Group:Librelocal/2026 - LibrePlanet Navigation menu Toggle navigation About About LibrePlanet Mission Statement Founding documents Support this Community Code of Conduct Anti-harassment policy Teams Activists Wiki Helpers LibrePlanet Artists FSF Community Team Local & Student Teams Conferences LibrePlanet Conference Non-official Get involved Participate Discussion channels Events Login Group: Librelocal/2026 From LibrePlanet < Group:Librelocal Jump to: navigation, search Contents 1 Tell us about your LibreLocal 2026 meetup 1.1 LibreLocal 2026 Event Template 1.1.1 Country (City and county/state) 1.2 LibreLocal 2026 meetups 1.2.1 Argentina (Bariloche) 1.2.2 Australia (Sydney) 1.2.3 Brazil (Brasília) 1.2.4 Cameroon (Douala) 1.2.5 Canada (Brantford, ON) 1.2.6 Canada (Kitchener, ON) 1.2.7 Canada (Montréal, QC) 1.2.8 Canada (Toronto, ON) 1.2.9 China (Beijing) 1.2.10 Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) 1.2.11 Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) 1.2.12 Iran (Noor) 1.2.13 Iran (Shiraz) 1.2.14 Italy (Catania/Online) 1.2.15 Italy (Milan/Online) 1.2.16 Jordan (Amman) 1.2.17 Kenya (Nairobi) 1.2.18 Mexico (Mazatlán, Sinaloa) 1.2.19 New Zealand (Auckland) 1.2.20 Poland (Poznań) 1.2.21 Spain (Canary Islands) 1.2.22 Spain (Oviedo, Asturias) 1.2.23 Spain (Oviedo, Asturias) 1.2.24 Spain (Oviedo, Asturias) 1.2.25 Spain (Oviedo, Asturias) 1.2.26 Spain (Oviedo, Asturias) 1.2.27 Spain (Salamanca) 1.2.28 Spain (Tarragona, Catalunya) 1.2.29 Spain (València) 1.2.30 Switzerland (Neuchâtel) 1.2.31 Ukraine (Kyiv) 1.2.32 United Kingdom (London) 1.2.33 United Kingdom (Potteries) 1.2.34 United States (Atlanta, GA) 1.2.35 United States (Baltimore, MD) 1.2.36 United States (Boston, MA) 1.2.37 United States (Boston, MA) 1.2.38 United States (Conifer, CO) 1.2.39 United States (Demarest, NJ) 1.2.40 United States (Demarest, NJ) 1.2.41 United States (Dover, NH) 1.2.42 United States (Durham, NC) 1.2.43 United States (Houston, TX) 1.2.44 United States (Livermore, CA) 1.2.45 United States (New Haven, CT) 1.2.46 United States (New York, NY) 1.2.47 United States (Phoenix, AZ) 1.2.48 United States (San Francisco, CA) 1.2.49 United States (Tampa/Sarasota, FL) 1.3 I'm looking for fellow activists to organize a meetup together 1.4 Be a sponsor Tell us about your LibreLocal 2026 meetup This May is LibreLocal month! The Free Software Foundation (FSF) invites free software supporters like you to organize an in-person community meetup in your area in May, 2026 to bring people together to swap ideas, learn from each other, and celebrate free software. And the FSF is happy to help. So tell the world about your meetup by listing it below. LibreLocal meetups were organized for the first time in 2025, and your enthusiastic response to our call was outstanding. Free software supporters like you organized 29 LibreLocal meetups across five continents last year. Your excitement was so captivating that we had to do it again. So this year, let's organize more meetups! Be a part of these meetups by organizing one yourself. List it below. The FSF is happy to support you in your organizing efforts. Tell us about your meetup so we can help get the word out about your LibreLocal meetup to other free software supporters near you. We will also be happy to have an available FSF staff member join your event virtually, or if possible, even in person! The FSF is committing to financially assisting as many meetups as we can, but please note that the size and amount of our supporting grants are limited. If you would like to apply for support, submit a request to us -- BUT FIRST please log in or create an account on my.fsf.org! The deadline to apply for funding is March 15, 2026 so apply today. So you're interested in organizing a meetup? Great! Tell us about it below. We have a whole range of resources that can help you with organization. We have a meetup guide that will give you some ideas, tips, and tricks; a template for your own safe space policy, and accounts of successful