On 05/18/2011 09:48 PM, Kapil wrote: > A very encouraging decision i'd say.I've been subscribed to this > mailing list for quite a bit and perhaps this is the first one that > really lifted my hope for a enlightened technical persons in Nepal. I > hope you can come up with a detailed plan soon.Perhaps we'll can muster > enough from the community itself to take this initiative. > > Thank you, > Kapil Raj Nakhwa > > On Wed, 2011-05-18 at 10:03 +0545, Abhishek Singh wrote: >> Dear All, >> FOSS Nepal has been doing a lot of FOSS advocacy and >> implementation since its inception. But we feel that there needs some >> momentum in s/w development side as well. As most of the community >> members are aligned towards programming/development, we would like to >> explore in this area too. Also that the development would support >> local needs (customizations and localization). In order to initiate in >> this direction, I would like to propose "Start-Up" sessions. The >> concept is as below: >> 1. To organize focussed weekly session on various techinical >> how-tos. >> 2. The programme would be targeted at developing skills in the >> trainees. >> 3. The programme, as the name suggests, would cater to create >> basic technical expertise. >> 4. The programme would help at capacity building for the >> community members. >> 5. The distant goal of this programme would be to create a pool >> of people (might be divided into various SIGs, if the number >> is large), so as to form a development concern inside the >> community. >> 6. Also that the programme will host a platform for the community >> members to meet and socialize. >> I'm currently trying to prepare a detailed project plan for this >> concept and your suggestions are not only welcome but highly >> encouraged. As we all know that it's a community effort and would be >> far from the community spirit without the involvement and feedback >> from the community members. >> >> Thank You. >> -- >> Abhishek Singh >> FOSS Nepal Community >> http://wiki.fossnepal.org > Thanks Kapil for your encouraging words. I'll try to come up with the plan as soon as possible. I'll be working on it on the weekend. We'll need to decide on a first set (at least 5 sessions) to start with.
Also that I would like to request everyone to suggest topics that they would like to have start-up sessions upon. This will help us to finalize a first set of session out of community interest. Thank You. -- Abhishek Singh FOSS Nepal Community http://wiki.fossnepal.org
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