*Free Software Workshop **for NGOs and** Civil Society Groups*
*Effectively compute and communicate in your local language using free and** open source software tools **and techniques* *NGO In a Box** **Workshop* *November 20-22,2009 - Chennai ** * *Call for Participation* *What is NGO in a Box?* NGO-in-a-box is a collection of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools selected for use by non-profit organizations,along with workshops conducted to help users effectively deploy the software in their organizations.The software is distributed in down-loadable form and as a physical set of cd's. *This is a Call for participants* for our *9th* workshop. Make use of this free software workshop to enrich your knowledge and help your organization effectively leverage free software without the licensing hassles. Learn about free software components and methodologies and how to enable it in your everyday work. *All participants will be expected to bear their own travel costs.Training and food is free for all participants.* For details of our previous workshops, visit http://ngoinabox.mahiti.org *Organizers:* This workshop is being organized jointly by CWDR,Chennai http://www.cwdr.org.in/ and Mahiti Infotech,Bangalore. http://ngoinabox.mahiti.org *Participant profile:** *This event is geared towards NGOs and similar civil groups who have a need to migrate from proprietary software to open source alternatives. System integrators and consultants who provide IT support to NGO's are encouraged to participate. The workshop will cover the following broad domains: *Free and** Open Source Software*: · Introduction to Linux based distributions Fedora, Ubuntu. · Open Office Tools. · Internet Tools (firefox, pidgin, thunderbird). · Desktop publishing (GIMP, scribus, inkscape), Web publishing(CMS, blogs). *Indian Language Support*: · Problems and issues related to use of non-standard/proprietary fonts and tools. · Status of current support for Indian languages. · Set up, and customisation for Indian language desktops · Becoming an active member of the community, and contributing back. Discussions on getting support, creating active groups/community out of participants and creating similar groups in their locality/work space. *Date and Place:** *This event will be held in Chennai,India from November 20-22, 2009. *Venue:* Asha Nivas, 9.Rutland Gate 5th Street, Chennai- 600 006 Phone: 044-28333311, 28330772 (Rutland Gate road is opposite to Taj Coromandal Hotel) Outstation Participants have to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. If you wish to stay at the Venue contact Asha Nivas Directly. There are only limited number of seats. Those who are interested go the website and fill the online application form: http://ngoinabox.mahiti.org/apply Our email [email protected] or [email protected] For any questions or clarifications contact : Balakrishnan : +91-98400 79671 Rajeev Nair : +91-96113-44374 Mahiti Infotech Pvt. Ltd. # 33-34, Hennur Cross Hennur Main Road Bangalore, India - 560043 Phone: +91 80 4148 5080/1 41150580/1 Mobile: 096113 44374 E mail: [email protected]<http://us.mc343.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> *Centre for Women's Development and Research* *23.Jayaram Street, Vasanth Apartments 'D'* *Kuppam Beach Road, Thiruvanmiyur* *Chennai- 600041, India* *Phone: 0091-44-24455868* *Email: [email protected]* On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Bharathi Subramanian < [email protected]> wrote: > ILUGC Monthly Meet (Nov 14th):- > ============================== > > Time : Sat Nov 14th 15:00 IST 2009 (**3PM**) > Venue: ADI-TeNeT Seminar Hall, > Room No: CSD 320, > Electrical Science Block (ESB), > IIT-Madras. > > Map: http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/locn-map.php > (Our Meet is @ CSD Block of ESB) > > > Talk 1: SpamCheetah > Speaker : Girish Venkatachalam > Duration: 45 min > > SpamCheetah is an OpenBSD based spam control LiveCD that does not even > allow spam to come in. This approach is refreshingly different from > traditional content scanning methods. This talk will look into the > internal design of this open source product and also analyze how it > does load sharing and fail-over to give 99% uptime. We will also take > a brief look at the business side of SpamCheetah. > > Link: http://spam-cheetah.com/spamcheetah-internals.pdf > > > > Talk 2: Web Scraping with Python > Speaker : Raji Seetharaman > Duration: 30 min > > Web Scraping is a technique used to retrieve information from web > pages. In this talk, speaker will share her experience with web > scraping using Python language and explain the Explore, Download and > Parse steps involved in web scraping. > > Links: > 1. http://www.packtpub.com/article/web-scraping-with-python > 2. http://www.packtpub.com/article/web-scraping-with-python-part-2 > > > > Talk 3: Hudson: Continuous Integration Tool > Speaker : Bhuvaneswaran A > Duration: 45 min > > The Hudson is used to automate the build process. We may configure a > maven or ant based build system with Hudson. It has the ability to > administer and manage those builds smartly. > > Abstract of the session: > > * Overview > * Hudson presentation > * Hudson plug-ins > * Integrating Hudson with Webtest > * Demo on setting up jobs in Hudson > > Link: https://hudson.dev.java.net/ > > HTH :) > -- > Bharathi S > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with > "unsubscribe <password> <address>" > in the subject or body of the message. > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