events from last year in two parts. Your event's program and format is completely up to you. As we learned last year, it can range from coffee in a local cafe with like-minded people to a full-blown multi-day conference! We encourage everyone to organize events that help spread the free software philosophy, and are grounded in freedom. We hope you find a way to highlight that, as well as all the other benefits of working in and with free software, in your event. Looking for a meetup to attend? Take a look at the list below for a meetup near you. You've already attended a LibreLocal meetup? Tell us what you thought about it by taking the LibreLocal 2026 meetup survey. Please note that these events are organized by volunteers. The Free Software Foundation hopes that these gatherings will be a great place for the free software community to meet up and wants to help make these events a success but can't be held accountable for anything happening during these events. LibreLocal 2026 Event Template Country (City and county/state) City and country: Date and time: Exact location: Registration (if any): Organizer(s) (optional): Description (What is your meetup about? Why do you think people should come?) LibreLocal 2026 meetups (Listed in alphabetical order by English country name, so for example "España" is listed under "Spain") Argentina (Bariloche) City and country: San Carlos de Bariloche (o Furilofche), Provincia de Río Negro, Argentina Date and time: Sábado 30 de mayo, de 17 a 20 hs. Exact location: Biblioteca Popular Aime Paine, Aime Paine 211, B° Virgen Misionera, Bariloche, Pcia. de Río Negro. Organizer(s): Comunidad Software Libre Bariloche en co-organización con Barca Furilofche en el PIP Description: Esperamos que LibreLocal Bariloche pueda reunir a la comunidad de Software Libre local, en un nuevo evento que continúe y profundice otras actividades que venimos realizando territorialmente, como FLISoL Bariloche y otros activismos en software libre que compartimos con la Barca Furilofche en el PIP. Creemos que el Software Libre y comunitario, es más necesario que nunca en un mundo con políticas radicalizadas hacia la extrema derecha. Desde 2024 nuestro país se está viendo sometido a la destrucción de políticas públicas en relación a ciencia y tecnología, derechos humanos fundamentales, derechos de las mujeres y las disidencias, educación y salud pública. Creemos que en este contexto, además, urge el encuentro personal con otros, recuperar el espacio y los proyectos comunes. Te invitamos a sumarte y compartir. Habrá charlas sobre software libre, espacio informal de reunión, y un espacio dedicado a la cultura libre. Charlas: "El rol protagónico del texto en gnu" por ~Hernán S. / "Software Libre en tiempos tecnofeudalistas" por ~soru. / "Conectar igualdad, software libre y soberanía tecnológica en Río Negro" por Leonor. / "Liberá tu router" por ~Diego M. Cultura Libre: Fanzinoteca abierta sobre Software Libre, Internet y Tecnología + Biblioteca digital abierta sobre Software Libre y temas afines Australia (Sydney) City and country: Mount Druitt, Sydney, Australia Date and time: Saturday, 23 May, 2026, 2pm - 3pm Exact location: Our Library @ The Mount Druitt Hub, Ayres Grove, Mount Druitt, Sydney, NSW 2770 OpenStreetMap Registration (if any): Organizer(s) (optional): silvercat10 at gmail.com Description (What is your meetup about? Why do you think people should come?): Informal chat about free software. Brazil (Brasília) City and country: Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil Date and time: Sexta-feira 22 de maio, a partir das 19:00 Exact location: SQN 409 Pizzaria Alfredo's Registration: email [email protected] confirming your presence Organizer: Ignacio Gonsalves Description: (English) An informal gathering to chat and discuss free software, as well as build a local community. And enjoy some pizza too! (Português) Encontro informal para conversar e discutir sobre o software livre, assim como construir uma comunidade local. E