niyam/all: my 2-cents are in-line with ">>>>"...
dear all,
am googling since two days, can't find a complete and/or comprehensive
list of foss or foss-related events scheduled for 2008.
>>> niyam: great suggestions. while the LFY team will start updating
FOSS
events more aggressively on its event section, allow me to share the fact
that anyone can register their FOSS event on openITis.com, and there are no
costs involved.
i know the number of events are growing. we have:
1.mashups,
2.OSSCamps, and similar
3.CII-partnered events,
4.leading national events
5.LUG-created regional events
6.academia/college events
7.commercial events
but where's the list. or of tentative schedules. for example, some
random excess:
a) openitis.com mentions foss.in in december, and an event in florida.
wow! but no mention of their own event in delhi in feb 2k8.
http://www.openitis.com/openitis/events.php
>>> explained below
b) neither does the other site mention this:
linuxasia.net
>>> since linuxasia is being renamed to open source india week, the new
website is under construction right now. will be up and running within a
fortnight
why list our schedules?
1.
we can better coordinate our events with no overlap. for example,
pune's mashup overlapped with mumbai's IIT weekend event. freed.in
just skirted overlapping with linuxasia2008 thanks to a random phone
call.
2. we can better use resources, since freed.in and pune's event, show
how different regional communities can come together to collaborate on
events. speakers, especially international speakers, could get to see
our sub-continent on a discount while event-hopping :-)
3. our community has become too big and diverse to be addressed by just one
event, or two. ;-)
4. <placeholder for more>
so resolution: as a community, where do you figure we create a wiki, twiki,
or similar site, where we encourage everyone to publish their final or
tentative event schedules?
>>> well you could look at openITis.com's events section, or else a
wiki on
creativedot or any of the LUG websites.
over to you guys.
:-)
niyam
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