On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:56 AM, Kinshuk Sunil <[email protected]>wrote:
> inline: > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:53 AM, vinay singh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ya true saying i hv already gone through fossevents but do you think >> is it reachable to the guys here in NCR or around regions > > > if we promote it as the central listing of foss events, people will use it. > if we as organisers make a rule of listing events there, it wil happen. its > a two sided affair. we have to contribute to ensure it is used. > > >> and is it >> covering the small to small events and meetups around this region. > > > in my experience, they list all events after some moderation. so there is a > time lag, yes, but they list it. and its mostly credible. region and size is > no constraint. > > >> We >> created this with after discussing with large numbers of students >> crowd in NCR. >> > > i would have said - create a fossevents.in in that case. yet, i think > promoting, contributing and encouraging fossevents.org is a meaningful act > > >> >> On 11/19/10, Kinshuk Sunil <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Oh, I think http://fossevents.org/ would be a better place to do that. >> It >> > also looks credible, since its not a page on a corporate website. >> > >> > Why create something that already exists, with no efforts to check if >> the >> > existing tool can be useful? >> > (Not saying this against IftyTech or anyone else, just thinking out >> loud). >> > >> > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:36 AM, vinay singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Today whenever we arrange any seminar or workshop on FOSS the first >> >> question which strikes our mind is about the crowd. How many are going >> >> to come ?? Arranging this workshop is worth?? The reason is that >> >> eventhough today FOSS Community is not reachable to most of the >> >> commons, the people who are already in this community only they get >> >> the news regarding the events,meetups and most of them are not >> >> interested to share that. FOSS events are the first step to enter >> >> these communities, looking and listening hackers live creates an >> >> enthusiasm and people become FOSS lovers like you and me. Could you >> >> imagine for FOSS community only on IRC's and mailing groups without >> >> any FOSS event?? To increase our reach we need a common Social Media. >> >> >> >> So, from this september month iftytech labs introduced a non-profit >> >> section that is a social media for the FOSS >> >> Events(http://iftytech.com/node/6). The idea behind this is to promote >> >> open as well closed events through social media so tht people in >> >> remote location can reach the event online or offline. This concept >> >> can turn a closed and local event into a global one and will create a >> >> competition sort of thing among small colleges in organizing such >> >> events and which is good for the FOSS Community. >> >> >> >> iftytech labs request you to share the information of any FOSS >> >> event,meetups, workshops in around you to us, we will promote that and >> >> we will try to reach there to cover the event and to create after >> >> event job. >> >> You can share information simply on : iftytech[AT]gmail[DOT]com >> >> >> >> >> >> Promoting this social media is quite simple >> >> on Facebook : >> >> http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/iftytech-labs/140462002634942 >> >> on twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/iftytech_labs >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> "Feel Free as in Freedom,Freedom is the only law" >> >> "Until the next time, keep living in victory everyday" >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Victoriously, >> >> Vinay G Singh Rawat >> >> iftytech labs >> >> www.iftytech.com >> >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> -- >> >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> > >> >> >> -- >> >> >> "Feel Free as in Freedom,Freedom is the only law" >> "Until the next time, keep living in victory everyday" >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> Victoriously, >> Vinay G Singh Rawat >> iftytech labs >> www.iftytech.com >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> >> -- >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> > > you know just had this thought after this discussion: how about we do create a fossevents.in powered by ushahidi which not lists all foss activities and communities on a timeline on the map of india ? if idea sounds plausible probably lets fork this thread into a new thread for the idea? does something like this pre-exist? -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
