Dear Nootan and All,,

On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:47 PM, Nootan Ghimire <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> Regarding Issues about Entity, I think that should be isolated with other
> parts of this discussion. Maybe just call for the people who are willing to
> assume the responsibilities, recognize them and move on.
>
​
Yes, I will also agree with your that we must deal with these two issues
saperately​. It will give us more clarity and purpose for the activities.
Lets work out the details and try to revive  the good practices.

Kind regards

Hempal Shrestha
​

>
> On the account of moving on/structuring, My 2 cents are:
>
> - Lets Prepare a list of goals that we want to achieve as a FOSS community
> in nepal. (I can see there are five objectives listed on the wiki, maybe we
> need to revisit it again?)
> - Lets also prioritize those goals
> - Lets create action plans to achieve these goals (through community
> interaction, calling for ideas, basically talking about why and how), with
> room to add more.
> - Lets make sure that anything and everything we do aligns to those goals.
> (Which should also be a indicator to how successful we were on our
> respective priorities)
> - Lets reflect on ourselves periodically, recognizing and analyzing our
> actions, publishing them,  and making amends.
>
> As such, I say lets create a detailed process of how we do things "The
> FOSS Nepal way". Lets throw a bunch of "why?"s to anything and everything
> we're planning to do, answer them and make sure everyone knows that.
>
> I'm also willing to take part in such discussions.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 8:30 AM, Saroj Dhakal <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm excited to see these discussions.
>>
>> Already great ideas have come, let's short list them and build community
>> consensus on it.
>>
>> I'm willing to contribute as much as I can, but unfortunately I'll not be
>> able to take part in the meeting today because of an activity planned last
>> week.
>>
>> Please accept my apologies.
>>
>> Let's do it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Saroj
>>
>> On Jan 18, 2018 1:10 AM, "Sanjog Sigdel" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> *++Adding Aadesh dai and Samar dai in the loop( They are the ones who
>>> introduce to the FOSS world :) )*
>>>
>>> Adding to Prabin Sir's Point.
>>>
>>> Wouldn't it help if we also initiate FOSS NEPAL REGIONAL AMBASSADORS and
>>> COLLEGE AMBASSADORS?
>>>
>>> Back in SFD 2015, there was a point during group discussion session
>>> which is "*Decentralizing FOSS activities in every possible corner of
>>> country to spread Open Philosophy*". I believe it is only possible if
>>> we recognize *contributors, communities and colleges *all over Nepal.
>>> Organization like Teach For Nepal has TFN College Ambassadors. Those
>>> Ambassadors act as a mediator between Colleges and TFN to organize events
>>> and promote campaigns.
>>> - Via these Ambassadors we can do back and forth communication among
>>> Communities and colleges.
>>> - College Ambassadors can share any updates from-to FOSS Nepal, help in
>>> providing resources from FOSS Nepal while their college Communities are
>>> organizing events
>>> - Regional Ambassadors can act as mediators between Open Source
>>> Communities of a particular region, College Ambassadors among that region
>>> and FOSS Nepal.
>>> - We can assign one member from each colleges for College Ambassadors
>>> - Regional Ambassadors can be chosen based upon particular regions. Just
>>> to make sure these ambassadors have proportionately handful of communities
>>> and College Communities to work with.
>>> - Let us also set a milestone of initiating small communities in new
>>> colleges and communities with proper co-ordination among College,
>>> Communities and their respective Ambassadors.
>>>
>>> This month some of us Volunteers listed FOSS communities of Nepal in
>>> this repo: FOSS-COMMUNITIES-OF-NEPAL
>>> <https://github.com/FOSSKavre/FOSS-COMMUNITIES-OF-NEPAL>. We were able
>>> to list 22 of them. WOW :)
>>> But sad part is that some communities exists only as Names. So we might
>>> at least be able revamping our existing communities.
>>>
>>> - I see this Concept of Ambassador as a way to gain core contributors in
>>> FOSS Nepal. And it will also help in building a organizational structure
>>> for Outreach Purpose.
