Hello,
Here are the minutes
Usual disclaimers apply - and my apologies if I have left anything out.
This was written in a hurry - so there might be typos,etc - you see - I
am busy preparing for my SAT II :)
....SAT II is a fight for retaining my geekdom - for i have got more in
SAT I Verbal than in SAT I Math :P
LOL :)
-iti-
sdg
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Minutes of the meeting of iLUG-Cal held on the 27th of October 2002.
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Timings: 16:00 (IST) on wards
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Venue: Ontrack Systems(P) Ltd.
276B Lake Gardens
Kolkata - 700045
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Meeting Tux: Amit Khan
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Minutes Tux: SDG
(Currently dual booting as Bangla Tux)
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OK, we had a meeting (heck - that's obvious)
with seven penguins turning up. The head count :
Indranil Dasgupta
Saugata Ghosh
PK Sharma
Raja Guha
Amit Khan
Amitabha Das
Sayamindu Dasgupta
This was probably one of the longest meets in the history
of the LUG - stretching for around 4 hours!! A lot of things
were discussed - all related to the COMPASS.
OnTrack has promised around 30%-50% of their stall space and
as a minimum, we are thinking about having 3 computers on display
and a single server that would be used for backup, etc.
It was also unanimously discussed that Mr. Raja Guha and Mr PK Sharma
would be the two co-ordinators for the event.
We would be going with an "expect the worse" attitude - and Mr. Sharma
has suggested that all the presentations, etc be submitted by end of
November. (er... OOo/KPresenter please). The files will be uploaded on
the site so that the members will be able to poke it with a stick, and
things like that. Also, we would follow an alternating pattern as far as
the presentations are concerned. For example, we would have
First Day - First Half - Linux for business
First Day - Second Half - Linux for the home
Second Day - First Half - Linux for the home
Second Day - Second Half - Linux for business
.. and so on.
Also, we are targeting to have a member enrollment drive during the
show. There will be a lucky draw system, where people who are enrolling
as members will be eligible for a draw - and set of CDs will be given
out as a prize. The prize will be announce real time on the website -
and this is also expected to draw traffic to the site. Another issue
considered was pamphlets. We are thinking of a A4 sized "chotha" where -
step by step instructions for installing Linux would be described, along
with a general idea about iLUG-Cal and some propaganda (er.. sorry -
advocacy;). Tathagata-da's name was proposed for this :).
We also had some pretty "wild" suggestions - like
* Chief guest (PM ??/President ??/CM ??) coming to the iLUG-Cal
stall and inaugurating the thing by popping a boot CD of
a distro into the box. ;)
* Utilizing the spectator seats of Netaji Indoor for holding
special interest group workshops :P.
* Inviting bunch of school kiddies into the thing. (Sayan thought
that the event is at Ice Skating Rink - and was very enthusiastic
about that... the school beside Ice Skating Rink ;)
However, this plan was ultimately ditched :D.
* Selling advocacy/propaganda books - but that too was ditched as
it is economically non-feasible.
We are also thinking about "Linux - It Works!!" T-Shirts at the event -
that would be a nice little publicity stunt ;). Also, all volunteers
would be required to wear Linux T-shirts at the event.
Regarding the volunteer co-ordinators (PK and Raja Guha), it was decided
that they will be extremely mean ;) - and should do whatever necessary
(physical violence included ;) to get the volunteers to work.
Also, this year, COMPASS is going to have a set of presentation slots
(2-3 hrs) at some auditorium. iLUG-Cal will be trying to get one of the
slots and hold a workshop like thingy (for assemblers (??).
Regarding sponsors, Ontrack has already promised space. However, for
other costs, we have not got anyone. IBM does not seem to be interested
- and the other alternative remains Red Hat and Samsung. If we do not
get sponsors, providing food (lunch) to the volunteers will not be
possible :-(. So, everyone is requested to think hard about this - and
suggest solutions.
Also, everyone is requested to suggest possible themes for
presentations, etc. And, *serious* volunteers are requested to come up -
and register themselves.
The final decision was that COMPASS would be used a spring board for
iLUG-Cal to jump into some sort of public recognition and if possible,
recognition - and we have decided to take full advantage of the Linux
ripple in the country - Govt of India announcement, etc.
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