I want to be in one of those sub-committees. Lets hope this enthusiasm stays on. I think we are an under rated organisation and this will help us getting media attention. -Saugata --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > After the last meeting in April at Rajib's place... > some of us Tathagata, Siddharta, Rajib, Amitabh and > myself over the post-meeting umpteenth cups of tea > had been discussing the possibility of resurrecting > our annual workshop/seminar/exhibition etc -- Linux > Interact 2002 targetted at September 2002 > > Now that things are finally moving along on a fast > track, IMHO the time has come to make these thoughts > public to all on the list... > > Lets start by looking at a 2 - 3 day event > > Proposed: Multi Track Programme -- > > - Targeting the New Users/Potential Users > - Targeting Potential Institutional Users like > Schools and Colleges > - Targeting the Corporate Segment, > - Targeting the Advanced User Community and > those involved in R & D > > We would require rough equivalents of: > > - Sponsorship sub-committee > - technical sub-committee > - exhibition sub-committee > - media relations sub-committee > > The General Responsibilites briefly outlined > > The Sponsership sub-committee would be looking at > getting sponsorships for the event. This would > include: > > - sponsorship for places for exhibition > - sponsorship for getting some big name guru to > attend the event as key-note speaker... (Sougata > mentioned something abt his plans to get RMS to > Calcutta sometime) > - sponsorship for covering misc. exhibition > costs > - sponsorship for advertisements in media > > The Technical Subcommittee would be looking in > getting the tech stuff for exhibition in place. This > can range from enlisting speakers, getting hold of > the presentations and slides, managing the support > functions to ensure everything runs on well-oiled > wheels > > The Exhibition Subcommittee would be looking into > organisation of the actual to-do. It would be > co-ordinating with all the other sub-committees to > ensure planning is carried thru to the final > execution. > > The Media Relations sub-committee would be focussed > towards creating awareness among the media at least > 2 months before the event. This group's activities > would be really crucial in drawing in the crowds. > The group should try to have articles published in > various newspapers and mags abt Linux in general and > ILUG-Cal in particular... and ensure coverage of the > actual event. > > The various TV news channels/production houses have > to be approached in advance to ensure TV coverage of > the event. Just a suggestion.. to the general people > User Groups like ours are a novelty.. so why not ask > them (TV channels) to cover one of our upcoming > meetings as part of a general interest story in some > news magazine program?? > > We need to approach the schools and colleges in the > months of July and August informing them and asking > them to send over their interested students. We need > to tap the user-base in JU and Rajabazar Science > College... they can be invited to send > deligates/exhibitors to the event. JU in particular > has been having a serious user-community inside the > campus... we shud also approach IIMC... > > We also need to invite the ppl from the IT industry > and seek their active participation.. better still > if we have a few IT companies demo-ing their > products and services at our exhibition. Some time > back I had come to know that some of the COMPASS > folks had expressed serious interest in > participating in workshop style programmes on > Linux... afterall more assembled PCs or local > branded PCs that gets shipped with Linux > installed... more power to the Source!!! :-) > > Just a few thots that I felt shud be shared at this > moment when everyone is really excited abt getting > ILUG-Cal rolling ahead with full steam... we would > need at least 3 - 4 months to work all these out... > so lets get cracking... what say??? > > cheers, > --indra. > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
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