On 01-May-07, at 2:44 PM, peekay wrote: > come on kenneth .. india is a large country .. only 50 members > cannot be enough for making it *THE* gathering point ..
it is around 40-50 at a time - but total number of people visiting would be over a hundred. And i can safely say that most of the active luggers in India frequent the place. > > like local lugs, linux-india on freenode is also another 'gathering > point' (i used "flocking point" .. not much different in sense really) the strength is in local lugs - but given that only 3 are really active, people from smaller places find #li a good place to meet. > > as long as it is not being looked upon by indian linux users as > a central organization to whose diktat, rulings, guidelines or > even suggestions local lugs comply voluntarily, compulsorily > or due to any other 'linkage', it cannot be called *THE* > (one and only) central indian body for linux users from india there is no organisational structure, no diktats and rulings - but more and more it is becoming *the* focal point > > i guess things are not what each local lug wants them to be > (i think that they will not be so either .. we are toooo diverse > to unify under ONE banner !) i agree - we will never be unified under one banner. The loose structure of #li is as far as we will get. But #li *is* functioning and a lot of local and pan-indian initiatives spring from it. > > over to you .. this needs to be resolved/understood .. since > this touches all lugs .. OR .. remain unresolved and open > > i don't have fixed notions on this any more .. drop in and see for yourself -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/
