On Tue, 2004-03-30 at 04:02, LinuxLingam wrote: > dear all, > > since i haven't seen any minutes of the meet, am posting the post-meet > minutes in reverse chronological order, as a mind-numbing exercise... > [grin] > > 11:00pm: Cafe Coffee Day in Saket starts toggling their lights, as a > discreet signal to Ilug-d to call it a day. We've been slurping on their > cafe frappes, smoothies, icecreams, while discussing random topics. i > get home just past midnight. > > 10:30pm from 8:30pm: we step out from the movie hall into the star-lit > night, wondering what the heck was that story-line on 'Basic.' though we > were all thrilled by the movie. Mid-way thru, the concierge brought us > our huge popcorn combos, which was sort of our dinner, as we sat > occupying the front seats of the middle-set of seats. massive leg-room. > the pepsi was cooler, and we did manage to catch some trailers and ads > before the show. interesting to note in light of our ilug-meet topic, as > we entered the hall all nine of us were frisked, as is routine, by > security at PVR. good they didn't hear our discussions on RSA, > encryption, and other stuff... ;-) > > 8:00pm to 8:30pm: we stroll across to a nice dhabha-walla who made some > nice, strong, garam garam chai for us. we stood around the bikes in the > parking lot, animatedly discussing population and statistics of linux > users in india, migration headaches, and other random topics. > > 7:45pm to 8:00pm: we were surprised to see cops, including some > specially-uniformed types, suddenly appear from nowhere, in somewhat > large numbers, at the food stalls. the kiosk owners hastily packed up > their makeshift tables and chairs at PVR saket. > > 6:30pm to 7:45pm: the vegetarians amongst us had to wait till the last > for their paneer tikkas. the eggetarians were moderately lucky, and the > non-veggies had privileged service from the open-air foodstall at PVR > saket's complex. we had just arrived at the complex, to disappointingly > find that all tables and chairs for people wishing to dine in the > open-air had disappeared from the food stalls. some kiosk owners > beckoned us to the backyard of their kiosk, which was surprisingly > well-lit, and tables and chairs appeared from nowhere in a matter of > minutes. two large fans were placed right behind where raj was seated. > his cpu always needs cooling. the camera-equipped clicked photos. > > 6:00pm: we decide to call it a day, and head outside the EFY building in > okhla. some bid goodbye, others decide to go partying. we decide to head > out to PVR saket in this excellent weather. > > pre-6pm: tarun dua decides to stop using 'invisible ink' with marker > pens and gives a light-hearted and friendly talk on security aspects. > before him, raj gave an excellent talk on encryption, symmetrical > encryption, public-key encryption, benefits, etc., for audiences in > human terms. mayank and gang served all with coke. eishwar (sp?) gave a > talk on [eeps! i was late so don't know what was his topic!]. the room > on the first-floor was surprisingly full, packed with about 40 to 50 > people. great meet! many new faces. a few were holding copies of the > latest LFY. apparantly the intro talk on linux for newbies had gone > well. > > sandip and raj had spoken to me earlier on the phone, so i had assumed > the meet would start late, but it hadn't started so late, i discovered, > as i parked my car outside the EFY office. just about half an hour > earlier, sandip and raj were talking to me on the phone from a barista > near IIT. and as i showed up to the surprise of a few, i don't have to > eat cowdung. yea! > > as i left home for the meet, i decided to stay thru the whole day for > the post-meet partying i always miss out on, never attended any. figured > that is what makes an ilug-d meet wonderful and memorable. so decided > that later i'll write this summary in reverse chronological order, with > the juicy bits first. so more people show up for the next meet. > > for the fun. > > :-) > LL
LL you forgot volunteer Mayank who stepped forward to co-ordinate college linux presentations. Members (IT MEANS YOU!!!) of ILUG-D should try to fix up with colleges / institutions for organising a Linux day and inform Mayank. Who will try to co-ordinate between members so that a volunteer team could make presentations / distribute CD's. I volunteer for such events. -- Sudev Barar Learning Linux _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
