BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9@events.floxford.org SUMMARY:Contribute to FLOSS projects (non-programmers and programmers welco med) & #ILoveFS Social - Oliver Geer DTSTAMP:20260815T164901Z DTSTART:20260214T140000Z DTEND:20260214T160000Z DESCRIPTION:This is in-person only.\n\nIt's a great time to get involved wi th and help out the FLOSS communities that\ndevelop projects in the intere st of everyday people\, by everyday people. Whether\nyou want to (or alrea dy do!) write code\, build communities\, translate\, report or\nprioritise bugs\, we can teach you to do so. Contribute to FLOSS you are already\nin volved in\, software you use on a daily basis (like Zotero\, Anki\, Thunde rbird\,\nor Moodle)\, or learn about fascinating new FLOSS to contribute t o.\n\nThis should be a welcoming and social but also collaborative and hel pful event.\nYou can also come just for the atmosphere (you may end up con tributing in a way\nyou didn't even know was possible)\, which should be p resent on this I Love Free\nSoftware Day [https://ilovefs.org]!\n\nThe sli deshow we're using\, which you can also read at your own pace. Note that\n you can navigate vertically as well as horizontally. [https://ogeer.org/c2 f]\n\n\nATTENDING\n\nOpen to anyone in the city\, technical or not\, wheth er a free software expert or\nnewbie.\nJust turn up\; no registration requ ired!\n\n\nVENUE\n\nAlthough the event itself will take place in the Compu ter Science department\,\nplease arrive at Oxford e-Research Centre\, 7 Ke ble Road\, especially if you have\nno department access. The organisers wi ll let you through an internal door. Feel\nfree to arrive at any point in the event.\n\nInternet connection:\n\n * If you are from any University\, you should be able to use Eduroam.\n\n * The University IT Services offers Oxford Wireless LAN\n [https://help.it.ox.ac.uk/how-to-connect-to-owl] guest Wi-Fi\; if you want to\n use the Wi-Fi please bring a form of ID w ith your name\, such as a passport\,\n bank card or driving license\, an d show it to Oliver for login details. This\n is required by IT Services \, I believe for legal reasons\; I will write your\n name down on a piec e of paper and keep it on myself or in my room unless IT\n Services asks to see it\, and if they do not will safely dispose of the paper\n betwe en 28 February and 7 March.\n\n * There is OK but not good mobile receptio n in the venue (my phone on EE\n reported 50% 4G connection\, and just o utside the room this dips to such a\n level that phone calls cannot be m ade). There are landlines in the department\n which the risk assessment states can be helpful for calling emergency\n services (but not anyone e lse).\n\nPlease note that no food and drink other than water is allowed in the room\nitself\, since it is a lecture theatre.\n\nThe lecture theatre hosting the workshop is accessible via ramps (no lifts\, or\nstairs\, need ed). An accessible toilet is roughly 30m from the entrance and 40m\nfrom t he room\, on the same floor. It is described here as "Level 1 - accessible \ntoilet 2" and has a toilet seat height of roughly 45-55cm. More informat ion is\non the University's Access Guide website for the room and toilets\ n[https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/8-11-keble-road-and-wolfson-building] a nd the\nentrance [https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/7-keble-road].\n\nThere is limited street parking on Keble road\, which is pay-and-display\n[http s://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/transport-and-travel/parking/street-parking]. I f\nyou have a blue badge it looks like the fee is waived\n[https://www.oxf ordshire.gov.uk/transport-and-travel/parking/blue-badge-parking-permits/bl ue-badge-guidance#paragraph-4019].\nI (Oliver) wouldn't recommend it for p eople without accessibility reasons\nbecause Oxford's not a very friendly city for cars and cars aren't very friendly\nfor the environment.\n\nIf yo u have any further questions\, please contact o@ogeer.org [o@ogeer.org].\n \n\nHOST BIO\n\nOliver Geer (he/they) is a student in Computer Science at the University of\nOxford. He maintains a small-to-medium-sized FLOSS Java Script library\n[https://code-input-js.org] and has done so for 4 years wi th many issue\ncontributors and 9 other code contributors. He has also mad e very small\ncontributions to several other projects\, like code for KDE Plasma\n[https://blogs.kde.org/2025/09/20/this-week-in-plasma-6.5-beta-and -start-of-the-bug-fix-a-palooza/#:~:text=Geer]\,\nbug fixing for Mobilizon \n[https://framagit.org/kaihuri/mobilizon/-/merge_requests/1587]\, and tra nslations\nfor Faircamp [https://codeberg.org/simonrepp/faircamp/pulls/222 ]. In 2025\, he\nsent the first email to start this series of talks.\n\n\n ATTRIBUTION\n\nCover image [https://media.fsfe.org/w/xs29yhLxSP1uKLYkSeoKK p] CC-BY-SA 4.0\n[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/] MotionE nsemble.de\n[http://MotionEnsemble.de] for FSFE URL:https://events.floxford.org/event/contributhon GEO:51.7596504;-1.2585595 LOCATION:Bill Roscoe Lecture Theatre (enter at 7 Keble Road)\, Computer Sci ence - Enter at e-Research Centre\, 7 Keble Road\, OX1 3QG STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:workshop,social,open-level X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

This is in-person only.

It's a great time to get involved with and help out the FLOSS communities that develop projects in the interest of everyday people, by everyday people. Whether y ou want to (or already do!) write code, build communities, translate, repo rt or prioritise bugs, we can teach you to do so. Contribute to FLOSS you are already involved in, software you use on a daily basis (like Zotero, A nki, Thunderbird, or Moodle), or learn about fascinating new FLOSS to cont ribute to.

This should be a welcoming and social but also collaborat ive and helpful event. You can also come just for the atmosphere (you may end up contributing in a way you didn't even know was possible), which sho uld be present on this I Lov e Free Software Day!

The slideshow we're using, which you can also read at your ow n pace. Note that you can navigate vertically as well as horizontally.

Attending

Open to anyone in the city, technical or not, whether a free software expert or newbie.
Just turn up; no reg istration required!

Venue

Although the event itself will take place in the Computer Science department, please arrive at O xford e-Research Centre, 7 Keble Road, especially if you have no department access. The organisers will let you through an internal door. F eel free to arrive at any point in the event.

Internet connection:

Please note that no food and drink other than water is allowed in the room itself, since it is a lecture theatre.

The lecture theatre host ing the workshop is accessible via ramps (no lifts, or stairs, needed). An accessible toilet is roughly 30m from the entrance and 40m from the room, on the same floor. It is described here as "Level 1 - accessible toilet 2 " and has a toilet seat height of roughly 45-55cm. More information is on the University's Access Guide website for the room a nd toilets and the entrance.

There is limited street parking on Keble road, which is pay-and-display. If you have a blue badge it looks like the fee is waived. I (Oliver) woul dn't recommend it for people without accessibility reasons becaus e Oxford's not a very friendly city for cars and cars aren't very friendly for the environment.

If you have any further questions, please cont act o@ogeer.org.

H ost Bio

Oliver Geer (he/they) is a student in Computer Science at t he University of Oxford. He maintains a small-to-medium-sized FLOSS JavaScript library and h as done so for 4 years with many issue contributors and 9 other code contr ibutors. He has also made very small contributions to several oth er projects, like code for KDE Plasma, bug fixing for Mobilizon, and translations for Faircamp. In 2025, he sent the first email to start this series of talks.

Attribution

Cover image CC-B Y-SA 4.0 MotionEnse mble.de for FSFE

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