Hi,
We had a meeting last Thu., 11/10, to analyse Freed
2007. Sorry for the delay in sending these minutes,
especially as some important decisions were taken, but
here they are:
1. The structure of the Freed organising committee will
be majorly revamped:
o Besides a core group, a much more active second
layer of organisers will be set up, using the
freed mailing list. Most organisational work will
actually happen here, and the core group will only
make sensitive decisions, such as those relating
to sponsorship, and finances.
o Direct employees of sponsoring organisations will
no longer be part of the core group so as to avoid
conflicts of interest.
I hasten to add here that this has nothing to do
with the organising of Freed 2007, and I will go on
record as saying that without the involvement of
Ms. Valsa Williams, the event would not have been
nearly the success that it was. We do hope that she
will continue to be part of the larger organising
group.
o Any member of ILUG-D can nominate themselves to be
part of the core Freed organising group, but a
decision will be taken by voting within the ILUG-D
office bearers.
2. Freed 2008 is fixed for Fri./Sat., 22nd/23rd Feb.,
and will again be held at JNU. Please mark your
calendars. Some ideas about the event:
o Use independent sub-committees to handle different
tasks. These will report to the main organising
committee, but not everyone needs to be involved
in everything.
o We were successful, as usual, at getting students
to attend the event. However we need more outreach
efforts aimed at NGOs, government bodies, and other
non-profit organisations that are part of our target
group.
o Have fewer tracks, and more focussed, higher-quality
talks. Tentative areas of interest for the Feb. 2008
event:
- Multimedia
- Games
- Content development?
- Education?
3. Kapil Dua is writing a new conference management application,
with a first version due the first week of Nov.
o Raj Mathur: Specifications for application
o Niyam Bhushan: Interface design
4. We will actively approach various people from outside Delhi
to be remote organisers, participating in things like talk
selection, outreach, etc. If you would like to nominate
yourself for this, please send mail to the freed mailing
list (copied on this message).
Regards,
Gora
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