefits of free software and exposes them to the free software culture. They will get help in using free software on their own devices. At the end of this phase, they will get a chance to explore various free software projects and working with mentors they will be asked to create working proposals for contributing to these projects. The camp will match each learner to a mentor based on their proposal. In the second phase, each learner starts their free software contribution as per their accepted proposal, closely working with their mentor. There will be periodic review meetings to address the needs of the learners and help them stay on track. Any free software contributor who can meet mentor expectations listed on the camp site can apply to become a mentor. They can also add their ideas to the list of ideas from which the learners can find starting points for writing their proposals. The mentors will work closely with the camp organizers in evaluation and selection of proposals, and with learners to facilitate the success of the selected proposals. The camp encourages all kinds of contributions and contribution pathways - programming, system administration, packaging, UI/UX, forensics, localization, artworks, documentation, publicity, event organizing, etc. - as long as there is alignment with the free software philosophy. The camp is conducted online using free software communication tools like BigBlueButton, Matrix, etc. There is no fee for participation. For more details and to apply, visit the camp website at https://camp.fsci.in/ Camp Code of Conduct is https://camp.fsci.in/code-of-conduct

1 year, 8 months

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Final Presentation and Closing Ceremony of Camp on 29th March, Monday at 6 PM IST.

by Anupa Ann Joseph

Dear All, We are approaching the end of Mentorship period "officially" in first edition of Free Software Camp. Congratulations to all those who are still on track. And for those who have left midway, opportunities for contributions to Free Software and the community always awaits you. Deviating a little from the official schedule, presentation will be held on March 29th, Monday, at 6 PM and an official closing ceremony will be followed. All are welcome to participate, make your comments and suggestions. This is a place for open discussions and mutual benefit of improvement is what we aim for. Meeting will be at Main Hall: https://meet.gnome.org/b/fre-zfn-yff-jl9 Thanks to all who contributed to this edition of Free software camp, participating, mentoring, volunteering, organising and cheering us along. See you all there! Best Regards, Anupa Ann Joseph for Free Software Camp Organizing Team

2 years, 2 months

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Deadline for Proposal Submission Extended to 14th December

by Anupa Ann Joseph

Dear All, As requested by some of the Learners, that they need more time to draft the Proposals, we have decided to extend the last date for Proposal submission to 14th December. Please note that the Mentorship shall start only on 19th December due to this delay. Regards, Free Software Camp Team

2 years, 5 months

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A note on Ice Breaking Sessions

by Akshay S Dinesh

Dear learners, We have a whole week of ice breaking sessions intended to build bonding between members of the camp. As you would have noticed our methods are learner-centered and learner-directed. We use discussions and debates to make you think about various topics. We believe that self-directed learning can be accelerated when we facilitate building the motivation to learn in a learner. On our website we wrote "Free Software Camp is a mentorship programme for bringing more people to Free Software with strong focus on philosophy." It is the philosophy of Free Software that attracts people from varied fields to it. You would have already noticed that we have people from fields like Mathematics, Health, Social Science, Library Science, Education, Physics, different branches of Engineering and so on in the camp and not just Software Engineers. This diversity of interests and backgrounds is not artificially created. Ideas like freedom resonate with everyone and that is what brings them to Free Software. Contrast this with programmes which only focus on doing specific things or acquiring specific skills, where you might find people who are all working in the same job or same industry. We hope by the end of the camp, learners will imbibe the philosophy of Free Software and appreciate the multitude of reasons behind contributing to Free Software. Building a strong community of people who understand, appreciate, and advocate Free Software even after the camp is what we hope to achieve through the camp. As clarified in the opening session, Expect from the camp: Mentorship Guidance Access to discussion groups Opportunity to work on real world projects Do not expect: Prize money/stipend Certificate T-shirt Stickers Job placement If this is not what you expected from the camp and you find the philosophy difficult to relate with, you might be feeling a sense of disappointment or discomfort. But all growth comes with some pain. Try to attend all sessions sincerely and be an active participant of the camp. By doing so, you just might find the reason why we are all so excited about Free Software. And we can't wait to share that excitement with you. Having said that, do not hesitate to contact us if something is bothering you. We know that the success of the camp is dependent on actively engaging with all the participants, addressing all their concerns and taking their suggestions into consideration. * * * Freedom can be understood as the presence of certain freedoms. But freedom can also be understood from the other side, by looking at absence of certain freedoms. In the next camp activity (which is 5-days long), we will be looking at freedom from the latter side, i.e. the lack of it. Learners will be exploring, analyzing, critiquing, and responding to different controls/restrictions in the current society to develop a wider perspective on freedom. More details will be shared in the session today. The organizing team, Free Software Camp

