reviving the agenda, Manish will be working on the website for now. All da best Manish.
Cheers, On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 11:21 PM, manish thapa <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi > I have tried making one template for FOSS > please have a look > http://manish16.github.io/templateFoss/ > > > Regards > MJT > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Sagun <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hempal dai, >> >> is this the design you were talking about? >> https://fossnepal.herokuapp.com/ >> >> I think this can be made to go ahead. >> >> It can be driven by the same wiki we are using or we can use something >> simple like wordpress. >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Sagun <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Hempal dai, >>> >>> Sorry for not being able to make it to the meeting. >>> >>> We can go with Sushil's design. >>> >>> Let me clarify on webmaster's issue. I was going to propose we hire a >>> part time webmaster on hourly basis. So webmaster works like 2 / 3 hours in >>> a week and gets paid for 10 to 12 hours a month. We won't be spending a >>> hell lot of money dai. Its just a small bounty and a way to have a >>> dependable person to maintain a website. However, the website content >>> should only be updated as guided by the core team. >>> >>> I have been hiring students on this hourly schemes in other projects and >>> it really works for them. It could also work for other professionals. >>> >>> Answering Aayush's comment! >>> Its of course a good thing that volunteers handle the website and we had >>> tried it in past (since 2007) but when we depend on volunteers, a small >>> change in website took us weeks if not months. Having a virtual team is not >>> a problem, we should have a team to guide the contents but we need a person >>> who is available whenever we need to update the website. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 10:32 PM, art_tuladhar < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I am not a very big fan of adding monetary value for developing the >>>> website. I know there hasn't been a great level of governance to the >>>> structure of the website, but adding money as a driving force doesn't seems >>>> to click to me and I believe it's not sustainable as well. I am not very >>>> much familiar with the FOSS Nepal community but just proving my personal >>>> opinions. There should be better option rather than hiring somebody for >>>> part time for maintaining the website. >>>> >>>> I think there should be a virtual core team that should handle the >>>> website. And I agree with Dhruba's concern with the design. >>>> >>>> ~ Aayush >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, August 26, 2013 12:40:22 AM UTC-5, sagun dhakhwa wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think we need to start discussing on how do we intend to use >>>>> fossnepal.org in coming days. >>>>> >>>>> My Proposal (please populate more) >>>>> >>>>> 1. Activities of FOSS NEPAL >>>>> 2. Education on FOSS (issues like what is foss, how to foss, where to >>>>> foss and so on) >>>>> 3. Software Collection Listing (Nirvikalpa or similar) >>>>> 4. Listing of Nepali FOSS Initiatives and Projects >>>>> 5. News >>>>> 6. Events >>>>> 7. Trainings >>>>> 8. Programs >>>>> 9. Volunteer / Get Involved >>>>> 10. a knowledge base of Nepali FOSS for users and developers (like >>>>> stackoverflow) or forum >>>>> 11. IRC >>>>> 12. WIKI >>>>> >>>>> now the question will come should we continue with media wiki and >>>>> spend some money on just creating a theme? or should we try once more to >>>>> make a website in joomla or drupal or similar. >>>>> >>>>> my opinion: we should continue to use media wiki and make a new theme >>>>> for it because we want to continue using wiki as a platform. >>>>> >>>>> workflow: >>>>> >>>>> step 1 : call designers to send a design proposal >>>>> step 2: choose a design (this time chosen designer gets paid) >>>>> step 3: call for creating theme for media wiki bids >>>>> step 4: choose the best bidder and hand over the work >>>>> step 5: call a job opening for web master (part timer but paid and >>>>> someone from the Nepali FOSS community) >>>>> step 6: choose the best candidate and continue working >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:52 PM, sushilthe <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey there, >>>>>> >>>>>> I have made a wiki >>>>>> page<http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Change_13_A_powerful_FOSS_Nepal_website>for >>>>>> the website. Take a look at it and suggest your ideas. The time frames >>>>>> are particularly important. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Sushil Dahal >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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/ >>>>>> >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Warm Regards, >>>>> Sagun Dhakhwa >>>>> mobile: +977 985 11 2 88 32 >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> 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/ >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Warm Regards, >>> Sagun Dhakhwa >>> mobile: +977 985 11 2 88 32 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Warm Regards, >> Sagun Dhakhwa >> mobile: +977 985 11 2 88 32 >> >> -- >> -- >> 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/ >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "FOSS Nepal" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > -- > 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/ > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "FOSS Nepal" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- ------------------- Prabin Gautam -- -- 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/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FOSS Nepal" group. 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