Hi Kenney,
We already have a couple of colleges who have contacted us for starting
Free Software groups.
In Fact ILUG Cochin had conducted an open forum called "Significance of
User groups in society"
were we discussed about kickstarting groups in colleges. Teachers and
students from the
colleges were present.
One thing which was pointed out was the opposition from the authorities
for such a group.
I guess this is why these colleges have not yet been able to start their
groups yet.
Hence we can take up these specific colleges and send an email or letter
to the concerned
authority and move forward depending on the response. The colleges who
have shown interest:
- SNGIST Manjaly
- KKTM College Kodungalloor
- Sahrudaya college Kodakkara
And of course CUSAT and STAS Edappally already had a Free Software User
Group which is no
longer active, I think it is only for the students to bring it back.
Thank You
Regards
Sameer Mohamed Thahir
On Tuesday 23 December 2008 08:22 AM, .Kenney Jacob wrote:
Sameer,
From where can we centrally contact free software groups in colleges
and schools ? We can send an email to all the coordinators as the
first part of moving forward.
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Kenney Jacob
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Sameer Mohamed Thahir
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello All,
I believe its the Free Software community that needs to be involved.
We need free software groups in colleges and schools that can
think independently, there should not be any restriction of an
organization or a group.
Freedom should exist, not just for name sake..
Thank You
Regards
Sameer Mohamed Thahir
On Monday 22 December 2008 01:30 PM, cherian mt wrote:
as far as i know there are active chapters of csi in
trivandrum and kochi.
regarding student chapters some of the office bearers of these
chapters will be able to provide details. we can also
encourage them to form chapters.
Region VII
Ms. U. Mini
Systems Manager,
Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi – 682022. Kerala
Email : mini_ u @ cusat.ac.in <http://cusat.ac.in>;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ;
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
Mobile no. 098472 89382
*National Student Coordinator:*
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Mr. Bipin V. Mehta
Fellow, CSI and
Director ,AES Institute of Computer Studies
H.L. College Campus, PO Box; 4206,
Navrangpura,
Ahmedabad – 380 009.
Tel.: 079-2646 7760, 26402987 Email: [email protected]
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the issues regarding students is
how many are genuinely interested in doing projects? may be
25% in a class.
knowledge of students in programming will be limited when
they are in college only after they get out will they
understand better ( this is the case with all courses) by the
time the project time is over.
the top priority of students is to score well in their exam. (
cut off to get into a company)
in any case if they get into a company the company trains them.
regards
cherian
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Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Academic Projects And PHP
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I know a few people from CSI Trivandrum. But how many colleges
have CSI presence. My college didnt have.
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Kenney Jacob
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:55 PM, cherian mt
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
</mc/[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote:
are any of ilug members members of computer society of
india?
csi has student chapters in a number of colleges and they
are coordinators who are coordinating the activities
of these
chapters. good place to start off.
regards
cherian m t
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<http://www.alappuzhaonline.com/>*
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*Alappuzha* - The most beautiful place in Kerala, also
called the Venice of the East
http://www.keralatravelandtourism.in/
*Kerala*, state in India. One of the 50 must see
destinations of a lifetime ...............National
Geographic
Traveller
--- On *Sun, 12/21/08, .Kenney Jacob
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Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Academic Projects
And PHP
To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software"
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Thats well said. Lets do the mailing part. That
would be
really great.
http://www.kenneyjacob.com
Kenney Jacob
On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Sameer Mohamed Thahir
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
<http://mc/[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello All,
On Friday 19 December 2008 12:46 PM, .Kenney
Jacob wrote:
Every large scale change starts with awareness.
I agree
Students should be aware of their freedom to
choose their own topics.
It is not only about topics, freedom in a broader
sense is being lost in academics on the whole,
Of course, there needs to be a starting point
which is
this.
If this issue gets noticed by the academic
community, we can push for a circular from the
university. For that to happen, this needs
to be
discussed throughout the community.
What I feel can be done
- Create a pool of project ideas ( there are a
lot of
Free Software Projects on the
Internet at different stages of development, we
need
to create a sort of legend for
students ,
- Create a page on the Internet that will serve
as a
reference to teachers,
so that they are convinced of the scope of the
project
and how it can do good
to the student, college and most important the
"Community".
- Once projects are completed they are uploaded
to the
website and also
are presented and spoken of at events and Community
group meetings
(like ILUG Cochin), and the project will
develop wings.
- This will serve as an example and lesson for the
other students as well
and then we have a whole lot of useful software
created by the students
for the community.
- The Web page also needs information from the
normal
users and business
people, so that they can put in their requirements
into the page so that
it becomes " a self sustaining community".
- Finally let us begin upon, and reiterate on
what is
the aim of an
academic project in our society and again " the
free
software community".
Many times students do not know what path they
need to
take to create
something useful for the society.
We need to draft an open letter to all educational
institutions
which states what an academic projects means to the
society and how
important is the freedom for students to pursue
their
own interests and how
they can guide them to the right path.
There are lot of teachers and academicians in the
Mailing List. I believe
we can get lot of information from them. :)
Thank You
Regards
Sameer Mohamed Thahir
http://www.kenneyjacob.com
Kenney Jacob
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Aravind
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banana.
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> Wanna join the fighting force ?
>
Would like to.
What do I have to do?
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