On Aug 30, 2014 11:31 PM, "Pranav Kant" <pranav913 gmail com> wrote:
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> I am not sure what kind of activities I can conduct to promote GNOME except the beginner workshop where they will be finding and reporting bugs.
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You could also talk about GTK+ and how to write beautiful HIG developed apps?
> People here would be quite interested in learning something new. Any suggestions are welcome. Can I ask for some resources from the GNOME Foundation also ?
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Certainly! Let the board know what you are organizing and how much it will cost.
Sri
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> On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Nagarjuna G <nagarjun gnowledge org> wrote:
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>> On Saturday 30 Aug 2014 11:18:53 PM Arun Raghavan wrote:
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>> > Hi Sriram,
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>> > On 30 Aug 2014 22:51, "Sriram Ramkrishna" <sri ramkrishna me> wrote:
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>> > > Hey folks! I thought I would send a welcome email, and start a thread
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>> > > on how to build an active community in India.
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>> > > As a start, let's try to agree upon the goals. Part of this
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>> > > incorporates our mission, spreading Free Software.
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>> > > * Foster greater acceptance of Free Software in all sectors
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>> > > * Creating a dynamic and enthusiastic GNOME community across India
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>> > > that is open to everyone regardless of background, gender, culture,
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>> > > and sexual identity
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>> > >
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>> > > I didn't put anything in marketing GNOME. If we achieve the second
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>> > > objective, we get that for free, I think. I'm more interested in
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>> > > people and community and generating enthusiasm. I want to build
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>> > > momentum.
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>> > Thanks for kicking this off. I've been thinking a bit about how we can get
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>> > get the GNOME community in India active again these last few days, so great
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>> > timing. :-)
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>> > I think what would be nice, and relatively easy to do, is a small GNOME
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>> > hackfest. Nothing too formal or elaborate, but a place where the local
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>> > developer and user community can get together and plot world dom^W^W^W just
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>> > hang out. Maybe pick up some ideas or bugs to hack on / discuss while we're
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>> > there. Could probably pick a weekend or so in November/December.
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>> I suggest you propose a track in this conference to be held in Trivandrum 18 to 20 December:
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>> http://icfoss.in/fs2014.html
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