Event Title: GNU/Linux India Expo 2003
Dates: End Feb / Early March (Not early/mid Feb please!)
Duration: 3 days / 1 week
Objectives:
[1] Conference on GNU/Linux, FS/OSS
[2] Exhibition of FS/OSS Student Projects from across the nation
[3] Stalls for commercial activity related to hardware/software
[4] Some fun events (Geeks vs. Nerds quiz? Geek of the yr. award?)
[5] Promotion of GNU/Linux user networking (Stalls of various LUGs)
[6] A press conference a day ??
DETAILS:
[1] This is quite well-known to us and needs no elaboration
[2] We provide a display area for students to demo their FS/OSS projects. "Students" means people who are not employed/have been employed earlier and are studying in an educational institution, incl. an open university.
[3] People desirous of Commercial activity will be charged for space. It would be great if we can have assemblers there who can offer pre-loaded PCs... how about a workshop for these before the event? Cheap CDs, on-the-spot installation etc. could be possible attractions.
[4] Ah! what's an expo without fun?
[5] We've gotta have a platform for representatives of various LUGs across India share information, develop contacts and highlight their achievements and aspirations.
[6] Sounds incredible but who knows, the Press might actually be interested. Anyway, we can post daily coverage on the web.
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To qualify for exhibition in the Expo, any given software may or may not be proprietary. However, the software MUST be available for GNU/Linux or any other FS/OSS based platform. This is necessary since there's no dearth of Free Software available for other dominant proprietary platoforms.
Attendance the conference must be charged. Entry to the Expo however should be inexpensive. I am in favor of a nominal (say Rs. 10 to 30) entry fee for the expo too avoid wanderers on the site.
Only stalls being covered under [3] must be charged. [4] May have an entry fee for participation but definitely not for audience.
Let us not think of management (outsourced vs. voluntary) currently. Of course, Saswata, Gurpreet and other volunteers can collect details about professional management and have them ready when the time for decision comes.
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