Hi , I remember in 2006 summer , I had attended a meetup in banjara hills . Dont remember the place . But I had given an old email address .
I never heard of any activity from them . But here was an interesting meetup and a metion of 'twincling' whatever they meant ! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Diyanat Ali <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 2:57 AM Subject: [linuxhyd] Minutes of the Linux Resurrection Meetup 04 July 2010 To: [email protected] Dear Linux Enthusiasts We finally met on Sunday 04 July for the Linux resurrection meetup and out of 10 RSVP 6 of us showed up and that a good number to start with. The meeting lasted for about and hour with everyone doing their introduction followed by discussion on the agenda. The following Linux Enthusiasts attended the meetup 1) Mahesh Patil 2) Ram Narayan 3) Santosh Kumar 4) Naga Srimanyau 5) Pavan Mareddy 6) Diyanat Ali Points discussed were ( taken from Dr. Pavans Comments) 1)The name of the group will reamin same-HLMG 2)Decision on future meetup venue-short term and long term. 3)Categorisation of members in future. 4)To bring similar groups onto a common platform for knowledge sharing. (thanks Srimanyu for the input on Twincling) 5)To get in touch with memebrs of similar group through email and phone calls-to collectivelt work for common goal rather than disconcerted efforts. 6)Discussed reasons behind the success and failure of meetups-why some groups are hit and some miss the target. 7)Involvement of student community in future meetups. 8)The group actively shared their experiences . Additionally I have noted the following points: 1) Srimanyu suggested that there are other Linux meetup groups already existing in hyderabad like the twin cities linux group and we need to approach them for the common cause and bring everyone under the linux umbrella. 2) Mahesh suggested A survey to be taken to know the interests and skill level of the participants. This will let us know what to deliver so that the interests of the group is addressed. A survey will be uploaded shortly 3) We will use social media to popularize linux in hyderabad and we already have the facebook page and twitter account created as under Facebook Page : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hyderabad-Linux-Meetup-Group/132094596825025 Twitter Account: http://twitter.com/linuxhyd these links have beed added to the meetup group as well. 4) We will identify good linux professionals from hyderabad to speak at various meetups in future and at the same time mobilize atleast 100 users attend such meetups. 5) We all have promised to contribute to the group. Commitment and Consistency in holding meet-ups is the key take this initiative forward and we need more helping hands to come forward and contribute. 6) few tasks as under have been assigned to the following a) Naga Srimanyu will speak with the Twin cities linux group to see how we can come together b) Ram Narayan will speak with the ILUG hyd chapter for the same c) Diyanat will create the social media accounts and create the survey d) everyone promised to put in the 2 C's Commitment and Consistency for a year to achieve some results e) a target of 7 or more meetups and at least 100 active users have been set till the year end 7) Next meetup will be on 08 August 2010 at Hotel Kshetra, Saifabad from 10 Am to 11:30 AM. Please RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/linuxhyd/calendar/14001038/ regards Diyanat -- pavithran http://www.look-pavi.blogspot.com