>>>
>>> So why not give it a try?
>>> हामीले पनि नगरे कस्ले गर्ला हैन त ? :)
>>>
>>> PS: Prabin dai - Last September KUOSC le organize gareko SFD 2017 maa ma
>>> lagayat kehi Kavre ko Volunteers haru milera FOSS KAVRE suru gareu :).
>>>
>>>
>>> ​Regards,​
>>>
>>>
>>> *SanjogSigdel*
>>> *Dhulikhel, Nepal*
>>> *​Volunteer- KUOSC, FOSS NEPAL*
>>>
>>> *Founder- FOSS KAVRE​*
>>> *M:977-9841497866*
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Prabin Gautam <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Adding to Bobby's Suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> Lets also think of FOSS Nepal Ambassadors.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> FOSS Nepal members who are abroad and still willing/interested to
>>>> contribute  can be made FOSS Nepal Ambassadors. They can involve their
>>>> network to bring project, program or do fundraise for the community.
>>>>
>>>> I know Core FOSSians like Subir dai, Jwalanta, Abhishek, Akash, myself,
>>>> and many more are all around the world now. We should use this potential
>>>> and their network to take FOSS Nepal forward.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:13 AM, Bobby Basnet <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you Hempal dai for the note and adding me in this thread.
>>>>>
>>>>> I would love to join in the meeting tomorrow but I already have other
>>>>> scheduled meeting and won't be able to make it. So, I would like to voice
>>>>> my say in this email.
>>>>>
>>>>> On the Polls:
>>>>> *Q1: *Yes, Definitely.
>>>>> *Q2: *No (Will follow and not lead and cannot make any commitment for
>>>>> 3 months at-least)
>>>>>
>>>>> And here are my suggestions.
>>>>>
>>>>> *1. Get more professors/teacher involved in the community.*
>>>>> From my experience being involved with the community,  I have seen
>>>>> that the most active members are the students. As they graduate and move 
>>>>> on
>>>>> with their lives their involvement with the community is almost
>>>>> non-existent. So if we could get more professors involved in the community
>>>>> who could advocate FOSS to their students this will produce a continuous
>>>>> batch of workforce who have the time and the energy to keep the community
>>>>> momentum going.
>>>>>
>>>>> Action Plan
>>>>>
>>>>>    -  Reach out to the professors/teachers in our
>>>>>    immediate contact and add them to the mailing list/Facebook Group/Viber
>>>>>    Group so they are at-least informed about the community events and 
>>>>> updates
>>>>>
>>>>>    -  Create a team that would visit universities and colleges and
>>>>>    meet the professors, make them aware about the FOSS community and add 
>>>>> them
>>>>>    to the community channels.  It would be difficult to create team that 
>>>>> would
>>>>>    travel to each colleges. So this could be integrated with events such 
>>>>> as
>>>>>    Linux Talk, FOSS ka Kura, Hour of Code, etc where community memeber 
>>>>> are are
>>>>>    normally already willing to visit the campus as a resource person . 
>>>>> They
>>>>>    could be FOSS Nepal representative and we could provide with a formal
>>>>>    letter in FOSS Nepal letterhead to make it seem more official. We 
>>>>> should
>>>>>    also have a template of such meeting, where we set agenda and  
>>>>> immediate
>>>>>    actions plans
>>>>> *.  *
>>>>>    - During events  like SFD there is a always a praise worthy
>>>>>    collaboration among students from different institutions. It would be
>>>>>    better to get even different institutions  involved and if not that
>>>>>    at-least professor level collaboration too on such events
>>>>>
>>>>> *2. More open source projects. *
>>>>> Re-quoting Avash "FOSS doesn't mean only Linux". We should have more
>>>>> FOSS projects in our Github repo.
>>>>>
>>>>> Action Plan
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Encourage students to publish their project.
