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= Fedora 11 Release Party - Agartala, India = | = Fedora 11 Release Party - Agartala, India = | ||
== | == 18-19 July,2009 at NIT Agartala, Agartala, India == | ||
* Inviting interested faculty members & students of our college, Tripura Institute of Technology(TIT), ICFAI, Tripura Medical College(TMC) & other local colleges & schools officially through college invitation | * Inviting interested faculty members & students of our college, Tripura Institute of Technology(TIT), ICFAI, Tripura Medical College(TMC) & other local colleges & schools officially through college invitation | ||
* Also inviting IIT Guwahati, NIT Silchar(our Director is its joint head), NIT Durgapur, Jadavpur University & NERIST, Itanagar | * Also inviting IIT Guwahati, NIT Silchar(our Director is its joint head), NIT Durgapur, Jadavpur University & NERIST, Itanagar | ||
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* Talks via VoIP with Fedora & O'Reilly speakers(negotiations ongoing). Having Gordon Meyer to give a talk on DIYs as part of the extension of Open Source hardware via VoIP | * Talks via VoIP with Fedora & O'Reilly speakers(negotiations ongoing). Having Gordon Meyer to give a talk on DIYs as part of the extension of Open Source hardware via VoIP | ||
* Presentations & workshops(Qcad, QUCS & Scilab) by eminent speakers including Shakthi Kannan(key FOSS contributor & Fedora ambassador) & probably also Pradeepto Bhattacharya(KDE developer & Asia head) & a few NIT Agartala GLUG members | * Presentations & workshops(Qcad, QUCS & Scilab) by eminent speakers including Shakthi Kannan(key FOSS contributor & Fedora ambassador) & probably also Pradeepto Bhattacharya(KDE developer & Asia head) & a few NIT Agartala GLUG members | ||
* Sun might also be sending a speaker. Not yet confirmed, referred by a contact | |||
== Other stuffs == | == Other stuffs == | ||
* Will fully use the offline repository to be handed to us by Rangeen. Thanks a lot to NIT Durgapur folks | * Will fully use the offline repository to be handed to us by Rangeen. Thanks a lot to NIT Durgapur folks | ||
* | * Mozilla desk focussing on Firefox | ||
== Organizers / Team == | == Organizers / Team == | ||
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*View our GLUG's Google page-http://groups.google.co.in/group/nitalug | *View our GLUG's Google page-http://groups.google.co.in/group/nitalug | ||
== Sponsors == | |||
* Fedora, Open SUSE & Ubuntu sponsoring free CDs & DVDs | |||
* Mozilla sponsoring a swag pack | |||
* Media sponsors -Linux for You magazine-http://www.lfymag.com/index.asp?id=13 & pagalguy.com | |||
* Looking for travel & other sponsorships | |||
== Promotion == | |||
* Ad "NIT Agartala Open Source & GNU/Linux fest" has been added to Clickindia Classifieds-www.clickindia.com/detail.php?id=1480637 | |||
* Event details & Benefits for sponsors--Google document--http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgqr3n47_0dq82zcfj | |||
[[Category:Release events]] [[Category:Events]] [[Category:Events 2009]] | [[Category:Release events]] [[Category:Events]] [[Category:Events 2009]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:07, 11 June 2009
Fedora 11 Release Party - Agartala, India
18-19 July,2009 at NIT Agartala, Agartala, India
- Inviting interested faculty members & students of our college, Tripura Institute of Technology(TIT), ICFAI, Tripura Medical College(TMC) & other local colleges & schools officially through college invitation
- Also inviting IIT Guwahati, NIT Silchar(our Director is its joint head), NIT Durgapur, Jadavpur University & NERIST, Itanagar
- Will send out official invitations through college & also via email to all the NITs & IITs
- Will also put up few posters at important places in the city to attract interested people
Attendees
- Expected attendance of over 1,000 people over the two days.
- The faculties of Computer Science & Engineering & heads of institutions from in & around the city and nearby colleges(i.e. NIT Silchar & IIT Guwahati) will be invited officially
Reports
- ...
Program
- Install fest- newer features like Live USB also will be undertaken
- Talks via VoIP with Fedora & O'Reilly speakers(negotiations ongoing). Having Gordon Meyer to give a talk on DIYs as part of the extension of Open Source hardware via VoIP
- Presentations & workshops(Qcad, QUCS & Scilab) by eminent speakers including Shakthi Kannan(key FOSS contributor & Fedora ambassador) & probably also Pradeepto Bhattacharya(KDE developer & Asia head) & a few NIT Agartala GLUG members
- Sun might also be sending a speaker. Not yet confirmed, referred by a contact
Other stuffs
- Will fully use the offline repository to be handed to us by Rangeen. Thanks a lot to NIT Durgapur folks
- Mozilla desk focussing on Firefox
Organizers / Team
- The NIT Agartala GLUG headed by its managing committee.
- View our GLUG's Google page-http://groups.google.co.in/group/nitalug
Sponsors
- Fedora, Open SUSE & Ubuntu sponsoring free CDs & DVDs
- Mozilla sponsoring a swag pack
- Media sponsors -Linux for You magazine-http://www.lfymag.com/index.asp?id=13 & pagalguy.com
- Looking for travel & other sponsorships
Promotion
- Ad "NIT Agartala Open Source & GNU/Linux fest" has been added to Clickindia Classifieds-www.clickindia.com/detail.php?id=1480637
- Event details & Benefits for sponsors--Google document--http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgqr3n47_0dq82zcfj