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Collect their contact inforamation.
Collect their contact inforamation.


Create a mailing list for continued discussions. You can create a list in sites such as [http://www.freelists.org/ Free Lists], [http://groups.google.com/ Google Groups]  - no advertisements on posts, [http://groups.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Groups] - has advertisements on posts
Create a mailing list for continued discussions. You can create a list in sites such as  


Also you can create a community in online social networking sites like [http://www.orkut.com Orkut] and link to your mailing list in the description.
== Sites running Free Software for managing the mailing list ==
 
# Request a mailman list on fosscommunity.in itself. See [[Email Lists]]
# [http://www.freelists.org/ Free Lists]
# [http://librelist.com/ Libre List]
 
== Sites running non-free software for managing the mailing list ==
 
# [http://groups.google.com/ Google Groups]  - no advertisements on posts
# [http://groups.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Groups] - has advertisements on posts
 
Also you can create a community in online social networking sites like [http://facebook.com Facebook], [http://plus.google.com Google Plus] or [http://www.orkut.com Orkut]and add link to your mailing list in the description.


Also add all the details about your your community [[Communities|here]] and use that page for co-ordinating with the team, say for arranging a meetup, want to conduct a poll ...
Also add all the details about your your community [[Communities|here]] and use that page for co-ordinating with the team, say for arranging a meetup, want to conduct a poll ...