>>>>>    Each semester hundreds in not thousands of software are developed
>>>>>    by students from different colleges and universities. They develop the
>>>>>    software, get graded and then are stored on the students's machine for
>>>>>    ever. If we could advocate to these students that there projects need 
>>>>> not
>>>>>    have this faith. If only they pushed their project to Github Repo with 
>>>>> a
>>>>>    FOSS license, their project could have more visibility, could have real
>>>>>    life implementation and potentially have other contribute to their 
>>>>> projects
>>>>>    and their legacy live on for ever. These projects are usually not made 
>>>>> for
>>>>>    commercial profit making use so they should be reluctant to publish 
>>>>> their
>>>>>    project. (Question though!!! Should we judge the quality of code and
>>>>>    project? I vote No)
>>>>>
>>>>> *3. Have more fun*
>>>>> While a student at Kathmandu University on SFD eve we had open
>>>>> discussion talks on  FOSS. What is FOSS? What are it's merits? What could
>>>>> be it's demerits? We also had candle walk, painting (logos of any Free and
>>>>> Open Software or anything that represents it) and Musical event. It helped
>>>>> us to create an image that we FOSSians are not just geeks with Linux in 
>>>>> our
>>>>> computer. We are also friendly people who like music and to make friends
>>>>> and watch movies and have lovely conversation. Such event helped more
>>>>> people be aware about our community and made them easier to approach us.
>>>>>
>>>>> As a result, we had relatively large FOSS Community there and even  if
>>>>> not part of community still lot of people in the campus were aware about
>>>>> the FOSS movement. It is something we could learn and implement for FOSS
>>>>> Nepal as well. Moreover we also need to attract non-programmer  people to
>>>>> our community ( who could contribute us in documentation, designing,
>>>>> administration or anything really).
>>>>>
>>>>> Action Plan
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Promote FOSS not only with technical presentations and talks but
>>>>>    also with documentaries, movies that are made with FOSS tools, friendly
>>>>>    non-formal meetups, MEME, musical events, etc
>>>>>
>>>>> *4. Linkup with International FOSS Communities, Chapters *
>>>>> Lets link up with national and international FOSS communities and
>>>>> other community that believe and promote FOSS ideology (Eg. Mozilla, Open
>>>>> Data, Wikimedia). They might have programs, collaboration proposal or even
>>>>> lessons for us that will help our community grow. We have our glorious
>>>>> history of best SFD celebrations globally. Maybe the veterans from the
>>>>> community can remember of some forgotten link with such communities.
>>>>>
>>>>> Action Plan
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Identify relevant communities, chapters, clubs both  nationally
>>>>>    and internationally and establish communication channel with them.
>>>>>    - Index the communities that we have communication with and Invite
>>>>>    them to our events and meetups
>>>>>
>>>>> I am sad that I won't be able to attend the meeting tomorrow and would
>>>>> be really happy if received similar  note on tomorrow's meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Bob
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bobby Basnet
>>>>> Managing Director, Semantic Creation
>>>>> <http://www.semanticcreation.com/>
>>>>> Managing Director, VisualiseVR <http://www.visualisevr.com/>
>>>>> Mobile: +977 9841812820 <+977%20984-1812820>
>>>>> Skype: bobbize
>>>>> Kathmandu, Nepal
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 7:40 PM, Arjun Gautam <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I feel very happy to find that we all are interested in this. Hope,
>>>>>> to have a good meeting tomorrow.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arjun
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 2:33 PM, [email protected] <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> me too, who else would be there
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 17 January 2018 at 14:32, manish thapa <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I will be there
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 1:48 PM, Pravin Raj Joshi <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Please do let me know if you all feel I can be of any help in any
>>>>>>>>> program or carrying out an activity. I am up for it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Pravin
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 01/17/2018 11:00 AM, Prabin Gautam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Happy to see good discussion going. Once we start and gain some
>>>>>>>>> momentum, we may partner with various organizations - governmental,
>>>>>>>>> universities and public or private organizations. To deal with them, 
>>>>>>>>> just a
>>>>>>>>> bunch of FOSSian will not be enough. Our Legal entity should be in 
>>>>>>>>> place.
