Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread Saurabh Nanda
Hi Gora, I have attended only one Freed (it was called Freedel at that point) and the focus seems to have shifted quite a bit since that time (open source s/w focused event to a more social revolution kind of event). Therefore, please read my comments in that context -- most of them may be

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 27-Dec-07, at 2:05 AM, Saurabh Nanda wrote: I have attended only one Freed (it was called Freedel at that point) and the focus seems to have shifted quite a bit since that time (open source s/w focused event to a more social revolution kind of event). Therefore, please read my comments in

Re: [ilugd] Plan for freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread shirish
Hi all, I can take responsibility to maintain any one page on the wiki can give to the tune of 10 hrs. from my weekly work schedule for anything on the freed site. If anybody has any idea where I could help please lemme know onlist or off-list. -- Regards, Shirish

Re: [ilugd] Plan for freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread Raj Mathur
Hi Shirish, On Thursday 27 Dec 2007, shirish wrote: Hi all, I can take responsibility to maintain any one page on the wiki can give to the tune of 10 hrs. from my weekly work schedule for anything on the freed site. If anybody has any idea where I could help please lemme know onlist

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 02:05 +0530, Saurabh Nanda wrote: Hi Gora, I have attended only one Freed (it was called Freedel at that point) and the focus seems to have shifted quite a bit since that time (open source s/w focused event to a more social revolution kind of event). Therefore, please

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread Gora Mohanty
[As noted by Raj, this discussion should move to the Freed mailing list (copied on this message). All future follow-ups there.] On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 08:21 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: [...] my two paise: LUGs should stick to what LUGs do best - bring new blood in, solve technical

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread Saurabh Nanda
[As noted by Raj, this discussion should move to the Freed mailing list (copied on this message). All future follow-ups there.] How do I subscribe to it? The Freed 2008 wiki has no link to the mailing list web interface. The Freed 2007 link (at

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread Gora Mohanty
On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 12:19 +0530, Saurabh Nanda wrote: [As noted by Raj, this discussion should move to the Freed mailing list (copied on this message). All future follow-ups there.] How do I subscribe to it? The Freed 2008 wiki has no link to the mailing list web interface. The

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 27-Dec-07, at 11:50 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: It would make more sense if you could put this into the context of the current discussion. How are the discussions to date in any way a matter of a LUG getting above itself? As always, Freed.in will be what the community wants it to be. Aren't

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-26 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Saurabh Nanda wrote: [As noted by Raj, this discussion should move to the Freed mailing list (copied on this message). All future follow-ups there.] How do I subscribe to it? The Freed 2008 wiki has no link to the mailing list web interface. The Freed 2007 link (at

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-17 Thread Raj Mathur
On Sunday 16 Dec 2007, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: [snip] And it looks like you are getting an extra copy of this reply. You probably need to find a mail client that has the equivalent of a ``reply-to-list'' function. Any reasonable mail client today will have that. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-17 Thread Smruti
On Dec 17, 2007 1:47 AM, Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: if you mean that one cannot keep a wiki spam free if one allows non- logged-in users to post, explain these: If you are willing to volunteer to keep an eye on every edit and keep it spam-free,

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-17 Thread आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ,--[ On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 02:03:46PM +0530, Raj Mathur wrote: | On Sunday 16 Dec 2007, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: | [snip] | And it | looks like you are getting an extra copy of this reply. | | You probably need to find a mail client that has

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-17 Thread Raj Mathur
On Monday 17 Dec 2007, आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla wrote: [snip] There is an option on Mailman preferences page, named Avoid duplicatecopies of message, due to which Mailman won't send message to you, ifyou're already listed in recipients list (in To: or Cc: fields). HTH Am aware of that and

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-17 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 17-Dec-07, at 1:47 AM, Sandip Bhattacharya wrote: Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: if you mean that one cannot keep a wiki spam free if one allows non- logged-in users to post, explain these: If you are willing to volunteer to keep an eye on every edit and keep it spam-free, then ofcourse we

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-17 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 17-Dec-07, at 2:03 PM, Raj Mathur wrote: On Sunday 16 Dec 2007, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: [snip] And it looks like you are getting an extra copy of this reply. You probably need to find a mail client that has the equivalent of a ``reply-to-list'' function. Any reasonable mail client

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-16 Thread Manish
On Dec 16, 2007 10:31 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16-Dec-07, at 7:47 AM, Raj Shekhar wrote: why not make it truly open - allowing edits without a login? And it looks like you are getting an extra copy of this reply. As the lolcats would say ' I'm in yur

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-16 Thread Linux Lingam
On Dec 15, 2007 1:45 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15-Dec-07, at 9:53 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: Hi, We have made some significant changes in the focus of Freed.in for the 2008 event, [snip] http://wiki.linux-delhi.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Freed2008/ConceptDoc good

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-16 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: if you mean that one cannot keep a wiki spam free if one allows non- logged-in users to post, explain these: If you are willing to volunteer to keep an eye on every edit and keep it spam-free, then ofcourse we can do that(the prominent ones you mentioned have dedicated

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-16 Thread G Karunakar
On Dec 16, 2007 7:19 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 15-Dec-07, at 9:04 PM, Raj Mathur wrote: [snip] redhat conducted something almost exactly the same last year in Delhi. You have also left out the leading lights of the FOSS movement like Fred, Nagarjuna, Atul Chitnis

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-Dec-07, at 9:53 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: Hi, We have made some significant changes in the focus of Freed.in for the 2008 event, having chosen to look at the entire knowledge ecosystem, and the role of the free flow of information in it. We have spent quite some time thinking about

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-15 Thread Raj Mathur
On Saturday 15 Dec 2007, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: [snip] redhat conducted something almost exactly the same last year in Delhi. You have also left out the leading lights of the FOSS movement like Fred, Nagarjuna, Atul Chitnis and Indranil. It's an open Wiki -- create a login and add whatever

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-Dec-07, at 9:04 PM, Raj Mathur wrote: [snip] redhat conducted something almost exactly the same last year in Delhi. You have also left out the leading lights of the FOSS movement like Fred, Nagarjuna, Atul Chitnis and Indranil. It's an open Wiki -- create a login and add whatever

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-15 Thread Raj Shekhar
in infinite wisdom Kenneth Gonsalves spoke thus On 12/16/2007 07:19 AM: why not make it truly open - allowing edits without a login? And it looks like you are getting an extra copy of this reply. As the lolcats would say ' I'm in yur wikiz, spamming it to death ' -- raj shekhar facts:

Re: [ilugd] Plan for Freed.in 2008

2007-12-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-Dec-07, at 7:47 AM, Raj Shekhar wrote: why not make it truly open - allowing edits without a login? And it looks like you are getting an extra copy of this reply. As the lolcats would say ' I'm in yur wikiz, spamming it to death if you mean that one cannot keep a wiki spam free if