2:12 p.m.
For quite a few days we have been contemplating on setting up an Event Box
for India. One that can be shipped around at various events held in India
and will contain all the necessary items for an event.
We were stuck at the container issue when we last discussed this. I had
talked to dealers of Pelican cases in India and have received some
responses.
Inviting everyone's feedback in this context,
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Dipanjan Chakraborty
2:31 p.m.
Dipanjan Chakraborty wrote:
For quite a few days we have been contemplating on setting up an
Event
Box for India. One that can be shipped around at various events held in
India and will contain all the necessary items for an event.
We were stuck at the container issue when we last discussed this. I had
talked to dealers of Pelican cases in India and have received some
responses.
Inviting everyone's feedback in this context,
Do you have a cost estimate?
Rahul
10:04 a.m.
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Rahul Sundaram
<sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org>wrote:
Dipanjan Chakraborty wrote:
>
>
>
> Do you have a cost estimate?
>
>
> Yes, in fact they had raised an invoice. The cost would be around INR
8000.
What would it contain? How can we trust people to return the event box
after the event?
Rahul
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I do not know how to ensure the return, but they have been doing it in the
other regions; perhaps we can ask them.
About its contents, it should contain everything necessary to set up an
exhibition, including posters, banners, etc.
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Dipanjan Chakraborty
10:33 p.m.
2009/3/20 Dipanjan Chakraborty <chakraborty.dipanjan(a)gmail.com>
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Rahul Sundaram <
sundaram(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Dipanjan Chakraborty wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Do you have a cost estimate?
> >
> >
> > Yes, in fact they had raised an invoice. The cost would be around INR
> 8000.
>
> What would it contain? How can we trust people to return the event box
> after the event?
>
> Rahul
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I do not know how to ensure the return, but they have been doing it in the
other regions; perhaps we can ask them.
About its contents, it should contain everything necessary to set up an
exhibition, including posters, banners, etc.
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Dipanjan Chakraborty
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Can some kind of security deposit or something similar can be done to ensure
the return ?
Regards,
Shambo Bose
12:10 a.m.
2009/3/22 Shambo Bose <shambo.linux(a)gmail.com>:
Can some kind of security deposit or something similar can be done to
ensure
the return ?
I have a different question : given that we'd like repeat runs of
Activity Days at places where they have been held once, would it be a
good idea to think of what can be done to help build an infrastructure
that facilitates that as opposed to doing up an Event Box ?
At this point, I'd like to know what steps are being planned at places
where Activities have happened ie. what next beyond the first Install
Fest ? How do you plan to chart out the first steps to contribution ?
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12:55 a.m.
I have a different question : given that we'd like repeat runs of
Activity Days at places where they have been held once, would it be
a
good idea to think of what can be done to help build an infrastructure
that facilitates that as opposed to doing up an Event Box ?
I think this calls for distributed and localised Event Boxes, or
infrastructure. This may also reduce the problem of returning the boxes to
an extent.
At this point, I'd like to know what steps are being planned at places
where Activities have happened ie. what next beyond the first Install
Fest ? How do you plan to chart out the first steps to contribution ?
Yes, this needs to be thought about. In my LUG what I have observed is the
events are so widely spaced in time that the people loose interest in the
mean time. Our problem lies in balancing academic activities with these
events.
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Dipanjan Chakraborty
10:08 a.m.
So, here's another question? What stops events from being organized
with more agility? For example, (ripping an idea from Susmit) -
following up an install fest with a much tightly focussed event aimed
at discussing tasks and self assigning owners? Would that kickstart a
cycle of more involvement?
~s
On 3/22/09, Dipanjan Chakraborty <chakraborty.dipanjan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have a different question : given that we'd like repeat runs
of
> Activity Days at places where they have been held once, would it be a
> good idea to think of what can be done to help build an infrastructure
> that facilitates that as opposed to doing up an Event Box ?
I think this calls for distributed and localised Event Boxes, or
infrastructure. This may also reduce the problem of returning the boxes to
an extent.
