peekay wrote:
ok .. here goes the start of a 'white paper' .. feel free to add .. and once all the ideas are in one post, maybe we can hammer out an elephant out of the five different perceptions of the wise indian ;-)
try not to comment on other persons view .. leave it to saugat to finalise vis a vis the opportunity (compass200X, BF200X,)
if parameter is to be increase .. do that please .. add new items in a structured way ..
(A) H/W :
1. Number
pks - 10 (6 laptops 4 desktops)
good. add some of your antique p1s too.
saugata - soumyadip - manas - arin - prosun pradhan - indra -
2. Specs :
pks - p4/2.4ghz/80mbHdd/256MbRam/Dvd/Fdd/Usb (avoid mentioning the std
mouse/kybd/multimedia/lan/modem
more variety required here. AMD, P3s, low-ends
Utility specific posters too. LOts of ilug-members can join in. It is better to avoid showing any of the wall papers / fabric.
00. Others : pks - video projector, screen,
---------------------------------------------- (B) SPACE :
1. Stalls - pks - contiguous 3 or more stalls of 3m long 2m deep
2. Talk Area - pks - mini hall 20 seater, big hall 100 seater, auditorium 500 seater (rms kind of speaker .. high hopes ! ;-D )
3. Poster Display -
pks - ONE large poster and ONE ilug-cal details .. maybe a list of topics
covered by ilug-cal discussions
00. Other -
------------------------------------------------- (C) VOLUNTEERS :
1. Full time - pks - at least two always present (maybe rotating basis)
2. Part time- pks - 6 more to handle crowds
00. Other - pks - suggesters, organisers, critics, commentators, geniuses,
------------------------------------------------------- (D) TARGET :
1. Hi-fi - pks - network admins, bpo's,
2. Power Users - pks - pro's for specific fields (not defining .. depends of flavour of EXPO)
3. Students - pks - a burgeoning population .. developer kind .. also university, college, school
4. Common Man - pks - people who need free of cost OS & apps .. who want to use it painlessly
5. Dumb PC users incl. pirates.
00. Others - pks - elderly or senior citizens who want to be able to 'afford' cheaper investments in pc
----------------------------------------- (E) OBJECTIVES :
1. Awareness - pks - accurate picture of capacity of this OS, its apps, its trends, etc (no 'recommending' any brand please !)
Each volunteer must be free to recommend his/her distro options.
Why don't some of us form a light active support group for intending/new desktop users (with some support charges).
2. Support - pks - clear and precise answers on what kind of help can be got from ilug-cal and from where
Some h/w charts can be made. There are lots of people in the WBUT list I believe.
3. Membership - pks - no 'drive' as such .. but generally making people 'want' to join
4. Trends - pks - generic trends which appear to be way to go as on that point of time
5. Pitfalls - pks - clearly informing the outer limits or capacities of things
7. Contacts - pks - clear pointers to list, website, people, meetings, chats
Some key indications should suffice.
00. Others - pks - any item not covered above comes here
THE OTHER LIST which was decided
------------------------------------------- (Z) OTHER :
1. {topic}
2. {etc}
THIS IS INDICATORY only .. it is NOT a COMPREHENSIVE document .. let's try to create some structure and get things a bit organised ..
help is needed .. freedom is everyone's right
A. Mani Member, Cal. Math. Soc
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