On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Kinshuk Sunil <[email protected]>wrote:
> *** > on the other hand, i have some inputs for the planned activity as well. i > am not sure if this is the right place for it, now. > > 1. i, personally, do not prefer glamorous names like "HackerNight". What we > are doing is a Hackathon/BOF/Sprint (see there are already too many names > for the same thing). I suggest simply calling it a Sprint or some other > existing name of organiser's preference; helps avoid a lot of confusion. > It can be called anything one wishes,Sprint,etc. HackNight was for some reason self-explanatory. > 2. is this a one time activity, or will it happen regularly over time ? > We are experimenting.Though there are plans for future, one step at a time. > 3. a venue with infrastructure for such offline access is going to be a > problem, especially since it is going to be overnight. i might have missed > it in the discussions, but do we have it covered? > In the last Python Users Group at Sarai,CSDS,this was discussed.Hopefully we can look at that as a possibility. > > 4. aside: at drupal 7 release party, pratul and I built fossprojects.in as > a directory of indigenous projects (partly inspired by fossevents.in and > partly interested in building a sample website with drupal during the > event). since then its just lying around with me and pratul not focussing on > it much. it can be a good platform to organise list such projects, vote on > them, join teams and develop. > It would be better if it is integrated with the LUG-Delhi makeover that is being talked about.Again the focus is to kick the Delhi folks into some kind of activity.I see HackNight as a part of it.And so far,the response has been good.We just need to get together now. -- ~GAURAV LUTHRA~ -- LUG@IITD - http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
