On 05/30/2011 10:11 AM, Sushil Gupta wrote: > This one is really great initiative and for sure it will benifit all > of the technology related peoples in Nepal. I Hope for it's success > and appreciate members enthusiasm. > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Shashi Gharti <[email protected]> > wrote: >> What area will it cover? . I could volunteer for Ajax / Extjs / GTK/ >> Image processing. >> >> Thanks >> Shashi Gharti >> >> On 5/29/11, Chandan Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >>> the last reply to this mail was 9 days ago! >>> now I would like to know what has been decided by today and any >>> progress done so far ? >>> >>> >>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Hempal Shrestha >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Abhishek Singh <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 05/19/2011 06:18 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Abishek Dai, We need to start this stuff! i know its not easy at all as >>>>> the Kapil dai says, but how will we know until we have tried! I want to >>>>> give >>>>> my full support to you! >>>>> rho >>>>> >>>>> On 19 May 2011 16:50, 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/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> シ ZZZZZZzzzzzzzssshhhhh.............. >>>>> -- >>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>>> Thanks Bibek and "the.nube" for your suggestions/encouragement. By this >>>>> thread I'm also trying to access the interest of the community in such >>>>> projects. Also to note that most of the enthusiasm in the community >>>>> remains >>>>> unnotices as they do not surface on the mailing list, ;( . Though it >>>>> would >>>>> be a sheer joy if most of the community folks share this enthuse with me. >>>>> >>>>> @Bibek: I'm even counting on you to run a few sessions (probably online). >>>>> Hoping for even a greater participation. >>>> >>>> Yes indeed, the fact remains that there is ample expertise among the >>>> community members who subscribe to this list. Also,it would be great if >>>> more >>>> community members could pour in their views, topics and issues. >>>> >>>> Looking forward for more deleberations >>>> >>>> with kind regards, >>>> >>>> Hempal Shrestha >>>> >>>>> Thank You. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Abhishek Singh >>>>> FOSS Nepal Community >>>>> http://wiki.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/ >>>> >>> -- >>> 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/ >> > > Hi all, Sorry for replying late after 12 days of initially posting this idea. I have created a wiki page (in a FAQ style) for StartUp sessions which is available at http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=StartUp_Sessions . I would like to request all to contribute to the wiki page and discuss ideas on the mailing list.
Thank You. -- Abhishek Singh FOSS Nepal Community http://wiki.fossnepal.org
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