On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 06:48:31PM +0530, shreekant bohra wrote:
FOSS events are great way to meet new and exciting people, celebrate FOSS and learn a few things as well and it hardly matters that where and who organizes it. Its a plus point though, if the people who organize FOSS events are actually FOSS developers or enthusiasts .
I agree. As long as it spreads the word, it is a success. Someday, one of those students might embrace the FOSS philosophy. It is important to keep the wheel rolling.
And after all an even is an event. No one should judge it as good or bad to get it listed on the FOSS India Calender. As far as I understand, most of the times the participation in the event is contingent upon the venue and time of the event - so more the events that get listed, better are the chances that more people will get involved. So far as to say that even a install-fest in the local community should get listed for maximum visibility.
Also its not just enough to create and publicise the list of events being organised. The site can also contain a section which syndicates the blog entries pertaining to such events so that other people can gain the ideas regarding how to organise events. It will also spread the notion that such ideas are organised successfully.