>>>>>>>>> All of you know this and I strongly would emphasis on getting renewed 
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> first phase.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In tomorrow's meeting, I wont be there but I expect the team to
>>>>>>>>> come with at least 2 concrete plans  -
>>>>>>>>> 1. Where you see FOSS Nepal in 3 months
>>>>>>>>> 2. Where you see FOSS Nepal in 1 year.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In my opinion, in three months we can at least do and not limited
>>>>>>>>> to:
>>>>>>>>> 1. Renew FOSS Nepal and be legal
>>>>>>>>> 2. have atleast 3 monthly meeting to track progress.
>>>>>>>>> 3. Update Web presence (Wiki/website), Bring our social networking
>>>>>>>>> tools to life - twitter, facebook page, youtube.
>>>>>>>>> 4. revive our Youtube FOSS NP Weekly program.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think the more event we organize, more involve we can be, more
>>>>>>>>> volunteers, more spreading of FOSS, and more impact we can create. Few
>>>>>>>>> years back we started to bring all our Open Community in one place 
>>>>>>>>> with a
>>>>>>>>> consortium which was another great idea but didnot progress on that. 
>>>>>>>>> Once
>>>>>>>>> we get back to momentum we can definitely use that platform to 
>>>>>>>>> involve more
>>>>>>>>> people and organizations.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think our 1 year should be and not limited to:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    1. Annual Open Technology meetup (reviving FOSS Info Mela !!
>>>>>>>>>    or developer's meetup type of program) 4/6 months to SFD(Between 
>>>>>>>>> March-May)
>>>>>>>>>    .
>>>>>>>>>    2. Annual SFD
>>>>>>>>>    3. Few Concrete projects
>>>>>>>>>    4. Reviving our Involvement in National ICT Activities as
>>>>>>>>>    stakeholder. like IT policy meetings, IT Curriculum, Conferences, 
>>>>>>>>> Seminars,
>>>>>>>>>    Panel discussions.
>>>>>>>>>    5. Continuing regular programs like FKK and FOSS NP weekly
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Openthito
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 9:47 PM, Dadhiram <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> फोसमा आस्थाराख्ने उर्जासिल अभियान्ताहरू
>>>>>>>>>> नमस्कार
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Paani Saffa Garnu Paryo ra Baani Sudharnu Paryo".
>>>>>>>>>> *Action Item 3-  Like bagmati को पानी । अहिले धेरै सुध्रिएको छ ।
>>>>>>>>>> संखमुलमा चराहरू बाँच्न थालेकाछन् । त्यसैले हामीले पनि आफुलाई हिट गर्न
>>>>>>>>>> लागेको कुरा केहि छ भने गरौ ।  कमुनिटिहो सकारात्मक सामुहिक हितको लागि 
>>>>>>>>>> केहि
>>>>>>>>>> गरौ भन्ने सबैमा हुन्छ ।  गर्न केहि नसकेनि गफ गर्न एउटा फोरम चाहिन्छ 
>>>>>>>>>> नै त्यो
>>>>>>>>>> अहिले नै छदैछ । सपार्न नसके नि बिगार्न हुन्न अहिले नि बिगारेको केहि 
>>>>>>>>>> छैन ।
>>>>>>>>>> समुदाय एउटा मानविय उर्जाहो प्रयोग गरेर घट्दैन बड्छ ।  जागौ आजैबाट 
>>>>>>>>>> केहि गरौ
>>>>>>>>>> गर्नसके राम्रो गरौ नसके केहि नबिगारौ । गर्न पर्ने कुरा सबै लिस्टेड छ 
>>>>>>>>>> । मेरो
>>>>>>>>>> आफ्नो उर्जा यति नै हो । *
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *धन्यवाद *
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *दधि *
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 8:49 AM, Sanjog Sigdel <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hello Hempal Dai and Fossians,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Happy to see the discussions and updates about FOSS NEPAL. Our