comer pizza! Cameroon (Douala) City and country: Douala, Cameroon Date and time: 11 April 2026, 01 pm. Exact location: On-site: SmartWork Co-Workspace, near Eneo Ndokoti, Douala (GPS: 4°02'43.1"N 9°44'13.3"E). Online : on Telegram Registration (if any): here Organizer: The osscameroon community. Description: Join us for a talk about how we can gain in productivity using free softwares. The event will folow this outline : - Networking - Presentation - Introduction to the Free Software - Demonstration of some popular free softwares per use case - Break time - Open Talk - Partners time: Thanks and presentation - Final pictures NOTE: We are bilingual (French and english), fell free to express yourself in the language where you are confortable. Canada (Brantford, ON) City and country: Brantford, Ontario, Canada Date and time: Saturday, May 16, 1:45 - 4:45 pm Exact location: 173 Colborne St E; Main Public Library Conference Room, Brantford, ON, N3T 2G8 Registration (if any): Email [email protected] Organizer(s) (optional): Description (What is your meetup about? Why do you think people should come?): Networking, group creation, FSF values introduction/goals Canada (Kitchener, ON) City and country: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Date and time: Wednesday, May 20 at 7:00 PM Exact location: Bobby O'Brien's Irish Pub, 125 King St W., Kitchener, ON, N2G 1A7. OpenStreetMap Bobby O'Brien's does not have its own parking, but parking at City of Kitchener parking lots is free after 5pm. The nearest City parking lots are at 40 Ontario St S, or 5 Charles St E. Registration (if any): You can probably just show up, but the organizers would find it helpful if you RSVPed to [email protected] Organizer(s) (optional): KWLUG Description (What is your meetup about? Why do you think people should come?): We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Bobby O'Brien's Irish Pub in downtown Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this restaurant meeting is on a Wednesday. This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold hybrid meetings for technical topics. This month's meeting will also be a LibreLocal celebration. Please bring your appetites and free-software demos to share with others. Canada (Montréal, QC) City and country: Montréal, Canada Date and time: Tous les premiers mardis du mois, de 17h00 à 21h30 (Heure de l'Est). Exact location: En présentiel: École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), 1100 Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, QC (Salle B-0904). En virtuel : sur BigBlueButton Registration (if any): [1] Organizer(s) (optional): Martial at Bigras.ca et la communauté des Rencontres Linux au Québec (info at rencontres-linux.quebec) Description (What is your meetup about? Why do you think people should come?): Rejoignez une communauté passionnée de Linux et de logiciels libres pour une rencontre hybride mensuelle ! Que vous soyez expert en administration système ou simple curieux, nos soirées offrent un espace convivial de partage et de collaboration. L'événement se déroule en deux temps : Réseautage (17h - 19h) : Un "Happy Hour" informel (au resto-pub 100 Génies ou en ligne) pour faire connaissance. Les premiers pichets de bière sont payés par notre partenaire platine [2] Présentations (19h - 21h30) : Un programme riche incluant des capsules éducatives, des partages de trucs et astuces, ainsi que des présentations détaillées sur des logiciels libres spécifiques. C’est l’occasion idéale pour approfondir vos connaissances, poser vos questions et tisser des liens avec d'autres Linuxiens et Linuxiennes dans une ambiance dynamique et gratuite. Venez contribuer à la vitalité du logiciel libre au Québec ! NOTE: Les présentations sont en français, mais la compréhension est l'essentiel : les anglophones souhaitant s'immerger dans la culture du libre francophone tout en perfectionnant leur langue sont les bienvenus // Presentations are in French, understanding is essential: Anglopho…