Warm Greetings To The Free Software Community, Indian Libre User Group, Cochin (www.ilug-cochin.org) is holding its regular meeting for this month on Sunday, 28th June 2009 (4th Sunday of every month).
The Details are as follows Date : 28/06/2009, Sunday Time : 2pm - 5:30pm Venue : Jay's Internet Club IInd Floor, AMI Trust Bldg, Broadway Enclave Broadway, Kochi-682031 i.e. Behind Allappat Super Shoppe,On top of SBT Treasury wing, Agenda : Kick starting the Campaign for Promoting Free Software in Kerala ?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Technical Presentation: Malayalam and Free Software by Sanal Kumar and Venkat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Details :: Introduction to Free Software and GNU Movement. Discussion on Free Software Licenses, Open Source Software. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We start of with our regular discussion on Free Software and related topics. This is important for new users. Agenda : Kick starting the Campaign for Promoting Free Software in Kerala ?? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Input based on IRC Meeting, Mailing List and Last Meeting Discussions - Collaborating with all Free Software Supporters of Kerala and India and learning from other similar movements - Defining the Road Map for the Path Ahead ( Rough Draft by Roshin Roy from last meeting available at http://ilug-cochin.wikia.com/wiki/Converting_Kerala_to_Free_Software ) - Where have we reached ( Report on successful initiatives completed by ILUG Cochin as part of the campaign for Free Software in the Area of Education ). - Collaboration Methodology and action plan preparation. - Step One (Maybe) => Protecting Users' ( of technology ) "Freedom", How ?? ( Dealing with Hardware (vendors)) - Report of Swathanthra Software Sangamam. by Thomas Yoyaku Technical Presentation: Malayalam and Free Software by Sanal Kumar and Venkat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - History of Malayalam Computing and Fonts - Learning the Logic of Inscript keyboard , - Step by Step Guide to using Malayalam on GNU/Linux. - Using OpenOffice and Latex with Malayalam - Introducing English - Malayalam Dictionary - Malayalam Login screen and Screen saver. As time permits we will have our usual Q&A Session. Hope the Official Meeting would be as exciting as the IRC Meeting. We look forward to your participation for this exciting meeting!!! Hoping to meet you all on Sunday Thank You Regards Co-ordinator Indian Libre User Group, Cochin Website : www.ilug-cochin.org IRC : #ilugkochi on irc.freenode.net ML : mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org _______________________________________________ ILUG Cochin Mailing List http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/ [email protected] http://ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