>>>>>>>>>>> community is actually lagging behind while communities that are 
>>>>>>>>>>> composed of
>>>>>>>>>>> Volunteers from FOSS NEPAL are doing great. It is actually a good 
>>>>>>>>>>> point to
>>>>>>>>>>> see communities fostering and spreading our common goal of raising
>>>>>>>>>>> awareness about Open Philosophy. But then, at the same time, we 
>>>>>>>>>>> have no
>>>>>>>>>>> clue in any milestone these communities achieve, if FOSS Nepal is 
>>>>>>>>>>> credited
>>>>>>>>>>> ? And also FOSS Nepal is lagging commitment, contributions and 
>>>>>>>>>>> initiators
>>>>>>>>>>> which I think will be resolved if we keep continuing discussions 
>>>>>>>>>>> like these
>>>>>>>>>>> and also reach to some conclusions.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I will be there at tomorrow's meeting and will give my
>>>>>>>>>>> commitment to take responsibility of leading at least one project 
>>>>>>>>>>> this 2018.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *SanjogSigdel *
>>>>>>>>>>> *Dhulikhel, Nepal*
>>>>>>>>>>> *M:977-9841497866 <984-1497866>*
>>>>>>>>>>> * ​Volunteer:- KUOSC, FOSS NEPAL *
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> * Founder:- FOSS KAVRE​ *
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 7:25 AM, Pravin Raj Joshi <
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>>>>>>>> I might not be able to make it to the meeting tomorrow evening.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Picking up from the questions that were written in Hempal Ji's 
>>>>>>>>>>>> notes below
>>>>>>>>>>>> are my comments and thoughts. I am a little frustrated in that 
>>>>>>>>>>>> others are
>>>>>>>>>>>> blatantly saying things that should be contributed to FOSS 
>>>>>>>>>>>> movement in
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nepal, but people are taking charge of it. So I am being a little
>>>>>>>>>>>> offensive. Please take it with a pinch of salt.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> What is Legal Entity? What did it do?
>>>>>>>>>>>> What is talk of legal entity, when there is bare presence. A
>>>>>>>>>>>> legal entity matters if big enough so that it is visible. It is 
>>>>>>>>>>>> good to
>>>>>>>>>>>> have legal setup and all in place, but what is the value of it, if 
>>>>>>>>>>>> we get
>>>>>>>>>>>> all that, but the organization barely functions?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Where are WE (BIG Question Mark ???
>>>>>>>>>>>> We are kinda stuck because he thought and even now think too
>>>>>>>>>>>> small. It is time to become a vocal movement. Software, security, 
>>>>>>>>>>>> data --
>>>>>>>>>>>> all needs to be worked on. I saw an email thread where it was said 
>>>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>>>> open data movement in Nepal started in 2011-2012. That is shame 
>>>>>>>>>>>> for FOSS
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nepal and personally for me as no one even raised a voice against 
>>>>>>>>>>>> it. What
>>>>>>>>>>>> is open data? -- it is the idea that some data should be made 
>>>>>>>>>>>> publicly
>>>>>>>>>>>> available for public good. Who started this in Nepal??? I am not 
>>>>>>>>>>>> claiming
>>>>>>>>>>>> it is FOSS Nepal or me. There are a lot of people who have 
>>>>>>>>>>>> contributed to
>>>>>>>>>>>> this from 1998-2012, who are just lost from that conversation. If 
>>>>>>>>>>>> nothing
>>>>>>>>>>>> else, let's get the history right or even start a debate on it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Renewal For (What) ??
