> at bottom :- > > On 07/08/2018, Kumar Appaiah <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 08:19:49AM +0530, Rigved Rakshit wrote: > >> Thanks everyone for submitting the bid for DebConf in India. > >> > >> If we are thinking of IIT Mumbai as a venue for DebConf 20, then we need > >> to > >> make sure that IIT Mumbai gives us solid WiFi and mobile carrier signals > >> in > >> the campus. During the Mini-DebConf there, we had big issues with > >> internet > >> connectivity. This is something which we can easily fix with help of > >> current students. > > > > As someone who works in IIT Bombay and a member of Debian, I can make > > this happen. We have quite a big operation in IITB with regard to FOSS > > push, and Debian is one of our major work items. >
True, our experience with IIT Mumbai (and FOSSEE team) was amazing and organized 4-5 OpenSource events (including MIniDebConf) in last couple of years and all went well. As mentioned by Rigved, there was few challenge from the connectivity point of view, which I believe we can address very smartly, since we have enough time to plan. My company is working in the domain of Wireless Network/Internet, so getting a dedicated high speed Fiber connectivity for the event won't be a challenge. > > >> We have good volunteer numbers in Pune and Mumbai combined, for on the > >> ground support before the event (if it does happen). Also, Mumbai has > >> many > >> hotels to accommodate a large contingent and the IIT campus is large > >> enough > >> to accommodate multiple parallel tracks. Plus, we have many good > >> sightseeing places nearby the city. > > > > Indeed. I'll be happy to facilitate and participate. > > > > Kumar > > -- > > Kumar Appaiah > > > > > > We would be counting on you Kumar as well as people from IIT-B, people > from Mumbai LUG for your co-operation in making this a reality but > first we would need to do whole lot of minidebconfs to increase the > bench-strength and making people more aware about Debian and free > software practices. > I completely agree with you, we will be able to schedule 1-2 MiniDebConf in Mumbai before 2020. @rigved , @lugmum team, I think we should initialize this in our next Monthly meeting. > > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल > My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com > EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 > > -- Siji Sunny -- https://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
