Re: [gugmasters] Starting a Gnome User Group in Chennai, India

[Jeff Schroeder <jeffschroeder computer org>]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:22 AM, Pockey Lam <pockeylam gnome org> wrote:
> Talked to Shaswat, he said chennai.gnome.org is good :)  and I found the
> procedure of requesting a domain name from the GNOME Foundation as well.

Actually for stuff that it is ok to be public, please send emails to
gnome-infrastructure. For stuff like subdomains for new teams and
whatnot, there is no reason that can't (and shouldn't) be public.

>
> Dear Shaswat,
>
> Please send an email to gnome-sysadmin gnome org as described on this Wiki:
>
> http://live.gnome.org/action/show/Sysadmin/Contact?action=show&redirect=ContactSysadmins
>
> I am sure they can help you figure out how to setup the site you need.
>
> Cheers,
> Pockey
>
> On 04/11/2011 08:01 PM, Frederic Muller wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I would recommend to start with chennai.gnome.org and see how the group
> matures. It would not be a good thing to start buying domain names to anyone
> requesting and not getting GUGs meeting or doing anything much.
>
> Likewise Shaswat should register to the GUGmasters mailing list and do the
> request in person.
>
> Last but not least it would be useful to know what CMS the Chennai GUG has
> decided to use. GUGs are not online websites/blogs but people who meet in
> person and agree on doing stuff together.
>
> disclaimer: I am not part of the sysadmin team and have no idea about
> requirements or what the GNOME Foundation can exactly offer. My perspective
> is that the more detailed a request is the more likely it will end up being
> accepted and processed.
>
> Fred
>
>
> On 04/11/2011 07:40 PM, Pockey Lam wrote:
>
> Dear GUGmasters :-)
>
> Shaswat is establishing a GUG in Chennai, India, and would like our help
> to provide a domain name for Chennai GNOME and hosting service for their
> new website, would you please give him some help?
>
> Thanks,
> Pockey
>
> On 04/11/2011 07:33 PM, Shaswat Nimesh wrote:
>
> Dear Pockey,
>
> We need your help regarding building a website, please provide your
> help of in having a domain name as www.gnomechennai.org
> <http://www.gnomechennai.org> and hosting service too. It will be
> highly appreciable for us.
>
> Regards
> Shaswat Nimesh
> Founder and coordinator of SRM Linux user group
> http://srmlug.blogspot.com
>
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Pockey Lam <pockeylam gnome org
> <mailto:pockeylam gnome org>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Shaswat,
>
>     On 04/11/2011 12:35 AM, Shaswat Nimesh wrote:
>
>     Dear Pockey,
>
>     We need to have more GUGs and Gnome awareness in India. So i want
>     to start a gnome user group in my college SRM University,Chennai
>     , India .While giving the talk on Gnome and student contribution
>     and interacting with different students in Gnome Asia Summit , I
>     felt that students are enthusiastic about contributing to gnome
>     but they dint know from where to begin their journey.Being the
>     founder and coordinator of SRM Linux user group (
>     www.srmlug.blogspot.com <http://www.srmlug.blogspot.com>) it will
>     be easy task for me to get permission from administration for
>     starting a Gnome user Group. I would like to hear from you what
>     else we need before starting it.
>
>     It's exciting to hear that you will start a GNOME User Group in
>     Chennai, India!
>
>     As mentioned, you have the passion and love to GNOME, you already
>     have more than enough to start a GUG! Please feel free to follow
>     the steps and tips from my slide (Building GUG) here
>     <http://live.gnome.org/GnomeAsia/2011Summit/Slides>and then start
>     your first meeting!
>
>     Please also add your group to
>     http://live.gnome.org/UserGroups#GNOME_India so other people can
>     find you from our GUG list.
>     Regarding building a website, if you need help of having a domain
>     name or hosting service, please feel free to let us know.
>
>     Besides, we noticed that there is a demand of purchasing GNOME
>     merchandises e.g. tshirts in India :)
>     If your GNOME user group is interested in building or working with
>     other companies to provide GNOME merchandises (with reference of
>     http://www.zazzle.com/gnome) to Chennai or the Indian market,
>     please consider to sign the "Trademark Agreement for Users Groups"
>     with the GNOME Foundation which you can find here:
>     http://live.gnome.org/Trademark
>
>     If you would like to help us to establish a GNOME store in India,
>     please send board gnome org <mailto:board gnome org> a signed copy
>     of the form if you find it agreeable.
>
>     All the best and do keep us posted on the status of your GNOME
>     User Group!
>     Pockey
>
>     Regards,
>     Shaswat Nimesh
>     http://www.shaswatflicked.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
>
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