Dear Luggers......
yesterday after consultation with dr.nagarjun i hav
mailed u a modified version of the draft proposed by
Mr.lakdawala of fsf india. The draft according to him
proposes to take Free SOftware to the masses by
introducing the concept of Free SOftware in all the
schools and colleges all around india.
We second this opinion of his and i would like to
personally thank him for putting down the proposal in
such a neat format for others to make use of.
From the perspective of the lug, we would like to
propogate/market Free Software and also make it our
aim to introduce Gnu/Linux to the various budding
students all over india. Thus in this initiative of
our i would like to start with all the Engineering
Colleges in and around bbay and Maharashtra.
Just recently we concluded a very very FRUITFUL trip
to Rajaram Bapu College Of Engineering, Kolhapur which
saw the Dr.Nagarjun nd the others delivering 3 quality
dayz of trainin nd introduction on Free SOftware and
Linux to 70 buddin engineers......soem of whom hav
even joined the ILUG-BOM mailin list.
For the 1st workshop, i spent close to 6000/- from my
pocket which later was re-imbursed by the college
authorities. I tool this liberty since i knew the
college management personally.
I know the comercial part out here is tricky......nd
the lug has had a bad xperience leavin it with a sour
taste in it's mouth. But if i am goin to co-ordiante
these workshops on a routine basis i expect some
financial support and backing.
After pondering abt it for sometime, dr. nagarjun
suggested that we could dash the feelers/letter to the
various colleges all over bombay,Maharashtra nd after
havin comfirmed dates in hand abt the event propose to
the FSF abt our initiative. FSF then agress to
sanction some funds for us to further the cause and we
carry out the preps.
I further would like to mention another of dr.nags
suggestion. We could also conduct a few commercial
workshops asap and garner some funds enough for us to
continue with our cause in spreading the word of Free
SOftware......Nd this time around we'l take the
precautions to prevent us burnin our fingers the way
we did last time.
Pliss enlist ur comments...so that we can hav a final
letter drafted and a core set of volunteers i can bank
upon for logistics, event management and speakers for
the workshops.
Last time dinesh, parag, navin had volutneerd to come
along.......Letz get kickin and get the ground work
done.
Trevor Warren
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