Hi, >On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Srinivasan Sundararajan <srini...@gmail.com > wrote:
> hi all: > while there is considerable resistance from HoDs and other staff > members re FOSS projects, there have been a number of projects done in > the past three years. I have been requesting the students / staff to > give me brief details, but the response has been sparse and sporadic. > > i think it is very likely that most of these students (especially from > Anna Univ affiliated colleges) would be members of this list. if they > could gather info from them, we could use the info for furthering the > cause of FOSS projects in colleges. > > to start with, the student(s) could send the following info: > a) title of the project > b) student info -- name, reg no, branch, year > c) foss tool(s) used > d) brief abstract & status -- completed / partial / simulated ... > e) weblinks -- if they have uploaded the details > > the info could be sent to nrcfoss at au-kbc dot in and/or to my > office id <srinivasan at cdac dot in>. i can work along with bharati > and colleagues at au-kbc colleagues to get the info collated and > sorted. am taking this au-kbc route, since this could part of the > nrcfoss activity. > > the summary info could be highlighted thru nrcfoss and ilug-c portals. > we could follow this up with > (a) gettting more info about the project work, check and arrange for > demo of successful projects > (b) interacting with them to work out the strategy for making it > easier to do foss projects -- including getting the colleges to agree, > etc. > > if possible, we could have a demo on select projects on the software > freedom day, may even give prizes for the top three or so ; more > importantly, announce that > "FOSS projects to be done during 2009-10 even sem will get support > from us ; ILUG-C in collaboration with NRCFOSS will evaluate the > projects ; selected ones will be put on demo (in may/june 2010?) and > prizes / certificates offered from nrcfoss. " > > While ILUG-C could focus on TN colleges, other groups could get this > going in their respective states. > > Srinivasan. > > Please do not top post. -- A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows. <-Fighting 4 Freedom-> _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
