On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Anupam Jain <ajn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well that's my point about informality. Meetings should be just > meetings with a specific agenda but without presentations and > presentors. A BOF meeting like that can be very successful with > anywhere between 3-10 people. >
Well that seems like a excellent idea ! Let's do it .However , if you need this meetings to be successful , these *3-10* can't be same people that are there always for years !, The meetings currently see same people with different hairstyles every time !, We need different people for different BOF's , Everybody can't be present every week ! > Agreed. I say we throw around a whole bunch of ideas on BOF meeting > topics, gauge interest and hold several of them every month. A few > topics (off the top of my head) that I am personally interested in > right now. Hold a BOF and I'll be there (schedule permitting) - > > 1. FOSS document sharing and publishing. Especially an alternative to PDF. > 2. Any web dev topics PHP/RoR/Python, AJAX, anything. > 3. FOSS platforms suitable for embedded systems. OpenMoko, Android. > Embedded Forth/Erlang/Scheme/Python. > 4. FOSS Functional programming. Haskell, Erlang, Scheme. > 5. Foss alternatives for shared Calendars, shared code development, > shared todo lists, milestone and task management. > 6. What's up in Ubuntu/Debian. Ubuntu 9.04. > 7. Gnome roadmap. Gnome translations into local languages. Getting a > better user experience in Gnome (install Thunar, AWN, and global menu > bar!) > 8. What's up with Firefox? What's up with Chrome? What's up with > Epiphany and Dillo? > 9. New advances in Javascript engines. V8. Tracemonkey. > 10. FOSS based massive information management. Search engines. > > Great list !, Anupam as you are continously in and out of delhi , Would request you to choose one day when you are present in delhi and formally (in a informal manner) announce this BOF meeting on that day!, Let's do it and guage the number of participants , Let us know if you need our help in any manner. With Regards Gaurav Mishra Co-founder - Media Redefined - " A social media branding & consulting studio. " # Web: http://www.mediaredefined.com # Blog: http://www.gmishra.com # Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmishra # LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravmishra7 # Phone: +91.9911264089 _______________________________________________ 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/
