+1 for abhinav On 8/24/07, अभिनव सहाय <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/23/07, Gaurav Mishra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Apologies for posting minutes by delay. :) > > > > The ILUG-Delhi meeting for the month of August held at > > the JNU Bio-Informatics Centre at 2pm on Sun., 19/8. Total 35 people > > attended , You can see the attendance at > > http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/ILUGD/MeetingAttendance > > The following items were discussed in Meeting: > > > > 1. (i) Deepank Gupta a Engineering student from NSIT presented a talk > > on Openmoko and showcased many interesting features of Neo1973 Phone.. > > He is also a Soc participant working on openmoko . > > > > (ii) Very Interesting Political Discussion went on , discussing > > how Openmoko is the at the same position where linux was when linus > > started the kernel, And possibly of implementation of Openmoko at > > various places including villages . > > > > (iii) Some Technical Issues also came up , Which triggered the > > discussion of Porting Java on Openmoko Debating negative and positive > > effects for that, For which Nalin Savara Volunteered :) > > > > (Iv) Some of Wanted Addons requested was A Better Visual Interface > > (Atul ) , Cluster Packages (Niyam) , Amarok (Kishore), Indic languages > > (Someone) , So Everyone is requested to take out their 10 minutes and > > add their wish to the wish list at > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wish_List > > > > (v) Deepank Demonstrated some Very Cool Hand On Demos Which Included > > Calculator, A Command Line Interface to Interface with Dialer Dameon, > > He Showed how easy is to access your memory card and share the data > > between PC and Phone. > > > > (vi) ILUGD invite developers / Students to join deepank and work for > > openmoko. ILUGD may provide assistance to concrete groups or plans > > > > 2. (i) Ajay Kumar of the fame of classpart.org Representing Himself , > > talked about some critical political deficiencies that exists and > > wanted LUG to Join the force in rectifying them. > > > > (ii) Ajay Outlined some particular places where our society is > > facing problems > > --> Education (Content Creation) > > --> Community Radio > > --> Telecenter > > --> Hardware not easily compaitable to Linux > > > > (iii) Valsa talked about the Projects she was involved with the > > Government and suggested the possibililty of showcasing Kerala > > Government work > > > > (IV) Atul Made a point of lack of defined Proposals from Companies > > and governing bodies. > > > > (V) A very Interesting solution came in Proposing industry and > > Academia bodies (like JNU and Intel ) could talk with Gvernment and in > > Implementation could take Help from LUG people. > > > > (VI) Valsa demanded a meeting devoted to a meeting or panel > > discussion for content creation (Watch out for a Notice on Meeting for > > content creation) > > > > (Vii) Ajay showcased some screenshots which he claims can help > > filling content creation problem. Nalin Suggested a Cool > > **Properiatery** Software called Robodemo for creating some more > > > > (Viii) Niyam and Raj raised points of flash being evil and make > > content non-accessible to the people, Which Included "Forget Einstein > > Children will not even become Frankenstein" > > > > (IX)Sunil Suggested LUGS going to schol and training Teachers rather > > than installing linux systems and Maintaining them > > > +1....RKGIT already made a proposal some time ago....but we got no > positive > response from the LUG people. We are ready and would really appreciate if > they come and train teachers (maybe just a couple of weekends would be > enough) at RKGIT, Ghaziabad > > (X) Now Here are Some YHV (You have been Volunteered ) > > Andrew and Ajay --> Wiki page for dscussion of content creation > > Raj --> put a Hardware hall of shame . > > > > (Xi) ILUGD invites more discussion on the Problems described by Ajay, > > Looking forward for Heating Flames .. Ouch > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > See you at 'Freed.in - freedom in technology & software' - India's > > leading free and open source community event. > > 28- 29 September 2007, New Delhi. Entry free, on first come basis. > > Register at http://Freed.in > > Linux User #348873 > > ILUGD General Secretary, GZLUG Moderator > > RKGIT Alumni(Guiding Light) > > Software Engineer , UnitedVillages > > http://gauravmishra.info/blog > > "When i can run , i will run , When i can walk , i will walk, When i can > > crawl , i will crawl. But i will not stop moving forward" > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 > > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > > > > > > -- > ""I m a gr8 believer in luck and I find the harder I try the more I have > of > it"" > > Abhinav Sahai > R.KG.I.T Ghaziabad > 3rd Yr CSE > Linux User # 438077 > Moderator Ghaziabad LUG > http://sahaitherocker.blogspot.com > http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/?saved=1 > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ >
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