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Manchester Free Software Meeting - Ian Forrester - BBC Backstage

Tim Dobson | 14.07.2008 11:31 | Other Press | Technology | Liverpool

Manchester Free Software is a group based in the Manchester area that focuses on free software and GNU/Linux primarily and issues which infringe on the freedoms of computer users.
They hold monthly meetings of a non-technical nature on a range of intersting issues.
This month Ian Forrester from the BBC is to talk about "BBC Backstage".


**Please note the change in date to the fourth week of July**

Next Meeting
------------
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 22nd July, 2008. Ian Forrester
will introduce us to BBC Backstage. BBC Backstage is a developer
network for the public in which the BBC opens its doors to as much
data and content as possible. Now in its third year, Backstage is
changing to reflect the changes in the landscape and placement in
industry.

Ian Forrester, the head of Backstage, will explain some of the changes
and outline some the big topics which Backstage are tackling ahead of
the rest of the BBC and its unclear future in its new home of Salford
Quays.

[1]  http://www.cubicgarden.com/
[2]:  http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/

Location
--------
The meeting will take place at 19:00 in the Manchester Digital
Development Agency on Portland Street. Access is via the doorbells at
the entrance. Wheelchair access via the lift is available to the left
of the main entrance.

MDDA provide complimentary Fair Trade tea and coffee.

Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA)
Lower Ground Floor
117-119 Portland Street
Manchester
M1 6ED

Directions are available on the MDDA web site[2]:

[2]:  http://manchesterdda.com/directions/

General information about Manchester Free Software meetings can be found
on our web site[3]:

[3]:  http://manchester.fsuk.org/blog/meetings/

Coming?
-------
If you're coming, feel free to add yourself to the FSF Groups wiki
page[4]. If you would like five minutes to tell us about something,
please add yourself to the wiki or contact us at
.

[4]:  http://groups.fsf.org/index.php/Manchester/2008-07-22

Tim Dobson
- e-mail: personalwebsite@army.com
- Homepage: http://manchester.fsuk.org

Comments

Display the following 13 comments

  1. Would that be the same BBC — Pete
  2. @Pete — Jon
  3. Who says the BBC offers unbiased news? — Pete
  4. The Licence Fee Abolition is a scam — Muppert Rurdoch
  5. Scrap the licence fee — Pete
  6. Pete - supporting Sky now? — Jon
  7. BBC News - dumbed down biased dross. — Pete
  8. Answering your questions — Jon
  9. You are on our database. — Pete
  10. How Sinister is Sinister — Muppert Rurdoch
  11. If you don't like Sky — Pete
  12. Pete - consistently avoiding my questions — Jon
  13. There is a debate but this is not it — Muppert Rurdoch

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