Dear Sameer, Thank you for placing me as a member of ILUG Cochin. However due to lots of engagements I am not able to attend to the monthly meetings. I hope matters shall get better by June. But, nevertheless I have been reading most of the mails sent by members and enjoying it every bit.
wth best regards Ranjit Abraham > Warm Greetings To The FOSS Community, > > We are holding our regular meeting for May on Sunday, 25th May 2008. > The Details are as follows > > Date : 25/5/2008, Sunday > Time : 2pm - 5:30pm > Venue : > Internet Club > IInd Floor, AMI Trust Bldg, > Broadway Enclave > Broadway, > Kochi-682031 > i.e. > Behind Allappat Super Shoppe, > On top of SBT Treasury wing, > > A Map showing the venue is available at : > > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/content/view/31/ > > Feel Free to call the numbers below > for any further information > Tel:+91 9995717112 ( Coordinator ) > Tel:+91 484 2374862 ( Venue ) > Tel:+91 484 4025077 ( Venue ) > > Meeting Agenda : " DRM - A threat to our Freedom " > (proposed) > > As we all know DRM or Digital Rights(Restrictions) Management > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management) > has been a real threat to the Swathanthra Software Community and the > society in general. How do we really counter this > menace and protect ourselves and others. We have to find an answer to this > question, through our discussion as part of > the Meeting Agenda. The basic intention of the discussion would be to make > people aware of the basic aspect of DRM, > why it poses as a threat, and how much it has influenced us and what the > community needs to do. > > We will talk in the context of the Campaigns against DRM by the Free > Software Foundation like www.defectivebydesign.org. > and www.badvista.org. We will also talk about Operating systems > implementing DRM. > > > Technical Presentation : " A tour of the GNOME Desktop " by Sudeep S > > The presentation will take us through the wonderful world of > GNOME(www.gnome.org) , explaining the basic functionality > and some advanced features. An introduction to a few basic GNOME > applications and applets that can make > life better will also be considered. The session would demonstrate the > real power and flexibility of the GNOME Desktop > Environment and is intended for new users as well as users looking to > tweak their desktops. > > We will have our usual Q&A Session after the Technical Presentation. > > Looking forward to all your participation for this exciting meeting!!! > > Hoping to meet you all on Sunday > > Thank You > > Regards > Sameer Mohamed Thahir > Co-ordinator (Indian Linux Users Group - Cochin / Kochi > Chapter(ILUG-Cochin)) > sameerthahir at yahoo.com > > Website : www.ilug-cochin.org > IRC : #ilugkochi on irc.freenode.net > ML : mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > > > Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to > http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/_______________________________________________ > Mailinglist mailing list > Mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org > http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >
