Hello everyone, The iLug-Cal Meeting of Saturday, March 4th at Barrista, Park Street from 6:00pm to 7:30 pm, was attended by the following members (pardon me, if I misspelled someone's name)
1. Soumyanath Chatterjee 2. Nazmunnisa 3. Prashant Verma 4. A. Mani 5. Indranil Das Gupta 6. Dipankar Das 7. Surendra Singhi Since, I am writing the summary, it will have my bias. If I have misunderstood something or misrepresented something or was factually incorrect then please correct it. Also, I am introducing the idea of Champions (not discussed with anyone) in this mail, from my past experience with other open source communities. A Champion as the word suggests will be the torch bearer of an idea or primarily responsible for its completion, his responsibilities will include coordinating the activities required for the task, communicating with other members, submitting proposals, explaining things to the proletariat, etc. ultimately ensuring the goal is successfully achieved. The champion will be helped by Knights :) If the above sounds silly, then I am open to suggestion/discussion. The decisions which were taken at the meeting are following: 1. Getting iLug-cal registered as a cooperative, at the municipality or state level. The constitution/MOA of iLug-Delhi will be used as a model. Open a bank account. Champion - Soumyanath Chatterjee, Knights - Indranil Das Gupta, Prashant Verma 2. Following up on WBUT venue. Champion - Nazmunnisa, Probable Knight - Indranil Das Gupta 3. Website face-lift and updation. Adding option of customizable themes. Champion - A. Mani, Knights - Any volunteers? 4. Meet on first Saturday of every month, preferably sharp at 6:00pm. Ideas/future activities 1. Catch 'em Young - Getting different schools involved in using Linux in their curricula, remove FUD. Both Dipankar da, and Indranil da had some ideas and contacts in various schools which will can help in this regard. The management could be persuaded, as migration to Linux will result in cost savings. Students can be shown the array of things which Linux and Open Source makes easy. (main stumbling block will be incentivising the teachers to accept the change) Champion - Dipankar Das, Knights - Indranil Das Gupta, other volunteers? 2. Linux Training for Hardware vendors and technicians. Go through some training institutes, and help them conduct Linux courses, with potential iLug-Cal certification. Maintain and promote a list of iLug cal recommended Hardware Vendors, etc. Champions - Indranil Das Gupta and Prashant Verma. Knight - Dipankar Das 3. Spread information and awareness about iLug-Cal and in colleges such as Jadavpur, Shibpur, in other schools, colleges, and elsewhere. Champions - Soumyanath Chatterjee and Surendra Singhi, Knights - Each and every member of iLug-Cal Extra: And several other things. Cheers. -- Surendra Singhi http://ssinghi.kreeti.com,http://www.kreeti.com -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