>
>
> At this point, I'd like to know what steps are being planned at places
> where Activities have happened ie. what next beyond the first Install
> Fest ? How do you plan to chart out the first steps to contribution ?
Yes, this needs to be thought about. In my LUG what I have observed is the
events are so widely spaced in time that the people loose interest in the
mean time. Our problem lies in balancing academic activities with these
events.
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Dipanjan Chakraborty
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1:39 p.m.
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
<foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> wrote:
So, here's another question? What stops events from being
organized
with more agility? For example, (ripping an idea from Susmit) -
following up an install fest with a much tightly focussed event aimed
at discussing tasks and self assigning owners? Would that kickstart a
cycle of more involvement?
We are doing exactly this at KGEC. Lets see how it helps. 1 month
after an install fest, we are having a FOSS activity day this week.
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12:36 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 12:09 AM, Rangeen Basu <sherry151(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We are doing exactly this at KGEC. Lets see how it helps. 1 month
after an install fest, we are having a FOSS activity day this week.
I must have missed this on the Events page - what's the plan/agenda
for this 2nd event ? And, what do you expect as an outcome ?
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2:41 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
<foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I must have missed this on the Events page - what's the
plan/agenda
for this 2nd event ? And, what do you expect as an outcome ?
It is not yet in the
events page because the date is not yet fixed.
The HOD of CSE dept. passed away and so the situation is a little
unstable. As soon as the date gets confirmed. the events page will be
put up.
Agenda- You will find it here [1]
Obviously we don't expect to get a lot of contributors from the very
first FOSS activity day. But last time we found that many were
interested and so the main objective of this event would be to guide
them in the right direction. There will also be some interactive
tutorials to increase the user's comfort level with Linux and change
their perception towards Linux.
[1] http://lug.nitdgp.ac.in/wiki/index.php/KGEC_Talks
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2:46 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Rangeen Basu <sherry151(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Obviously we don't expect to get a lot of contributors from the
very
first FOSS activity day. But last time we found that many were
interested and so the main objective of this event would be to guide
them in the right direction. There will also be some interactive
tutorials to increase the user's comfort level with Linux and change
their perception towards Linux.
Any more details about the 'right direction' ? :)
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3:05 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Rangeen Basu <sherry151(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Obviously we don't expect to get a lot of contributors from the very
first FOSS activity day. But last time we found that many were
interested and so the main objective of this event would be to guide
them in the right direction. There will also be some interactive
tutorials to increase the user's comfort level with Linux and change
their perception towards Linux.
Anything related to development ?
Kushal
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3:28 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Rangeen Basu <sherry151(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Agenda- You will find it here [1]
A demo of:
- how to develop in Java on Linux
- how to develop in C/C++ on Linux
a quick demo to Eclipse etc might also be good.
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3:33 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Kushal Das <kushaldas(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Anything related to development ?
We will be showing them gcc stuffs and there is a python workshop.
Moreover, Debayan's talk will be addressing things like "how to get
into development", "how to interact with the community", "where to
get
help" etc. I believe this will be enough for a first time. If we get
enough time we might as well present the "I want to do a project in
Open Source" by Shakti Kannan.
Did I answer your query about 'right direction' Sankarshan da?
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
<foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> wrote:
A demo of:
- how to develop in Java on Linux
- how to develop in C/C++ on Linux
a quick demo to Eclipse etc might also be good.
Will try to do these. C/C++ is already there. I think we can take care
of Java as well.
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3:37 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Rangeen Basu <sherry151(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We will be showing them gcc stuffs and there is a python workshop.
Moreover, Debayan's talk will be addressing things like "how to get
into development", "how to interact with the community", "where to
get
help" etc. I believe this will be enough for a first time. If we get
enough time we might as well present the "I want to do a project in
Open Source" by Shakti Kannan.
Did I answer your query about 'right direction' Sankarshan da?
