>
> * I think that the most important point that the people wanting to do
> this need to address is why do they want to take over Freed.in. Please
> do not see this as a dog-in-the-manger attitude: I would be most happy
> to see a new lease of life for Freed.in, but would question whether
> people have thought through the matter:
> - IMHO, the time is ripe for a new event in India that can take
> over what FOSS.in was doing in the last few years.
>
We can revisit it again nth time , in fact the last meeting started by
asking why do you need it ?
However, such a developer-oriented event has been far from the
> focus of Freed.in, though Freedel was indeed close to this. IMHO,
> people should consider whether they want to revive Freedel rather
> than Freed.in.Or, start a new conference, hmm, let us call it
> maybe noname-conf?
>
Freed.in or anything is ok with me too.
- My (again, very personal) opinion is that the FOSS developer
> community in India is not yet strong enough to support such an
> event, without adequate planning from the side of the organisers.
> This does not mean that such an event is not worth doing, but
> that it needs more of an organisational effort.
>
agreed
> * I am also surprised at the fact that people seem to be ready to jump
> into a major event without any lead-up. IMHO, a good plan would have
> been to start with smaller, more-focused events, which let the organisers
> gauge interest in such a developer-oriented event, and gain experience
> in organising events. Why does it seem that this was not even discussed?
>
this was discussed and what came up in the end was we need to have the
Advocacy talks/events in colleges in and around NCR .
> * One point, re an item in the minutes: "Satyakam suggested
> that the reasons to have an event like Freed.in are different than
> the reasons that we are going to tell the prospective sponsors as
> sponsors are looking for benefits. Reasons like FOSS advocacy,
> etc. are not what they'll be interested in. "
>
well ask the way it was put from people present , i definitively emphasized
the point but not with a negative connotation, or said we should lie to
sponsors .
I find this attitude unbelievable for people purportedly interested
> in freedom and openness, and I would also hope that the above
> was not the actual attitude. However, if true, I for one am going
> to be vehemently against such an event. Not to mince words, the
> above is basically lying to sponsors to get money, and at least
> IMHO, it would be better if Freed.in died rather than it morph into
> such an event.
>
its ok do not overreact to something you were not party to .
* I would also take issue with various reminiscences about Freed.in, as
> noted in the minutes, but that is not important right now, and I will
> approach the right people with a clue-bat in this regard.
>
again this one is uncalled for .
-Satya
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