Ahoy, --- Sandip Bhattacharya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > LA and LB? There is a competition? I had no clue, > honestly. I dont see > how either - there are too few Linux based events > happening in the > country, and my feeling is that the more the better! Yeah, the only trouble is that the too few events themselves are fragmented. There IS a popular feeling that this is what is happening. > Snuggle up to LA? LA is a vendor-targetted meet > where ILUGD is more of a > "guest" given certain lollipops to stay happy. How > many ILUGD members > feel emotionally attached to LA anyway? > Exactly. This isnt/wasnt well known to the general public at all. Due to any number of reasons.. > LB being more community based (from what I have > read. I might be wrong > coz' I have never been there), it is a world apart > in the first place. You're right, it IS more community oriented. But the very fact that it is so, and the community doesn't want to support it is the problem. > Have people working out these conspiracy theories > ever considered > distance and cost to be a factor? Four days > to-and-fro travel by train > for a three day meet? or big bucks for a return > flight? > The point here isn't that you *have to go ahead and travel the distance to participate. But, as a very relevant email on the LB'05 list points out - almost 30% of the janta who shows up is outstation.. > For most people regional events are more suitable, > and feasible. We need > more events througout the country, not consolidation > of events. Regional events are good, but they need to scale to the international level. Gathering crowds is ok, but the content needs to be great as well. Which is why people from around the world/country need to attend it, and speak/give out their comments on issues and technologies. And isn't this where a regional organization like a LUG has a major role to play? Doesnt it make sense for other such 'regional' entities to participate with them? No one's trying to consolidate here - its just that things happen that way. It wouldn't make sense for a guy from Pune to attend only the Bombay events, or the delhite to attend only the ilugd events. Irrespective of whether you can physically attend the event - your opinions/suggestions would go a long way in making it a success. Viksit -- Viksit Gaur Deptt. of CS&E, Yale University http://viksit.com ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
