Hi..
Cool Idea, IMHO.
> There are a lot of colleges around
> Delhi/Noida/Gurgaon/Faridabad and beyond
> the pale.
>
> I suspect a lot of students are on the list.
Possibly. But even if they are not, why don't we get
some sort of a strategy to actually contact those
colleges and see how many of them have inhouse LUGs,
failing which we could help them set it up.
[Set it up, in the sense that they could come down for
a mega meet sometime, and generally get introduced to
the idea of LUG meetings and how they're beneficial.]
With more Mini-LUGs in and around (which could maybe
be affliated to ilugd as a parent LUG or something),
you'd have intra meetings, which would give a boost to
the dwindling numbers of interested people.
*) Another suggestion - Apart from just Discussions of
stuff, or presentations/demos of something, have a
monthly competition of some sort? The Dev meet could
have a programming challenge, the ilugd meet could
have something more oriented towards the average user
- best desktop, Linux Gaming challenges, GIMP art,
Blender Art.. the possiblities are endless.
IMHO, we should dichotomize the evangelism track, and
assume that a large number of people ARE using Linux.
In which case, apart from having introductory stuff
for newbies and/or new technologies, have something in
which the average guy/girl can contribute to.
<I know this was in the offing a LOONG time back, but
I have no idea what happened about it. redirect flames
>> /dev/null :)>
*) Secondly, formalize the ILUG hierarchy. Apart from
having more clout when signing a letter or certificate
of appreciation as <PutDesignationHere> of ILUG-D, it
also allows members to hold some sort of position.
Then, a kind of constitution could be established,
such that the memberships, meetings, minutes etc are
taken down and filed. A good example is the Tokyo LUG
and the NY-LUG.
They're still pretty informal in their outlook..
pizza, soda, et al. But the existence of a proper
structure allows them more leverage.
Plus, sponsorship money (for various things.. )could
be looked at from places like IBM (in Gurgaon). Being
a huge Linux advocate, they would definitely help out.
(Raj, Kishore.. Comments? :) - AFAIK, we (atleast me)
forget to contact the companies in the satellite
towns)
*) Random thought - If we form a non profit
organization, does the Government give us grants etc
to propogate Linux? (like they do to NGOs?)
Just some thoughts!
Cheers,
Viksit
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