Hello Ambassadors,
This is a brief report about this yearly event in
Cergy, France.
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Festival of Cergy's associations, in Cergy,
France. Saturday 8 September 2012.
Although, this fest is held on the first Saturday
of September each year, this year this was
scheduled on the 2nd Saturday of this month. Maybe
to let schools begin first.
It was a wonderful day. The sun was shining, a
good condition for people to visit the fest.
Every year there are a lot of organizations that
participate in this event. This year wasn't an
exception (more than 300 organizations).
Organizations (non-profit), in many fields of
activity and for every ages, were there.
Arrived at 9 o'clock, my booth were in the
education and training zone. This is the place
where the visitors seeking for cerebral activities
visit first. There are other zones, for sports,
dance, health, solidarity and so on.
The decorations took less time than usual, i
prepared thing well, before going there.
I received as each year a lot of visitors. This
year there were even more than other years. I
think we'll get many events in my NPO, this year.
In this kind of event, one wait for a lot of
discussion and questions. Why do you use this
system? Why it's better to use FOSS. Is it free?
Why are there many Linux distributions? Etc, etc.
At the end of the day you feel your mouth dry and
your tongue is swollen. But with all this
tiredness, you feel happy to express your ideas,
and listen to other points of view.
Some visitors were really interested in Fedora. A
young man at the university of Cergy told me that
Fedora is the best Linux distribution. I was very
happy to hear this.
The idea behind inviting organizations to this
fest, is to let people meet and exchange opinions.
One can even find partner(s), for future events
and meetings. I can say that i had many positive
and interesting contacts.
All finished at 18 o'clock. It was a happy end of
a real tired day.
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You can find the text of this report and some
photos here
http://java-javafx.com
Thanks for your attention
Kaesar ALNIJRES
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Kaesar