Lets reach on consensus , and we hold the 8 th august meet at Onward Novell. let our luggers learn more on Novell. I totally disagree with Sir. Nagarjuna with all my respect for him, abt Redhat distributing CDs and other media, after all its a part of an exchange, and exchange between the Industry and our community, what use would this community would be of if we keep our selfs Isolated from the Industry. Our vision says knowledge sharing, which includes knowledge sharing with the Academicians, Industry, GNU users, Developers, and all of them whom we can think of. If Redhat can attract few more users by distributing freebies whats the hitch. let fools come to collect freebies, and the wise come to collect knowledge.
About every months meetings my point of view would be:- 1. every alternate month lets keep our meeting in some of the leading academic colleges, so that more awareness can instilled among students, for they are the ones who shall carry this GNU movement further. (Remember catch them Young) 2. the alternative month venue could be any where, would be a good idea if its with the industry, and major open source players like novell and redhat. (So Novell India meet on 8th is an excellent Idea). for which some of us should really take initiative and help in organizing at various but different venues.
So fellow LUGers lets make it at 8th Aug. at Onward Novell, andheri MIDC.
Regards Yayati.
--- "Nagarjuna G." nagarjun@gnowledge.org wrote: >
well the `:-)' saved you, otherwise your attempt was diplorable.
GLUG Mumbai, to remind every one, existed even before RedHat India was setup. RH and other companies are welcome to ask their employees to attend the meet and become part of free software community than send a carton full of CDs. The function of the meeting is social and for exchange, sharing and not to rcv freebies.
Nagarjuna