Over a thousand of organizations in different countries, Philippines has twenty four (24) society that had been officially registered in the wiki team list organizations from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao regions. Each year they are celebrating the International event which is the Software Freedom Day at exactly September 15.
The DOMT.Cs from PUPQC was one of it and they stepped away last September 29, 2012, to take part in a groundbreaking event which entitled “Software Freedom Day 2012, FOSS in Education". It was their Second year celebration of the international event. It was held at PUPQC covered court, it devours an almost 300 spectators. It was sponsored by Mozilla Philippines, Quezon City Office, Convergys and ICAS Phils. Apparently, they celebrated the event at September 29 because September 15 the class had been suspended due to heavy typhoon.
The event was celebrated through discourses and breakout sessions, with the subsequent topics on Ubuntu Operating System, Web Browsing using Mozilla Firefox, FOSS Programming Software’s, Google Applications and FOSS in Schools Today. The orators were Mr. Melchor Q. Compendio from Mozilla Philippines, Mr. Efren D. Montales Jr. from Ubuntu Philippines, Mr. Gener Luis Morada from Ascent Network Solutions Inc., Mr. Jeffereson A. Costales from Mary the Queen College of Pampanga & an IBM certified programmer, and Mr. Roque S. Morales from Institute of Comparative & Advanced Studies.
The audiences were clustered into 5 groups for them to easily comprehend with the topics and to ensure a further interaction with the speakers. Every presenter has 20 – 30 minutes to deliberate their topics and gladly they consume their time appropriately. After the gatherings, the organizers gave appreciations to the participants as well as to the speakers.
The event was celebrated through discourses and breakout sessions, with the subsequent topics on Ubuntu Operating System, Web Browsing using Mozilla Firefox, FOSS Programming Software’s, Google Applications and FOSS in Schools Today. The orators were Mr. Melchor Q. Compendio from Mozilla Philippines, Mr. Efren D. Montales Jr. from Ubuntu Philippines, Mr. Gener Luis Morada from Ascent Network Solutions Inc., Mr. Jeffereson A. Costales from Mary the Queen College of Pampanga & an IBM certified programmer, and Mr. Roque S. Morales from Institute of Comparative & Advanced Studies.
The audiences were clustered into 5 groups for them to easily comprehend with the topics and to ensure a further interaction with the speakers. Every presenter has 20 – 30 minutes to deliberate their topics and gladly they consume their time appropriately. After the gatherings, the organizers gave appreciations to the participants as well as to the speakers.
