inline: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:53 AM, vinay singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ya true saying i hv already gone through fossevents but do you think > is it reachable to the guys here in NCR or around regions if we promote it as the central listing of foss events, people will use it. if we as organisers make a rule of listing events there, it wil happen. its a two sided affair. we have to contribute to ensure it is used. > and is it > covering the small to small events and meetups around this region. in my experience, they list all events after some moderation. so there is a time lag, yes, but they list it. and its mostly credible. region and size is no constraint. > We > created this with after discussing with large numbers of students > crowd in NCR. > i would have said - create a fossevents.in in that case. yet, i think promoting, contributing and encouraging fossevents.org is a meaningful act > > On 11/19/10, Kinshuk Sunil <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh, I think http://fossevents.org/ would be a better place to do that. > It > > also looks credible, since its not a page on a corporate website. > > > > Why create something that already exists, with no efforts to check if the > > existing tool can be useful? > > (Not saying this against IftyTech or anyone else, just thinking out > loud). > > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:36 AM, vinay singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Today whenever we arrange any seminar or workshop on FOSS the first > >> question which strikes our mind is about the crowd. How many are going > >> to come ?? Arranging this workshop is worth?? The reason is that > >> eventhough today FOSS Community is not reachable to most of the > >> commons, the people who are already in this community only they get > >> the news regarding the events,meetups and most of them are not > >> interested to share that. FOSS events are the first step to enter > >> these communities, looking and listening hackers live creates an > >> enthusiasm and people become FOSS lovers like you and me. Could you > >> imagine for FOSS community only on IRC's and mailing groups without > >> any FOSS event?? To increase our reach we need a common Social Media. > >> > >> So, from this september month iftytech labs introduced a non-profit > >> section that is a social media for the FOSS > >> Events(http://iftytech.com/node/6). The idea behind this is to promote > >> open as well closed events through social media so tht people in > >> remote location can reach the event online or offline. This concept > >> can turn a closed and local event into a global one and will create a > >> competition sort of thing among small colleges in organizing such > >> events and which is good for the FOSS Community. > >> > >> iftytech labs request you to share the information of any FOSS > >> event,meetups, workshops in around you to us, we will promote that and > >> we will try to reach there to cover the event and to create after > >> event job. > >> You can share information simply on : iftytech[AT]gmail[DOT]com > >> > >> > >> Promoting this social media is quite simple > >> on Facebook : > >> http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/iftytech-labs/140462002634942 > >> on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/iftytech_labs > >> > >> > >> > >> Regards > >> -- > >> > >> > >> "Feel Free as in Freedom,Freedom is the only law" > >> "Until the next time, keep living in victory everyday" > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> Victoriously, > >> Vinay G Singh Rawat > >> iftytech labs > >> www.iftytech.com > >> ------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> -- > >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > >> > > > > -- > > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > > > > > -- > > > "Feel Free as in Freedom,Freedom is the only law" > "Until the next time, keep living in victory everyday" > ------------------------------------------------------- > Victoriously, > Vinay G Singh Rawat > iftytech labs > www.iftytech.com > ------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
