>From: "S. Krishnan"
>Reply-To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
>To: linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
>Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux turns 10 this month
>Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 01:30:15 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- Philip S Tellis wrote:
> > Sometime Today, Kapil Karekar assembled some
> > asciibets to say:
> >
> > > I have an idea. Why don't we form ourselves into
> > groups on the 25th
> > > of August and visit engineering college campuses
> > around Mumbai. We
> > > could spread awareness about Linux among students
> > and answer their
> > > queries about Linux.
> >
> > Sounds good. The 25th is a Saturday, which means
> > many engineering
> > colleges will be closed.
>
>Why are we restricting ourselves to just engineering
>colleges? We need to also include other technical
>faculties such as Maths, Physics, etc., since there
>will be people there who will be just as interested,
>but with less access to computing information than the
>engineering crowd.
>
> Some offices will also be
> > closed. What this
> > means is that the college administration will not
> > object to a talk. It
> > also means that many students may be reluctant to
> > attend.
> >
>
>IMO, this (the student attendance thing) should not be
>an issue - genuinely interested people will come, as
>has been the case with our LUG Sunday meetings.
>
> > If we're just going to answer queries, then it
> > shouldn't take too long.
> > Maybe an hour or two. We'll have to inform students
> > well in advance for
> > them to get all their queries listed out and ready
> > to ask us.
> >
> > How many people are ready to visit colleges on the
> > 25th?
>
>A very good idea - you can count me in. Philip, will
>you suggest a list of colleges, please?
>
>Rgds,
>
>Krishnan
>
>
>
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