+1 to AVK dai. With Regards Surit Aryal Mozilla Nepal Representative
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 12:56 AM, AVK <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > my two cents on the matter, > > Since we rely on the wiki so much, we should have a proper set of > guidelines on a wiki that would help someone spawn a new FOSS Community in > a place, make it easier for them to name it and also have everything in a > democratic fashion. > > But, I agree with the points raised above by Avash, and they make sense > for us to make sure we belong to a bigger united community. We name it FOSS > so that we can stay connected to the whole global community, thus not named > Bleh! ;) > > It would also make us to use FOSS Nepal, Kathmandu so that no one has an > identity crisis that FOSS Nepal is just of Kathmandu. Thus, a proper > virtual hierarchy. > > Regards, > Avinash > > > > > On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Nootan Ghimire <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Yes. I share similar views. >> >> If the new FOSS communities are "derived from" FOSS Nepal, then they >> should be named accordingly. >> >> I think that's more of the "correct" FOSS culture. >> >> I don't know what is the procedure to form communities at different >> places. But to my understanding, I think there is some sort of talking >> between the (conducting) members of FOSS Nepal, and FOSS XYZ. >> >> It's great to open up different communities on different places. But it's >> better if we have some sort of "guidelines" (rather than rules) for new >> communities. It will also help those communities in taking shape. >> >> >> Cheers, >> Nootan Ghimire >> http://nootan.com.np/ >> http://cafecod.es/ >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 11:32 PM, Avash Mulmi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear All, >>> >>> Recently we have seen lots of *FOSS Communities* in different parts of >>> Nepal. It feels really great to see them. >>> >>> But, I am not satisfied with two things about the communities. Just >>> expressing my views, so feel free to disagree with it, but with proper >>> reasons. >>> >>> 1. >>> >>> THe namings of the communities are kind of wrong. >>> For eg. There is a place called *XYZ*, and a FOSS Community starts >>> in that place and the community is named *FOSS XYZ*. >>> Instead of naming it *FOSS XYZ* why not name it *FOSS Nepal, XYZ*?? >>> There are lots of reasons for this statement. I can explain them >>> later if required, but one of the reasons anyone will understand is, we >>> who >>> live inside Kathmandu haven’t named it *FOSS Kathmandu* till now, we >>> go with the name of *FOSS Nepal* because we believe in Unity. >>> 2. >>> >>> Improper edit of FOSS Nepal Logo. >>> Same as the previous one. >>> I have seen the *Original FOSS Nepal* logo been edited, replacing >>> *Nepal* in the logo with the name of the place of that community. >>> I am not sure if there is proper guideline for use of FOSS Nepal >>> Logo, but it sure violates some of the aspects. >>> >>> >>> - Nepal (A country) has been replaced with certain place. (bleh) >>> - Usage of non-matching fonts. >>> - Using the Logo with truncation (The rightmost part has been >>> truncated in that certain leaflet or brochure or whatever it was. I don’t >>> want to attach it in this email right now, but can if needed) >>> >>> >>> I am pretty sure I will get some replies that says, it's an open source >>> community, the logo is of Free and Open Source, but that doesn't mean one >>> can do whatever he likes with it. Logos and Names are of great values. A >>> person as a sensible member should not support misuse of both. >>> >>> I want to bring those two issues to the community. >>> >>> May logical answers prevail. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Avash Mulmi >>> Open Source Enthusiast >>> >>> --Support Open Source & Open Web-- >>> --Support Mozilla Community-- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> -- >> 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/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > --- > Avinash Kundaliya > [email protected] > http://avinash.me > > -- > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- -- 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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