[fedora-india] DVD distribution and their impact

[P J P]

> On Tuesday, 1 December 2015 8:48 AM, sankarshan wrote:
> It is possible that we can simply look at the PIN codes and plan
> around FADs or, introductory workshops in those regions. It will
> require funds to get contributors there as well as the time from
> those volunteering. However, it is also possible to do this in a
> manner which can be re-used. As an example, introduction to use
> Project Atomic bits could be structured into how to securely
> package your application and thus include further 'gentle introduction'
> to security practices, packaging, networking, compilers, tool-chain,
> build-tools etc. Given the attention span of a student audience,
> learning something from the MOOCs and designing content to be
> delivered is a good place to start. This plan has the added benefit
> of expanding our existing community to include technical authors,
> content writers, instructional designers, embedded systems folks etc.
> It is possible to share knowledge in a project oriented format which
> can result in skills and aptitude being created which enable the
> audience to advance their careers. A small number of the existing
> Fedora contributors from India have already done lateral or, even
> major career shifts - this personal experience is useful when
> designing something that can help the audience (of mostly students).
>
> It is my belief that while as a project and a community in India we
> talk about "growing the community", it is our fiduciary duty to ensure
> that new contributors and especially students can use bits from Fedora
> as a platform to work on things and work with things for creation. The
> economy around us is changing fast and the standard 'IT/CompSci'
> course from an institute (even if very reputed) is no longer a good
> hedge. If the project itself can figure out ways to address this
> situation - we become useful. Is this easy? It is not. Is this hard?
> You can absolutely take that for granted. Should we do this? I believe
> we should. We could plan to start small. A minimum viable plan that
> uses the least possible resources (time, volunteers and funds) to go
> about this could be a generally safe place to start from.


It's all agreeable. Let's see how we could use it.
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