GUESS WE FINALLY HAVE SOME ORDER IN THE CHAOS.
I agree with most of this. Though I think separate
local LUGS are impractical at this time (read size).
An IRC type channel is a great idea for scheduled
discussions (say on a decided topic)
If you guys need any suggestions for the site I will
give those. Wish I knew enough html to help. (maybe
I'll learn)
Karan
---------------------------------------------------
--- "G.Sagar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Glad to see this thread has jolted a lotta people
> out of their stupour. The
> sudden flurry of activity and traffic on our ML is a
> sign of good health.
>
> My few cents based on the various opinions of the
> list members -
>
> 1. Most people seem to be against collecting a fixed
> amount, and their
> reasoning seems plausible. So let us have a
> voluntary contribution (as
> Nagarjun suggests). No pressure, no accountability,
> no finger pointing.
>
> 2. We can ask for the contribution from time to time
> as expenses come up.
> Right now its 1500/- for domain registeration. The
> next expense could be
> registering our LUG as a society. Dont know how much
> thats gonna cost tho,
> IANAccountant.
>
> 3. Please get new members to the meet. It absolutely
> does not matter whether
> the person is linux aware, or a Windows advocate, or
> whatever. I am positive
> that by the end of the meet, the person would have
> his/er grey cells working
> overtime. And hey, at the least get your
> girlfriend/wife to the meet, as a
> jolly outing !! (wish i could get mine, but she's in
> moscow ;-)
>
> 3. Venue: let us stick to HBCSE. For one, it is
> accessible from any part of
> Bombay/New Bombay. Second, it is a nice cozy place
> with a good seminar hall,
> and its also the unofficially designated venue for
> ILUG-Bom activities. We
> have members coming from South mumbai, western
> suburbs, thane, new bombay
> etc. It absolutely does not make sense to keep
> shifting the venues to suit
> the convenience of members. It is not an everyday
> event. We meet once in a
> month or month and a half. I am sure that as busy as
> one might be, devoting
> a day for the ilug-bom meet once in a month should
> not be an issue, even if
> it involves travelling that extra bit to reach
> HBCSE.
> And for everyone's information, it is a very
> expensive seminar hall that is
> usually rented out to corporates. Nagarjun has made
> a special request to the
> director of HBCSE for giving it to us for free, for
> our meets. I would say,
> come once, and im sure you'll like it.
>
> 5. As for specific projects, the lug memebers would
> sure be travelling to
> the specific venue. Eg's: seminar at VJTI, seminar
> at TIS, the next project
> at ISCKON (hopefully), etc etc. But these are
> specific projects and not
> meets.
>
> 6. Areawise lugs - I am of the opinion that as long
> as it does not break up
> ILUG-Bom and affect its activities, no problem.
> Moreover, if something
> interesting is being done by an area-lug, the list
> members should be kept
> posted on that.
>
> 7. As for the online community, right now we are
> connected only via the ML.
> How about having a #ILUG-Bom or something like that
> (hey Prakash, are'nt you
> a TCC at talkcity ?? Can you do something about it
> ?? And Satya, how about
> talking to a few CSA's and CCC's at talkcity ?? Im
> way out of touch with
> most of them.). Kiran, can you arrange for an irc
> channel for us at undernet
> ?
> Any other suggestions ?
>
> 8. We need to spice up our website which has
> stagnated itself to death.
> Someone please take it up. We can put up howto's and
> work-arounds and cool
> stuff that list members have done.
>
> Thats about it for now. Expect bouquets, brickbats >
> /dev/null ;-)
>
> Cheerio,
> Sagar.
>
> To subscribe / unsubscribe goto the site
> www.ilug-bom.org ., click on the mailing list button
> and fill the appropriate information
> and submit. For any other queries contact the ML
> maintener
>
____________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk
or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
To subscribe / unsubscribe goto the site www.ilug-bom.org ., click on the mailing list
button and fill the appropriate information
and submit. For any other queries contact the ML maintener
