On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Nalin Savara <[email protected]> wrote:
> But just some suggestions from me:-- > > (1) in beginning we should promote it-- and structure it like a > mini-workshop-- that in 2-long meeting; have a 30-40 minute talk or > something about some topic also--- and encourage people to bring their > Laptops and wifi routers--- > so that even if somebody from out of town--- whether nainital or jaipur or > bangalore is in delhi OR if someone from another part of delhi is around > IIT-delhi---> then it becomes like a landmark or attraction--- which a geek > feels need to visit. > > (2) in the beginning I think we should have it slightly less frequent-- say > maybe one LUG meet every 2 weeks--->> > so that there is a sense of "special event to be reached on time and > attended" among people. > If it is too common--- and crowd is too limited--- then it will become like > a "IIT Internal meet"--- rather than a event for geeks-at-large. > > (3) We should target audience beyond the standard ILUG-D + IIT + > Barcamp/FOSS audience-- maybe put posters in random delhi colleges OR even > in some cyber cafes--- so that geeks that are extremely passionate about > tech-- but otherwise totally random can also show up-- and add variety and > flavour to the gathering. > > NO to any form of structure let the momentum build then we will think about publicity , overheads etc . let the geeks come together they will set there own protocols. i will think of this as time has come when Narendra's office will become too small to accommodate or they throw geeks out ;-) -Satya -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
