Dear Bibek, On 5/19/11, Bibek Paudel <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Abhishek Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On 05/19/2011 10:43 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Date, Time, Venue? >> >> On 19 May 2011 09:06, Abhishek Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> > > I think the proposal is very nice and absolutely commendable. Just a > suggestion to Avishek: (from my observations) maybe it will not be a > good idea to start or 'plan things' until a few people share your > enthusiasm equally. This is certainly very hard for someone to do > alone, and even with just 'passive participants,' you might only feel > like having wasted your time later. > :)
> However, single person's enthusiasm has achieved a lot of great > things- and certainly a generalized observation should not deter > anybody from trying out good things :) :):) > > Cheers! > -b > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ > -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
