On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Parin Sharma <[email protected]>wrote:
> I joined the mailing list [email protected] and asked them for > ideas and here is their reply so what is your idea..................?? > We are definitely heading in the right direction. Now the next important step has to be collecting and organising people (FOSS enthusiasts/college and school students). I think for that first we need the support of the members of this community in finalising date/time/venue for the walk and when that is done, we can us freedomwalk.in for the logistics part. Then the later part is to spread the word through email, mailing lists, twitter, SMS campaigns and possibly through the media.. > So can we have a Freedom Walk in Delhi soon?? > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Anoop John <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:19 PM > Subject: [freedomwalk] Re: Freedom Walk in Delhi?? > To: [email protected] > > > > Hi Parin, > > Nice to see somebody else taking this campaign up. > > > were thinking of organising a Freedom Walk in Delhi because the > > What is the basic plan that you have in mind about the proposed walk? > > From where? To where? Distances? Timeline? > > Most of the on the ground activities like programs, media interactions > and details like stay/food etc for the freedom walk that we had > organized in Kerala were organized at a distributed level because we > had reasonably good community support across Kerala. Zyxware acted as > the NOC for communications. The full walk was undertaken by 4 of us > while a lot of people joined us as the walk progressed through the > different districts. > > Do you have volunteers who will be part of the walk from start to the > finish? > > We would definitely love to share our experiences and any > tips/suggestions with you for organizing your walk. > > You could also use the site(freedomwalk.in) to post updates and > organize the walk if the idea gets off the ground. > > Hope to hear from you soon. > > Best Regards > Anoop John > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.zyxware.com > http://www.anoopjohn.com > http://www.thondomraughts.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Be the change you wish to see in the world", M. K. Gandhi > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > Parin Sharma > Another FOSS Lover, > New Delhi > > > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Parin Sharma <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Tanay Mathpal <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Parin Sharma <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Tanay <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> That's absolutely a remarkable idea.. But for this, it is very >>>>> necessary that we have a large crowd of FOSS people.. By large crowd, >>>>> i mean the number to be in excess of 3-4K. such a large crowd has to >>>>> be channelised so that we are able to send our message to the entire >>>>> country. >>>>> >>>> Hm well not 3-4K but we can easily have around 1K people and then we can >>>> call schools/colleges students who are easy to handle and can come in great >>>> number then our FOSS enthusiasts >>>> >>> I think that inviting someone just coz s/he is easy to handle won't solve >>> the purpose. In my opinion, everyone participating in the march should be >>> himself/herself a dedicated FOSS enthusiast, then only the purpose would be >>> solved. A large mass of school students march for Pulse Polio campaigns also >>> but none of them is actually serious about the mission, hence the problem is >>> never solved. >>> >> I wanted to say that thing only so to make/get students dedicated to FOSS >> we are already are working by organizing workshops in various schools and >> colleges............ >> >>> they will be there I hope so we can just start planning about 3-4 >>>> before the event then we can gather people in large number I think. Rest we >>>> can call students from our colleges and schools........... >>>> >>>>> There has to be extensive media coverage which can only be assured if >>>>> we have a large crowd. We would need a larger forum to address these >>>>> whole lot of people. Any suggestions for all this? >>>>> >>>>> Hm media should cover these kind of events and they have to when as we >>>> will have mass gathered......... >>>> >>> >>> Media coverage would depend on the mass being gathered and also how much >>> we publicize the event. http://freedomwalk.in is an excellent medium. >>> Apart from this, there has to be a dedicated website/blog which reports >>> about the walk and updates the media people. FOSS enthusiasts with contacts >>> in media, either print or electronic, would be a great help in this >>> campaign. A huge number of posters/banners are an absolute must. >>> Funding/sponsorship for these is another issue to be catered. >>> >> Hm you are right this would only be a success if we all contribute to it >> whatever we can + yes for funding we can talk to companies and may be to new >> engineering colleges or other technical institutes which spend a lot money >> in advertising on Radio, TV printed media etc. and also Computer Society of >> India well there a lot a Organisations who can sponsor this provided this is >> big and we have something solid to show them which we have the "POWER OF >> FREEDOM" so I think we should start in our own ways to think about such an >> event soon and decide things so I would request other Members of the mailing >> list too to give their suggestions because since everyone deserves Freedom >> everyone need to be part of it................ >> >>> >>>> Well we can have posters banners and many other things to call people >>>> for such kind of events and there is http://freedomwalk.in which >>>> already is working with this project we can work with them..........but all >>>> in all one thing as you said which matters the most are the mass the people >>>> who are to be made aware of freedom............................. >>>> >>>> On Nov 8, 5:34 pm, Parin Sharma <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Tanay Mathpal <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Parin Sharma < >>>>> [email protected]>wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Tanay <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> One of the major factors which help proprietary software vendors >>>>> keep >>>>> > >>> a grip on the market is ignorance on the part of the consumers. >>>>> > >>> Newspapers, one of the key sources of information to the common >>>>> man, >>>>> > >>> to aren't playing their part and in their state of ignorance, >>>>> helping >>>>> > >>> such organizations. >>>>> > >>> Recently, on twitter, i pointed out the proprietary bias shown by >>>>> > >>> Times of India vs Open Mindedness shown by The Hindu >>>>> "#timesofindia vs >>>>> > >>> #thehindu Clear proprietary bias shown by #timesofindiahttp:// >>>>> 3.ly/bvh >>>>> > >>> andhttp://3.ly/MQk#opensource #linux". >>>>> > >>> I also came across many internet related news articles in the >>>>> local >>>>> > >>> paper Amar Ujala which used the logo of Internet Explorer. It >>>>> gives a >>>>> > >>> wrong notion to the ignorant masses that the Internet and >>>>> Internet >>>>> > >>> Explorer are synonymous. So i pointed out this to the Editor, >>>>> Amar >>>>> > >>> Ujala through a letter, a copy of which I am pasting below. >>>>> > >>> My motive is to inspire every reader to fight FOSS ignorance in >>>>> > >>> whatever best way s/he can and spread the spirit of Open Source. >>>>> > >>> All the best to all. >>>>> > >>>>> > >> Hm I too read this and my thoughts were the same so I commented on >>>>> that >>>>> > >> article but they didn't reply with an email. >>>>> > >>>>> > > I too commented on that article on the TOI site but they didn't >>>>> approve it >>>>> > > neither did they reply.. We all need to do a lot more now for >>>>> ending this >>>>> > > ignorance.. >>>>> > >>>>> > Hm Well this for all of us Can't we organise a Freedom Walk or March >>>>> > sometime in Delhi or some other place to tell people about these >>>>> great >>>>> > things because everyone deserves freedom and I think this can really >>>>> help as >>>>> > many media people will report about such a rally so awareness can be >>>>> spread >>>>> > + the ignorance level too can be minimized by telling people about >>>>> Studies >>>>> > like the one Done by IIM - Banglore which says FOSS can save 10, 000 >>>>> Crores >>>>> > of our country by only replacing 50% of Proprietary Software with >>>>> FOSS more >>>>> > onhttp://bit.ly/OooR >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> The Letter >>>>> > >>> ---------------- >>>>> > >>> Hello sir, >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> I am a regular reader of your newspaper an am highly appreciative >>>>> of >>>>> > >>> the content matter and the quality of unbiased journalism of the >>>>> > >>> daily. >>>>> > >>> I would like to point your kind attention to a regular feature of >>>>> the >>>>> > >>> web related articles published in Amar Ujala. Most of such >>>>> articles >>>>> > >>> contain the logo >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> of Microsoft's proprietary web browser - Internet Explorer. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> Apart from being a free publicity for the browser and the >>>>> company, it >>>>> > >>> gives a wrong notion to the lakhs of readers of the newspaper >>>>> that the >>>>> > >>> Internet and Internet Explorer are synonymous. The role of a >>>>> newspaper >>>>> > >>> is to create a better, an aware society. Using Microsoft Internet >>>>> > >>> Explorer's logo in your articles gives the ignorant readers a >>>>> notion >>>>> > >>> that Internet Explorer is what the Internet is all about, which >>>>> is >>>>> > >>> totally wrong. A newspaper of your reputation should instead >>>>> promote >>>>> > >>> Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> which gives the users the freedom to use them, without being >>>>> under the >>>>> > >>> restrictions of copyright laws. Mozilla Firefox >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> is one of the most popular Open Source >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> browsers available. Another Open Source browser, Google Chrome is >>>>> > >>> doing well in the browser market. Opera >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> and Apple's Safari >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> , though not Open Source, are still options available to the >>>>> users. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> My only concern is that the newspaper should not mislead the >>>>> readers. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> Hence I request you to kindly look into the matter and do >>>>> something in >>>>> > >>> this regard as early as possible. I would like to get an >>>>> > >>> acknowledgment of this letter to you. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> I would be highly obliged. >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> Thanking you >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> Yours sincerely, >>>>> > >>>>> > >>> -- >>>>> > >>> Tanay Mathpal >>>>> > >>> Final Yr, Computer Engineering >>>>> > >>> College of Technology >>>>> > >>> Pantnagar >>>>> > >>> [email protected] >>>>> > >>> [email protected] >>>>> > >>>http://tanamania.wordpress.com/ >>>>> > >>>http://twitter.com/tanamania/ >>>>> > >>>>> > >> Nice you wrote this letter to them hope they do reply and don't >>>>> repeat >>>>> > >> this by writing such Bias and misleading articles their >>>>> > >> newspaper............... >>>>> > >>>>> > >> -- >>>>> > >> Parin Sharma >>>>> > >> Another FOSS Lover, >>>>> > >> New Delhi >>>>> > >>>>> > > -- >>>>> > > Tanay Mathpal >>>>> > > Final Yr, Computer Engineering >>>>> > > College of Technology >>>>> > > Pantnagar >>>>> > > [email protected] >>>>> > > [email protected] >>>>> > >http://tanamania.wordpress.com/ >>>>> > >http://twitter.com/tanamania/ >>>>> > >>>>> > -- >>>>> > Parin Sharma >>>>> > Another FOSS Lover, >>>>> > New Delhi >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Parin Sharma >>>> Another FOSS Lover, >>>> New Delhi >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tanay Mathpal >>> Final Yr, Computer Engineering >>> College of Technology >>> Pantnagar >>> [email protected] >>> [email protected] >>> >>> http://tanamania.wordpress.com/ >>> http://twitter.com/tanamania/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Parin Sharma >> Another FOSS Lover, >> New Delhi >> >> > > > -- > Parin Sharma > Another FOSS Lover, > New Delhi > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > Do you have another question? 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