On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:06 PM, FOSSmaniac <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/16/2011 01:42 PM, Kinshuk Sunil wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 1:34 PM, FOSSmaniac <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 02/16/2011 11:50 AM, Kinshuk Sunil wrote: > >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >>> From: Kinshuk Sunil <[email protected]> > >>> Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:45 AM > >>> Subject: Mozilla Meetup with Gervase Markham, February 27, Delhi > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> > >>> On February 27, We will meet up with Gervase for a general chitchat at > a > >>> cafe for 2 hours. Amongst other things, we will talk about: > >>> Register at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=142071619190941 > >> Its sad that one has to be a Facebook user to register for a FOSS > >> related event, it would be good, if we could also have a wiki page for > >> this, so that people who are not on facebook can also register! > >> > >> So I created a Wiki Page here[1] > >> > >> [1] http://lug-iitd.org/Mozilla_Meetup_Delhi_Feb2011 > >> > > > > We selected Facebook for its mass reach, the wiki page or any other > > alternate means of registration will only create confusion. There might > be > > few FOSSers who are not Facebook users, they can simply drop in at the > event > > and can send an email on the mailing lists (or contact the organiser, if > > they didnt get the information on a mailing list) about their > participation. > > Even a tweet works. > When I was on Facebook, I too thought that we can connect to a large no. > of users if we are on Facebook, but IMHO there is no point telling them > about FOSS, if we are making them use a closed platform like Facebook! > On a different note altogether, Facebook is probably one of the best examples of what FOSS can achieve for products and businesses, in a way. I also use it as an example of how FOSS can enable people (esp students) on building a product and scaling it/ensuring it lives. A lot of communication tools today are sadly closed platforms, shunning them is stupid. But, that is my personal opinion and you are entitled to yours. For me, Facebook is just a medium, just like Twitter, or Radio Channels or Television. Though an interactive one. > > > Thank you for taking the initiative of creating the wiki page. Please do > > mention on it that the organisers dont refer to it for handling user > > registrations, so while listing themselves on the page might be a good > idea, > > it will be prudent to register on the facebook event or contact the > > organiser or gate crash unannounced. > > > Thanks for the suggestion, added a note at > > <http://lug-iitd.org/Mozilla_Meetup_Delhi_Feb2011#You_are_Coming.3F> > I only see one problem with this wiki page now, the event has nothing to do with the LUG at IITD. It might make sense to be on Spread Firefox or the Mozilla Wiki, or on something totally unaffiliated like FOSSEvents.in or PBWiki, but I dont understand the relevance of this on the LUG-IITD wiki. No, it also doesnt fit on ILUGD or OSScamp or any similar initiative as well. This is not a FOSS event, its a social meetup. IMHO, any alternate means of registration will only create confusion, dilute registrations, create logistical bottlenecks. Like I previously said, I wouldnt want people not on Facebook to register here as well. I'd prefer they send out a tweet, or email, or gate crash. > > -- > Parin Sharma > https://identi.ca/FOSSmaniac > > "Privacy is ultimately about liberty while surveillance is always about > control" > -- > > -- > LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm > -- Kinshuk Sunil +919910024895 -- LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
