Hi, Over the past few months the traffic on the mailing list has been low and so has the turnout at the LUG meets. It must have also become difficult to find speakers for the monthly meets.
Recently I came across the IIIT students LUG mailing list <students.iiit.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/lug> and found that their mailing list has moderate traffic (good quality) and they also have high quality meets <http://students.iiit.ac.in/tech/lug/wiki/index.php/Current_events>. Another interesting aspect to learn is that all their projects are released under OSI-approved licenses. So I was wondering if we folks could collaborate with the IIIT Lug? This topic had come up before <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ilughyd/message/17684> but nothing concrete seems to have come out of the proposal. I believe by collaborating we will be able to revive interest not only in our LUG but also among the students. It would also be a good learning opportunity for both the sides. About modalities of such a joint meet, my personal opinion would be to have a meet every month for 6 months at IIIT and for the rest at our LUG. Another advantage I see of collaborating with the IIIT Lug would be the increase in attendance of students especially from the HCU (who off late have been showing great enthusiasm in attending the meets that go deep into nights). Cheers Thejaswi Puthraya
