hello, @George y r v waiting for the future? I believe v can do it this time. The major drawback with free software n stuff is that people jus hold big conferences and then forgt about them. I believe if v can talk with people like Dominoz pizza, cafe coffee day, Oberon mall, etc.., they will be ready for sponsorships..Y not give it a try? I dont hav much contacts in ILUG-kochi..if a team can be formed,and a meet up held in this regard soon, i think it is possible. What say?
Regards, Dibu john http://djnetworkz.wordpress.com/ On 9/2/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Mailinglist mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Mailinglist digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Software Freedom Day (Dibu Philip) > 2. Re: Software Freedom Day (Codename062 George) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 21:59:00 +0530 > From: Dibu Philip <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Software Freedom Day > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello all, > > As you all might be aware, software Freedom Day( > http://softwarefreedomday.org/) is celebrated this 18th. Why don' t we take > free software to the youth? I believe ILUG-Kochi can play a big role in > towards that. > > Proposal > 1) Setting up small kiosks in the coffee shops of the Kochi City. Coffee > shops and Pizza centres are the two main places where youth spend time > today. So these will be the best places where they can be given an insight > into GNU/Linux OSs and Free Software. > 2) GNU/Linux CDs can be distributed at these centres, along with other > softwares. Now, the funds for these can be raised by either of the 2 ways > as follows,l > -> Getting sponsorships from retail chains like Cafe Coffee Day, Dominoz > Pizza's, Oberon Cinemax, etc > ->charging the cost of media(Rs 10) from people (Dont know if this will > work) > 3) The same things can be done in the schools in the city (this will be more > interesting i guess). Distros like Ubuntu, OpenSUSE etc. can be introduced > amongst school students. I'm sure they'l love to flaunt them. Small talks > can be given by the senior members of the ILUG-Kochi team at schools. > > All these would require large number of volunteers (count me in). I guess > this would be interesting, useful, and would build a sense of cooperation > and brotherhood amongst ILUG-Kochi members, students, youth and all. Most > mportant, it helps in spreading the power of Freedom- Power to You!! > > Hoping lots of positive replies and team spirit and cooperation and > inspiration and encouragement and support in this direction > > Regards, > Dibu John > > http://djnetworkz.wordpress.com/ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20100901/d185021c/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 22:37:13 +0530 > From: Codename062 George <[email protected]> > To: "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL Software" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ILUG-Cochin.org] Software Freedom Day > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > @dibu > glad that you took so much interest in support of ilug-cochin. > These kinds of events has to be conducted to create awareness. > Good proposal and suggestions. > > But the "fund" might be a major problem. > If somebody could talk with some of the sponsors so that we could make a > list of them who are willing to sponsor for more events which we may conduct > in future. > > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Dibu Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> As you all might be aware, software Freedom Day( >> http://softwarefreedomday.org/) is celebrated this 18th. Why don' t we >> take free software to the youth? I believe ILUG-Kochi can play a big role >> in >> towards that. >> >> Proposal >> 1) Setting up small kiosks in the coffee shops of the Kochi City. Coffee >> shops and Pizza centres are the two main places where youth spend time >> today. So these will be the best places where they can be given an insight >> into GNU/Linux OSs and Free Software. >> 2) GNU/Linux CDs can be distributed at these centres, along with other >> softwares. Now, the funds for these can be raised by either of the 2 ways >> as follows,l >> -> Getting sponsorships from retail chains like Cafe Coffee Day, Dominoz >> Pizza's, Oberon Cinemax, etc >> ->charging the cost of media(Rs 10) from people (Dont know if this will >> work) >> 3) The same things can be done in the schools in the city (this will be >> more interesting i guess). Distros like Ubuntu, OpenSUSE etc. can be >> introduced amongst school students. I'm sure they'l love to flaunt them. >> Small talks can be given by the senior members of the ILUG-Kochi team at >> schools. >> >> All these would require large number of volunteers (count me in). I guess >> this would be interesting, useful, and would build a sense of cooperation >> and brotherhood amongst ILUG-Kochi members, students, youth and all. Most >> mportant, it helps in spreading the power of Freedom- Power to You!! >> >> Hoping lots of positive replies and team spirit and cooperation and >> inspiration and encouragement and support in this direction >> >> Regards, >> Dibu John >> >> http://djnetworkz.wordpress.com/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List >> http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ >> http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org >> #[email protected] >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/pipermail/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org/attachments/20100901/e58324e2/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] > > End of Mailinglist Digest, Vol 87, Issue 1 > ****************************************** > _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
