Hi, It has been more than 2 years [1] since the Linux India mailing list was started. A lot has changed in this time. Several regional Indian Linux Users Groups (ILUGs) have sprung up. An issue of Linux Magazine even went as far as saying that India was third or fourth, world-wide, in terms of number of LUGs! Linux India has been operating so far as a group of, to borrow a phrase, "communicating individuals". The time has come to formalize Linux India as some sort of organization. That is why we, the sort of "founding communicating individuals" of Linux India are writing to you [2]. Over the coming month we plan to hold a discussion about how Linux India can be formalized, what it stands for, and what its interaction with the various ILUGs should be. To ensure equal representation and high signal to nice ratio we have decided to hold these discussions in a private, closed mailing list. Could each ILUG please discuss this in your mailing lists and nominate ONE person who will represent your ILUG in this Linux India formalization mailing list. Please email the email address of your ILUG's representative to [EMAIL PROTECTED] before Aug 12, 2000. We would like the mailing list to begin deliberations by Aug 15, a day of special significance to India. As for the "founding communicating individuals" - KD has volunteered to spearhead the legal efforts to register Linux India. Arun Sharma and Thaths will also participate in the discussions. The three of us will, generally, abstain from voting on ballots. We will cast our votes in case there is a deadlock. Thanks. Sincerely, Arun Sharma KD Thaths [1] The actual date of formation of LI are lost in the mists of time. [2] We are sending this email, as far as possible, to the individual ILUG mailing list wherever possible. We are emailing the coordinators listed in the www.linux-india.org site for the ILUGs which don' have a listed mailing list. -- Homer: Mel Gibson is just a guy Marge, no different than me or Lenny. Marge: Were you or Lenny ever named Sexiest Man Alive? Homer: Hmmm, I'm not certain about Lenny ... Sudhakar C13n http://www.aunet.org/thaths/ Lead Indentured Slave ------------------------------------------------ The mailing list archives are available at http://lists.linux-india.org/cgi-bin/wilma/linux-delhi