2 years, 7 months

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Final confirmation of registration is requested from all who applied as learners

by Pirate Praveen

Dear learners, We are sending emails to learners for a final confirmation meeting in batches. Some of you will be getting mails only tomorrow. If you got a mail already be ready to join the meeting at the time slot assigned to you. Thanks Praveen

2 years, 7 months

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Creating a matrix account and joining Free Software Camp Discussion

by Akhil Varkey

Hi Learners, We have created a short video introducing Matrix, mainly to help you create a matrix account and join the Free Software Camp Discussions happening in Matrix - https://videos.fsci.in/videos/watch/5fbd125f-d309-4eda-a4af-4009ced56f71 . Check it out, create a matrix account and join the discussion at in Free Software Camp Commons Room and keep yourself updated. Thanks, Akhil Varkey

2 years, 7 months

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Adding to the mailing list

by Pratyush Mahapatra

Add me to the mailing list Regards

2 years, 7 months

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Private discussion mailing lists created

by srud＠riseup.net

We have created separate mailing lists for learners and mentors. Hope you all received the welcome mails to the respective mailing lists. All future private communications, including the access details for sessions will be done through these mailing lists. You can also use these lists to communicate among your fellow learners or mentors respectively. Also if you haven't joined the common matrix room for camp discussions [0], please consider joining the same. P.S. Many of our mails did not reach the intended recipients due to spam filters. If you know someone who applied for the camp, but did not receive any mails, ask them to contact us [1]. [0] https://matrix.to/#/#fscamp:poddery.com [1] https://camp.fsf.org.in/#contact

2 years, 7 months

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Free Software Camp 2020 Launched On Software Freedom Day

by Pirate Praveen

September 19, 2020 (re-posting here) The world celebrates Software Freedom Day today with the aim of increasing awareness of Free Software and its virtues, and it is in the same spirit and excitement that we announce today the Free Software Camp. The Free Software Camp is an online mentorship camp on free software organized by Free Software Foundation of India and Free Software Community of India. It will start in October and run till end of February. The Free Software Camp will be a valuable opportunity for anyone who wishes to become a contributor to free software projects but feels like they need structured mentorship and a learning environment to get started. It will also be an opportunity for existing free software contributors to get new contributors to their project and facilitate their entry into the free software community. Application links for learners and mentors are open now on the camp website and will be so till October 15. The camp promises to be a safe space for learners to acquaint themselves with the philosophy of free software while also getting equipped to become free software contributors. In the first phase of the camp, learners will go through a series of assignments, interactions, movie screenings, and other activities that introduces them to the social benefits of free software and exposes them to the free software culture. They will get help in using free software on their own devices. At the end of this phase, they will get a chance to explore various free software projects and working with mentors they will be asked to create working proposals for contributing to these projects. The camp will match each learner to a mentor based on their proposal. In the second phase, each learner starts their free software contribution as per their accepted proposal, closely working with their mentor. There will be periodic review meetings to address the needs of the learners and help them stay on track. Any free software contributor who can meet mentor expectations listed on the camp site can apply to become a mentor. They can also add their ideas to the list of ideas from which the learners can find starting points for writing their proposals. The mentors will work closely with the camp organizers in evaluation and selection of proposals, and with learners to facilitate the success of the selected proposals. The camp encourages all kinds of contributions and contribution pathways - programming, system administration, packaging, UI/UX, forensics, localization, artworks, documentation, publicity, event organizing, etc. - as long as there is alignment with the free software philosophy. The camp is conducted online using free software communication tools like Big Blue Button, Matrix, etc. There is no fee for participation. For more details and applying visit https://camp.fsf.org.in

2 years, 8 months

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