Hi,
The annual general body meeting of ILUG-Delhi was held at
the JNU Bio-Informatics Centre at 2pm on Sun., 5/8. The
following items were discussed:
1. Ajay, and Amit Karpe of the Open-source cooperative
(OSC) made a presentation on the venture that they are
working on:
(a) OSC works on extending the principles of the open-source
movement to areas other than software, seeking to
counter-act the dominance of single large players in a
specific business area. They also aim to bring transparency
in internal decision-making to both employees and
customers, and to provide a fair share of company proceeds
to their employees.
(b) Currently, they are focused on:
(i) Consumer retail
(ii) Health care
(iii) Procurement of material
(iv) Provision of professional services, including in the
domain of software
(c) The professional services division seeks to put together
a pool of talent in diverse areas, and to offer high-quality
services to customers at a lower cost, because of fewer
infrastructural and managerial costs. They have been
functional for three months now, and consist of about 60
employees (the number has been roughly doubling each month),
some 100-odd freelance consultatnts, and about 25 small
IT companies affiliated with them. They are focused on the
following areas: e-governance, Linux support, an ERP
implementation as an alternative to SAP services, animation,
technical documentation, and virtual Walkthroughs. They are
involved in setting up a couple of pilot projects for a
Wi-Fi mesh in Pune, after doing a demonstration for HBCSE,
TIFR in Mumbai.
(d) They are looking for projects, employees, and even for
people to critique their ideas. Please see the sites below:
Homepage: http://osc.co.in
Projects: http://osc.pro.in
2. The annual elections were conducted. After the withdrawal of
Raj Mathur from contesting the post of president, various
nominations, and no-shows, the following people were contesting
various posts:
Contestants:
President: Gora Mohanty
Vice-president: Andrew Lynn
Treasurer: Kishore Bhargava, Dinesh Shah
Secretary: Gaurav Mishra
Joint secretary: Ashutosh Mishra
Member (2 posts): Kishore Bhargava, Dinesh Shah, Tirveni Yadav
The following people were finally elected, and are the new
office-bearers of the ILUG-Delhi Society.
President: Gora Mohanty
Vice-president: Andrew Lynn
Treasurer: Kishore Bhargava
Secretary: Gaurav Mishra
Joint secretary: Ashutosh Mishra
Member (2 posts): Dinesh Shah, Tirveni Yadav
3. The next meeting of ILUG-Delhi will be held on Sun., August 19th,
where someone from Bangalore will be giving a presentation on
Open Moko. Please watch for an announcement from Gaurav Mishra.
Regards,
Gora
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