On 10/06/2012 10:10 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: > On 6 October 2012 06:09, Balwinder S Dheeman <bdhee...@gmail.com > <mailto:bdhee...@gmail.com>> wrote: > [...] > > I reside at Chandigarh and work from home as a freelance > consultant; visiting New Delhi (NCR), Amritsar and rest of the > major cities of Punjab and Haryana, parts of Himachal, Utrakhand > and even Jammu is possible. > > > OK, then maybe it is best if you try to work something out with > Sanjay. Please keep us informed, and maybe there are others > that can help out. > � > > Sure, I shall/can soon create a page related to free training > sessions for the local trainers, hardware assemblers, integrators > and, or vendors on deployment (installation, administration, tips > and tricks) and road-shows for the general public on the use and > benefits of Linux/Unix and Free/Libre Open Source Software. > > > Great. > � > > > How about charging a reasonable registration fee from the > attendees to cover up the expenses or get these events sponsored > by local associations? > > > We, as in ILUG-Delhi, have not charged for attendance in the past, > but do ask local associations to cover any costs incurred for travel, > food, and lodging. Personally, I see no reason why we cannot > charge attendees. > > One possible model might be to have a broad training session > that is free of cost, with incidental expenses covered by a local > association. Local associations, and attendees, can then discuss > with the trainers on an individual basis regarding more intensive, > focused sessions.
Yes, we shall try our best to make these events as much free as we can. But we definitely need pay the bills as almost all Free/Libre Open Source Software projects do. > > > Sanjay Gupta, Please comment. > > � > In this specific case, Sanjay has already said that he is ready > to do this on a commercial basis. You, and anyone else > willing, can take this up further with him. I still invite others volunteers and, or freelancers; together we shall make it movement. -- Balwinder S "bdheeman" Dheeman (http://werc.homelinux.net/contact/) _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
