On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 2:57 PM, FOSSmaniac <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/16/2011 02:27 PM, Kinshuk Sunil wrote: > > 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. > Discussing more about this here wouldn't be right, we can discuss this > offline or a on different thread! > > > >> > >>> 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. > > > To me too at once it appeared to be a bit irrelevant but IMHO if sharing > it on LUG@IITD ML is relevant so is having a wiki page for it! > An email thread is an information broadcast. The email only points you to the correct places. Provides you relevant information. Having a wiki page is no problem at all. Having a wiki page with registrations, creates duplicacy and confusion. You need to understand such things before jumping the gun. > > 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. > > > I have edited it but still if you and more people any objection to this, > I will delete it! > > -- > 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
