On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Gora Mohanty <g...@sarai.net> wrote:
<snip> > I would actually like to initiate a discussion on the future of > ILUG-D as interest in the LUG has been steadily waning, both in > terms of participating in the LUG's activities, and in attendance > at meetings. Typical meetings attract less than ten people, which > is quite disappointing for the presenter, and for the people > organising the meeting. There were nine people present at the > election meeting! Given this, the current consensus within the > governing body is to pare down the activities of the LUG to the > bare minimum that can be supported by the available volunteers, > and that is consistent with its goal to promote FOSS. This means > not having regular monthly meetings, except say when we have a > visitor from outside Delhi. The main focus of the LUG's activity > seems to have become workshops in local colleges, and Freed.in. > > Of course, all of this is subject to change, and I would love to > see proposals for making the LUG gain some of the vibrancy that > this list has, for example. On the other hand, it is possible that > the heyday of a monolithic LUG has passed, in which case it makes > sense to cut activities down to basics. I would love to participate in LUGs activities but I am rarely in Delhi with enough free time to do so. I'm sure many others are in the same boat. That said, instead of caring about more participation, we should be looking at more holding relevant events. I would still try my best to attend a BOF meeting on an interesting topic rather than a generic ILUGD meeting every month. I regularly meet with friends over a cup of coffee and Linux/FOSS is a hot topic of disscusion, We need to have that level of informality. ILUGD elections have no consequence for me at all. I don't know what they are good for or how they affect me. Gora, the links you posted are either inaccessible without logging in or have *very* old information (pre 2001). Though as long as we have this list as it is, I couldn't care less. -- Anupam _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
