SFD/Bangalore/06

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).

Stay tuned. Also join us on orkut if you are there. If you are on IRC come to #fci (Freenode)

Event plan

• Blog about the event and preperation -- everyone
• Reach out to maximum people through -- Praveen, Ramprasad, Kushal, 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 --
  • 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 --

The plan is to focus on students in the morning session and others in the afternoon session.

Campuses

The event will happen at these colleges (check each link for more details)

1. BMSCE - BMS College of Engineering -- Praveen, Aanjhan, Anish, Netravathi, Sharadha
2. Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering -- Ramprasad B, Laxminarayan Kamath

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

Volunteer Registraion

Volunteers registration now open. Please sign up here. Also mention the college or region for which you want to volunteer.

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