Re: [GNOME-India] A warm welcome to all those who have joined...

[Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshanmukhopadhyay vsnl net>]

ravi wrote as ::

> I have to say that I beg to differ on the dubious distinctions
> associated with Slashdot ;-)

i half expected this one :-D

> I agree with what you say here and what even Sayamindu was talking
> about. Since our primary goal is advocacy, we need to come up with
some
> of the activities that we want to get ourselves involved with. For
> instance, we could help setup GNOME booths at any Linux conference in
> India, arrange for demos and talks on GNOME to be given to the
> government and perhaps emphasize the localization efforts ?

L10n forms the front-end of the project by the fact that it is the most
visible aspect, the entire toolchain is out there to be talked about and
demoed. in the recent times the GNOME-Announce is seeing scurried
activity with regards to version releases and this provides enough
fodder to yakk about. the idea about the GNOME booths is nice, in fact
iLUG/GLUG/FSUG meetings could theme around GNOME once in a while to talk
and ideate.

talking tech to the GoWB is something i do once too often and that
usually leaves less hairs on my pate than before ;-D, but then if GNOME
becomes the visual appeal for demos, i cannot see any reason why we
cannot actually make a move in this direction. dr nagarjuna is on the
list - what do you have to say to this ?

> I am ignorant in this matter but how many forums exist in India which
> give us some scope to talk about GNOME ? For instance, does anybody
have
> an idea how many Linux conferences are conducted every year ? I was
> under the impression that Linux Bangalore was the biggest.

a great pity, but then the corporatisation of GNU/Linux has been
initiated although slowly and a bit late and the number of conferences
as well as seminars around F/LOSS is sure to see an upward curve soon
enough.

by the way, i saw a few wipro domain and a nokia subscriptions - so how
do you feel that 'talking GNOME' should be approached ?

> I completely agree with this. I have given a few talks on GNOME in the
> past and would be happy to contribute those. There are also some
really
> quality talks we can get from the GNOME guys - Nat, Michael, Miguel,
> etc.

good thing mate, shall be looking forward to this. perhaps then we could
be looking at a site in the near future...

regards
sankarshan






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