i can completely relate to what hanisha is saying. even i was on core teams of my college fest for 3 years and its nto all that difficult .
if i were to put it this way, guys within the lug can get better sponsors coz they know the indstruy guys bettr than others.
lugmemebers can write better slogans coz we are more passionate abt linux than event managers.
as far as logistics is concerned it will require some effort. but then its whole lot of fun too.
another thing that i guess will help is organizing some trail runs, something like the Free Dev Net Workshops on a larger scale (eg 2 workshops going on at same time on same place. ) .
who knows someday someone from us will start an event management firm that specializes in linux ;)
take care harsh
--- Hanisha Vaswani hanishav@yahoo.com wrote: > hi guys,
the recent posts regarding the Linux - Bombay 2002[3?] prompted me to post though -- especially once the talk began moving towards a 'lets-hire-WizCraft / 360 degrees / ' kind of thread
though i have nothing at all against a 'more professionally managed' event, i do have an issue against outsourcing it -- having been on the core team of a unique college fest before, i have realised that *absolutely nothing* beats your own personal involvement in everything right from whom to approach for sponsorship to the what wattage of the bulbs to use on stage...
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