Hey, Definitely not the WHOLE credit, i just got the ticket inside to the right ppl. Rest was done by all 3 of us, equally - ankit, dhruv, prateek!
-Ankit On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Gami wrote: > hey ppl, > forgot to mention that the whole meeting thing was arranged thanx to Ankit > Jain. The whole credit for the success of this actually goes to him. > > sorry ankit for not mentioning this before. > > Regards, > Gami > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Raju Mathur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 1:05 PM > Subject: Meeting with CBSE Officials > > > > >>>>> "Gami" == gami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Gami> hello people, Ankit, Prateek and I had a meeting in DPS RK > > Gami> Puram with a couple of CBSE officials regarding review of > > Gami> the syllabus of IT Applications Vocational Course offered by > > Gami> CBSE for classes 11th and 12th. This course is currently > > Gami> being taught by some 30-35 schools from all over india, and > > Gami> most of these are government model schools. Till now, > > Gami> microsoft specific applications (like MS Office) were being > > Gami> taught, but now with the revision, X Windows will be taught > > Gami> for GUI (Basic things like desktop, panel etc) and Open > > Gami> Office for office applications. All the things that the > > Gami> students were supposed to learn using Microsoft products can > > Gami> alternatively be learnt by using GNU/Linux systems. A > > Gami> customised CD containing only the required packages is to be > > Gami> developed to be sent to all schools teaching this course. > > > > Totally awesome! As one would expect, the finger for the customised > > CD is pointing towards me; I hope to have it ready this coming week, > > given all the software we need to put on it and a little bit of help > > from my friends (you know who you are :-) > > > > Gami> This can be seen as a very positive sign, and in fact we > > Gami> have another meeting with the CBSE official to discuss the > > Gami> current CBSE Syllabus for other classes. For the same, we > > Gami> need to be ready with a presentation and a manual of the > > Gami> Linux system (Very Very basic stuff and some details about > > Gami> the open office, on how to use it etc.) Since work had > > Gami> already been started for Leap (till we dont reach a > > Gami> consensus, im going to refer to the schools project as leap) > > Gami> we could probably use that for this purpose. > > > > LEAP sounds good. I doubt if we would get a better acronym than that > > in a hurry. > > > > Please outline the requirements from the basic manual. Wouldn't we be > > able to get and massage something from the 'net instead of writing one > > from scratch? > > > > Gami> in fact, when we hinted to the CBSE official about > > Gami> linux-delhi's project, he was more than willing to help us > > Gami> with it. he is very pro linux and would definitely help us > > Gami> if we have our kit ready. > > > > We really need to get responsibilities and deadlines in place. > > Prateek, how about the minutes? > > > > Gami> if anyone is interested in writing for the manual, please > > Gami> get in touch with the person who's heading the section > > Gami> you're interested in. the list was sent by supreet a couple > > Gami> of days back on linux-delhi. please goto the archives in > > Gami> case u dont have the mail. > > > > You'll have to look in the Linux-Delhi archives, since that message > > went to ilugd and not the school list. I've sent a copy to this list > > too now. > > > > Gami> Regards, Gami > > > > Regards, > > > > -- Raju > > -- > > Raju Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ > > It is the mind that moves > > > >