In a way, the underlying idea was to ensure that the things being
shown are bits that are relevant to the daily use or needs. That takes
care of the chance of a disconnect happening in terms of what is being
shown and, taking the time and making the effort to think what to do
with that what is being shown.
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4:03 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
<foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In a way, the underlying idea was to ensure that the things being
shown are bits that are relevant to the daily use or needs. That takes
care of the chance of a disconnect happening in terms of what is being
shown and, taking the time and making the effort to think what to do
with that what is being shown.
Ok. Got your point.
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4:21 a.m.
We were thinking of organising a workshop on C programing in the Linux
environment for the First Year students. This will include GCC, Eclipse,
KDevelop, Anjuta, Glade, etc.
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Dipanjan Chakraborty
4:23 a.m.
2009/3/23 Dipanjan Chakraborty <chakraborty.dipanjan(a)gmail.com>:
We were thinking of organising a workshop on C programing in the
Linux
environment for the First Year students. This will include GCC, Eclipse,
KDevelop, Anjuta, Glade, etc.
And, possibly add a couple of 'toy' projects so that the participants
get a chance to actually create something ?
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4:26 a.m.
2009/3/23 Dipanjan Chakraborty <chakraborty.dipanjan(a)gmail.com>:
We were thinking of organising a workshop on C programing in the
Linux
environment for the First Year students. This will include GCC, Eclipse,
KDevelop, Anjuta, Glade, etc.
Please mention the college name so that if anyone is
interested,
he/she may attend it.
Regards
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4:31 a.m.
2009/3/23 Dipanjan Chakraborty <chakraborty.dipanjan(a)gmail.com>:
We were thinking of organising a workshop on C programing in the
Linux
environment for the First Year students. This will include GCC, Eclipse,
KDevelop, Anjuta, Glade, etc.
Are you planning to show them all in a single workshop ?
Showing them all in a single stress can be too much. Better if you go
one by one.
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10:34 a.m.
Are you planning to show them all in a single workshop ?
Showing them all in a single stress can be too much. Better if you
go
one by one.
GCC and GDB will be the primary topics. The others will be demonstrated to
grow
their interest, and in their own interest they will be picking them up.
Sankarshan Da's idea of toy projects is surely good. I will definitely
discuss this.
About people from outside taking part, I will have to take it up with the
college authorities and will laet you know soon.
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Dipanjan Chakraborty
7:18 a.m.
Hi,
--- On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
<foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> wrote:
| I have a different question : given that we'd like repeat runs of
| Activity Days at places where they have been held once, would it be a
| good idea to think of what can be done to help build an infrastructure
| that facilitates that as opposed to doing up an Event Box ?
\--
1. Were people informed about fedora-india mailing list, and have the
newbies joined this mailing list?
2. Were people informed about #fedora-india for support, discussion etc.?
I'd actually like to see local teams come up with their own creative
banners, posters, ideas for events. What goes inside an Event box
_may_ not apply to all audiences in all regions, unfortunately.
SK
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7:25 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Shakthi Kannan <shakthimaan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
1. Were people informed about fedora-india mailing list, and have
the
newbies joined this mailing list?
2. Were people informed about #fedora-india for support, discussion etc.?
The above 2 are part and parcel of the datapoints given out during the
initial meeting/Activity/Event.
I'd actually like to see local teams come up with their own
creative
banners, posters, ideas for events. What goes inside an Event box
_may_ not apply to all audiences in all regions, unfortunately.
And, that's one of the reasons why having a box being couriered across
becomes unwieldy.
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12:50 a.m.
Can some kind of security deposit or something similar can be done
to
ensure the return ?
That will look like people taking something out for rent. Like someone
taking a car
for rent. The people who will be using the Event Box will be
from within the community and such an approach will not be conducive for a
healthy working environment.
We can do this: Every event will have to be led by someone well established
and long known in the community. The Event Box will be lent out only to such
events. Now, how do we quantise the 'well established' and 'long known'
nature of an ambassador is an issue to debate on.
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Dipanjan Chakraborty
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