>>>>>>>>>>>> This is not a matter of concern at all. Renewal is just part of
>>>>>>>>>>>> administrative process and shouldn't even come up for discussion.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hand-over community and Lead-Legal
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hand over to whom??? We have seen multiple organizations in
>>>>>>>>>>>> last 17 years try to use FOSS for their own gains only. Do you 
>>>>>>>>>>>> want to hand
>>>>>>>>>>>> over to them? Or to people whose primary interest is their own 
>>>>>>>>>>>> growth? I
>>>>>>>>>>>> can, will not name, many people who have benefitted from this. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> They have
>>>>>>>>>>>> often claimed to me, in the face, that they can contributed so 
>>>>>>>>>>>> much to
>>>>>>>>>>>> FOSS, but only thing that I see is their own direct benefit with 
>>>>>>>>>>>> literally
>>>>>>>>>>>> nothing for FOSS Nepal. These people will readily take up FOSS 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nepal as it
>>>>>>>>>>>> means more for them. So kindly give me 5 names that all will be 
>>>>>>>>>>>> comfortable
>>>>>>>>>>>> to hand over FOSS Nepal to.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Similar Structure or New Structure
>>>>>>>>>>>> Why does structure matter when there is nothing happening? Is
>>>>>>>>>>>> it better go out and talk FOSS or is it better to sit down and 
>>>>>>>>>>>> think on
>>>>>>>>>>>> structure?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Membership - Updation
>>>>>>>>>>>> Membership will not happen when we are weak and people claim
>>>>>>>>>>>> they are better and we cannot do anything about it. Due to our 
>>>>>>>>>>>> weakness
>>>>>>>>>>>> companies now are flagship bearers for FOSS in Nepal. So people and
>>>>>>>>>>>> organizations promoting FOSS will go to them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Need a strong FOSS working team, How do we make it?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Right now we need vocal team, who is able to shout, write and
>>>>>>>>>>>> talk trash if need be to convince people that FOSS is already 
>>>>>>>>>>>> relevant for
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nepal and FOSS Nepal is the spearhead of it. Many organizations 
>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>> started putting FOSS Nepal as a by-product to their achievements. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> We need
>>>>>>>>>>>> to get out and provide ideas, support and help for FOSS in Nepal.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> How active is the Community
>>>>>>>>>>>> Community needs to be made active. Community will not be active
>>>>>>>>>>>> if organization is not active -- "Paani ra Baani sadhai mathi bata 
>>>>>>>>>>>> tala
>>>>>>>>>>>> bagcha". If we sit down and discuss, so will the community. If we 
>>>>>>>>>>>> actively
>>>>>>>>>>>> engage, so will the community.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry for being a little critical, but I am really frustrated
>>>>>>>>>>>> at organizations and people claiming their contribution to FOSS 
>>>>>>>>>>>> and reaping
>>>>>>>>>>>> the benefit from it shamelessly utlizing it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> My thoughts would be to update the team with people we can
>>>>>>>>>>>> find, mainly vocal ones. Create a set of programs that we can all
>>>>>>>>>>>> contribute to and make it happen. I am pretty sure each one of us 
>>>>>>>>>>>> now is at
>>>>>>>>>>>> a stage where we can afford 5000-10000 rupees (one time) to 
>>>>>>>>>>>> contribute to
>>>>>>>>>>>> FOSS Nepal and help with initial push to change things. Also we 
>>>>>>>>>>>> are at a
>>>>>>>>>>>> stage where we can all come up with 1-2 program ideas, which we can
>>>>>>>>>>>> collectively pitch in and then we can create a small committee 
>>>>>>>>>>>> that will
>>>>>>>>>>>> decide on the programs to carry out in coming year. Also we can 
>>>>>>>>>>>> all set
>>>>>>>>>>>> aside sometime to contribute to FOSS Nepal. Who will do it, if we 
>>>>>>>>>>>> don't???
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> More thoughts, but I would prefer to follow others rather than
>>>>>>>>>>>> lead.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Pravin
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -------------------
>>>>>>>>> Prabin Gautam
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>> - MJT
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Jesus had only 12 followers, but they were very good retweeters."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - check my blog @ http://mjt.com.np
>>>>>>>> - twitter @mjt_emp3r0r <https://twitter.com/mjt_emp3r0r>
>>>>>>>> -volunteer @open community
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> -------------------
>>>> Prabin Gautam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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