On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 23:08 +0200, b@pad.ma wrote:
will be in Mumbai next week - am free on 23rd evening (Bandra area)
and
would love to meet up with old friends (and old enemies ;-)). Any
one
game for a BOF?
am happy to offer the CAMP roof again if that's convenient for people, and Kenneth, if you don't mind navigating the lanes and walking up the stairs again :) ( http://camputer.org/directions.html ). With the monsoons hopefully over, the roof is usable again -- we could possibly fit a wrestling ring if people need to sort stuff out. Coffee prices are rising, so it may not be as nice as the last meet-up, but can definitely offer some home-made brew.
well, the BOF was a resounding success with participants from as far away as Kenya and Finnland (no, not the guy who comes to mind). There were animated discussions on topics like how apple and nokia are taking the finnish people for a ride, on the new 3300 rupee iphone demoed at the meet, on getting static IP working, on FOSS in university education - and of course, a lot of stories. Unfortunately there was no time to discuss top posting ;-) Statistics - 60% of the participants were 'old', 100% of the 'old' people have not retired and are still active in fossing. 60% of the participants were non-local. And a good proportion of the gathering was from outside the country. Thanks to the management and staff of pad.ma for the arrangements and excellent coffee - no, we were having too good a time to watch a movie. Maybe next time.