Lets discuss the ideas for this year's SFD and contact the co-ordinators if you are interested to participate in this effort.
We had an initial discussion on 27th Aug 3pm at Cubbon Park (enter from MG Road).
Event plan
- Blog about the event and preperation -- everyone
- Reach out to maximum people through -- Pavithran
- Mailing lists
- Orkut and other online communities
- SMS, Rediff Bol, Yahoo messenger, Google Talk ...
- Mass media campaign -- Anivar & Praveen
- FM Radio
- Television
- Print media
- Promotional materials -- Aanjhan
- posters
- T-shirts/Kurta
- Distro/Free Software CDs/DVDs, Videos & audio ( Truth Happens, Trusted computing )
- Pamphlets
- Sign up volunteers for -- Vikram
- Localisation
- Free Software {in,for,as} Education
- Collect and display news articles
- Mobilise colleges near to the centers (get a list of all colleges) -- Ramprasad
- Sponsorship -- Vikram
The plan is to focus on students in the morning session and others in the afternoon session.
The colleges we target at the moment are
- PESIT - PES Institute of Technology -- Anush
- BMSCE - BMS College of Engineering -- Praveen
- SCE - Satpthagiri College of Engineering -- Kushal
- MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology -- Thejesh
- Mount Carmel College -- Neeldhara
- St. Joseph College -- Vijoo Krishnan
- Christ College -- Vikram
We will form a core group of 10 people in each college to co-ordinate the event there. 3 will be from FSUG, 2 active students and the rest teachers/members of campus clubs.
We will start with a video and discussion after that. It will be followed by a talk (one from FSUG) and further discussions based on the talk. Then we will demo Free Software (show off your favorite distro/application), students can also demo their favorite applications.
Evening session we will gather at one suitable place either one of these
- Cubbon park
- Townhall
- ITPL
- Electronic City
Stay tuned. Also join us on orkut if you are there. If you are on IRC come to #fci (Freenode)
Co-ordinators:
1. Praveen A. Email: pravi --dot-- a --at-- gmail --dot-- com 2. Thejesh GN Email: thej -- at -- techmag -- dot -- biz 3. Vikram Vincent: vincentvikram --at --gmail --dot --com 4. Ramprasad B: ramprasad_i82 --at --yahoo --dot --com