> > http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/community/events is one road to > take,
nah! too generic. would be great to have an india or india-centric list to which ilnuxjournal could link. >upcoming and/or facebook is another. facebook? i think they got bought over by microsoft. also wonder how easy is it for people to view, add, edit, or comment *without* registering to their service. nah! personally, i would not recommend facebook to anyone serious about foss, but you can tar me for that later. so far my opinion on this, for myself, still stands. sorry. so no flames or whatever on this, let's stick to the topic at hand. > Point of course is that most > of the "FOSS" events in India don't have the time or energy to chalk out > a media/public face plan that would ensure greater and organised > participation from delegates and speakers well let's try to actively solve this problem. here's what we could do: a) figure out one central place where anyone anywhere can log in and list an event. should this be a wiki/twiki site? please respond, and let's try to finalize this within 2 or 3 days. this way, we don't have to go through this awkward x-posted mailing thread. b) every fortnight or month, we could send out an email reminder on mailing lists to register events at this public repository. i volunteer to do this to the few mailing lists am subscribed to, but others interested could help and spread the word. c) similarly, those who list out events, such as openitis or nrcfoss or others, could be requested, nudged, prodded, or as a last resort pushed :-) to list or link to this list, so everyone knows what's happening where and when. d) events that i attend, have decided to photo-document using a cc-by or liberal license. this am doing at flickr. am doing this in the hope of giving faces to names to so many many people quietly working and doing valuable little things in the foss community of india. this according to me, is the one solid way of correcting the 'reality-distortion' of having a handful of demonic-gods and ego-maniacs tending to usurp the indian foss community. let the community lead. let the community be known. let everyone in the community be given their recognition. of course, everyone else is also encouraged to give as many pixelled faces to the indian foss community as possible. i'd like to call this the 'fossbook' :-) and we could use flickr, picasa, or whatever else you've got. > LFY had its moments to emerge as the consolidated calendar site, but I'd > daresay that they have lost it LFY has lost *to some extent* on their initial credibility, goodwill, and momentum, but so far, hope springs eternal. :-) currently, they're great for spiking up responses on mailing lists ;-) they also need a new direction beyond the 'linux' pond into the bigger ocean of foss and beyond. rahul is trying that with LFY's new avatar. unfortunately, it is still a long, slow, work-in-progress, which it shouldn't be. they seemed to have honed in on their positioning for their event, but i wish they'd sharpen and focus more on the core essence of all things foss and linux, the valuesystem. if they get that part right, they'll rock in all dimensions, and also figure out how to squarely and responsibly handle microsoft and other proprietary players without allowing them to ride on LFY's shoulders to damage the foss community. (drink-and-drive policy). okay enough said! back to the list. if we decide where to host this list, we could get off this mail-thread immediately. the list must encourage and allow tentative schedules and 'to be decided' entries, just so we have an early heads up. some suggested fields: event name. dates/schedules venue contact people website mailing list/forum/wiki past events links target audience expected numbers objective event-type: sponsored, or community-driven entry: registration, paid, mixed, rent-a-crowd... :-) :-) niyam -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.