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= Cultural Freedom Day'2013 =
= Indian Team's Web Event on Cultural Freedom Day'2013 =


== Dates/Location ==
== Dates/Location ==
20th May'2013.
Online Web Event in India.




== Event Description ==
== Event Description ==


Cultural Freedom Day will be celebrated by the Indian team through the active collaboration of the following Free Software groups:
1. Women in Free Software and Culture
2. GLUG Kolkata
3. Fedora India
4. Mozilla India
5. Many Others
The focus will be on improving/increasing the participation of women in free software and improving related cultural aspects. This will be of much relevance in a backward country like India.
On the day we intend to organize at least two hackathons, a tutorial and a pair of competitions. All of these will be conducted through the Web.
Also take a look at our [[http://wiki.culturefreedomday.org/2013/India/Kolkata/GLUG-Kolkata page]].


== Event Owners ==
== Event Owners ==
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== Fedora Representatives ==
== Fedora Representatives ==


[[user:amani|A. Mani]]
[[user:chandankumar| Chandan Kumar]]
List Incomplete.
== Tentative Schedule  ==
'''Expect More'''
1. Competition-1 will be on digital art using exclusively Free Software tools. The proposed theme is "Women and Gender Related Issues". Participants will be judged on their knowledge, expression, clarity and quality of work. Semantic part of this competition will be managed by A. Mani. One additional expert will judge the artistic quality.
2. Media-wiki Hackathon conducted by Sucheta Ghoshal. This hackathon will include an introduction and more advanced parts. These are outlined here.


3. Hackathon + Tutorial on Localization in Fedora Linux by Chandan Kumar.
4. GIMP/Inkscape Tutorial by Ashfaq Farooqui.
5. Competition-2 will be a quiz on Free Software, Fedora, GNU/Linux, Philosophy and Policy Conducted by a substantial part of organizers.
6. Educational Tutorials on Free software and Culture will also be part of the gallery.
Both competitions will involve interesting prizes.
We intend to publicize the event through various channels to ensure good participation.
Certificates will be awarded to all participants, while prizes will need to be fought for.
This page was registered for the Kolkata team, but due to lack of more participation from India, we decided to pool our efforts.


== Event Schedule ==
{{admon/note|Event Schedule|List here the important parts of the event schedule relevant to Fedora activites including when a booth might be staffed, when Fedora contributors are giving talks, when special activities are happening, etc.}}


== Ideas/Brainstorming ==
== Ideas/Brainstorming ==
{{admon/note|Ideas/Brainstorming|Use this section to brainstorm ideas about things to do at the event.}}
 
Still Open.


== Important Deadlines ==
== Important Deadlines ==
{{admon/note|Important Deadlines|Use this section to remember and meet important planning deadlines.}}
 
12th May'2013 for finalizing all details.


== Event Budget ==
== Event Budget ==
{{admon/note|Event Budget|Use this section to identify and record any budget requirements for your event. This is a critical part of event planning and helps the Fedora Project use its budget effectively. Often this part of an events page changes frequently as planning develops. Please keep it up to date. List everything that you need Fedora to provide so there aren't any surprises at the last minute.}}


{{admon/important|Event Funding by the Fedora Project|This section is often used to approve funding requests. As such it needs to be as accurate as possible. After the event it is important to update this section to document the actual costs of the event for our tracking and to aid us in planning future budgets.}}


== Travel Subsidy Requests ==
Budget Estimate:
{{admon/note|Travel Subsidy Requests|Each attendee requesting travel subsidies for the event should be listed here including the information requested in [[Sponsoring_event_attendees|Sponsoring Event Attendees]].}}
 
 
Prizes: Pen drives with live Fedora
 
Cost per prize including postage = Rs 400 --500
Total number of prizes = 9
 
Publicity through Paid channels: Rs 1000
 
Printed Certificates for Event including postage : Rs 3000 (unsure, will be decided on 12th May)
 
Buffer : Rs 500.
 
Total Budget Estimate:  Rs 6000 -- 9000


{{admon/important|Event Funding by the Fedora Project|This section is often used to approve funding of travel subsidy requests. As such it needs to be as accurate as possible. After the event it is important to update this section to document the actual costs of the travel for our tracking and to aid us in planning future budgets.}}


== Event Report ==
== Event Report ==
{{admon/note|Event Report|Please use this section to document and report about the event. Nice things to see in this section are blog posts about the event, pictures from the event, and anything else that might be valuable to showing the success of our participation in the event. If there were any "lessons learned" or problems that others might benefit from seeing please do include those here too. Some general information about report expectations can be found on the [[Event_reports|Event Reports]] page.}}
 
Will be added on 23rd May'2013.


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General Information
After creating your event page, add the event, including the link to your event page, to the list of worldwide Events.

Indian Team's Web Event on Cultural Freedom Day'2013

Dates/Location

20th May'2013.

Online Web Event in India.


Event Description

Cultural Freedom Day will be celebrated by the Indian team through the active collaboration of the following Free Software groups:

1. Women in Free Software and Culture

2. GLUG Kolkata

3. Fedora India

4. Mozilla India

5. Many Others

The focus will be on improving/increasing the participation of women in free software and improving related cultural aspects. This will be of much relevance in a backward country like India.

On the day we intend to organize at least two hackathons, a tutorial and a pair of competitions. All of these will be conducted through the Web.

Also take a look at our [page].

Event Owners

A. Mani

Fedora Representatives

A. Mani

Chandan Kumar


List Incomplete.


Tentative Schedule

Expect More

1. Competition-1 will be on digital art using exclusively Free Software tools. The proposed theme is "Women and Gender Related Issues". Participants will be judged on their knowledge, expression, clarity and quality of work. Semantic part of this competition will be managed by A. Mani. One additional expert will judge the artistic quality.

2. Media-wiki Hackathon conducted by Sucheta Ghoshal. This hackathon will include an introduction and more advanced parts. These are outlined here.

3. Hackathon + Tutorial on Localization in Fedora Linux by Chandan Kumar.

4. GIMP/Inkscape Tutorial by Ashfaq Farooqui.

5. Competition-2 will be a quiz on Free Software, Fedora, GNU/Linux, Philosophy and Policy Conducted by a substantial part of organizers.

6. Educational Tutorials on Free software and Culture will also be part of the gallery.

Both competitions will involve interesting prizes.

We intend to publicize the event through various channels to ensure good participation.

Certificates will be awarded to all participants, while prizes will need to be fought for.

This page was registered for the Kolkata team, but due to lack of more participation from India, we decided to pool our efforts.


Ideas/Brainstorming

Still Open.

Important Deadlines

12th May'2013 for finalizing all details.

Event Budget

Budget Estimate:


Prizes: Pen drives with live Fedora

Cost per prize including postage = Rs 400 --500 Total number of prizes = 9

Publicity through Paid channels: Rs 1000

Printed Certificates for Event including postage : Rs 3000 (unsure, will be decided on 12th May)

Buffer : Rs 500.

Total Budget Estimate: Rs 6000 -- 9000


Event Report

Will be added on 23rd May'2013.

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