[fsug-bangalore] Fwd: [Fsf-friends] Asia Source: Tech camp for the voluntary sector

[Rakesh 'arky' Ambati]

Hi, 

   Did anyone get the application details for Asia
Source ?

--arky
PS:Top posting is a sin,eat me

--- Sajith T S <sajith at symonds.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Surely most of you have seen this, but still...
> 
> Thanks,
> Sajith.
> 
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> Subject: [Fsf-friends] Asia Source: Tech camp for
> the voluntary sector
> Date: Friday 22 October 2004 01:04
> From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)"
> <fred at bytesforall.org>
> To: fsf-friends at gnu.org.in
> 
>
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> -- Asia Source: Tech camp for the voluntary sector
>
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> -- Bangalore, India. January 28th to February 4th
> 2005.
> 
> Asia Source hopes to bring together over 100 people
> from 20 countries
>  to increase the use of Free and Open Source
> Software (FOSS) amongst
>  the voluntary sector in South and South East Asia.
> 
> This week long event will bring together NGOs and
> NGO technology
>  support professionals working at the grassroots
> level across the
>  region to learn new skills, exchange tips, and
> share experiences.
>  Together with regionally and globally renowned
> experts and specialists
>  they will look at the use of FOSS within the
> non-profit sector from
>  both an access and a content perspective. Offering
> participants the
>  opportunity to explore the practical technical side
> of FOSS whilst
>  providing a conceptual backdrop.
> 
> Asia Source will be the first event of its kind in
> the region, bringing
> together regional non-profit professionals with a
> rights based focus,
>  it will invite those from both the technical and
> content end of the
>  spectrum to focus on the practical elements of FOSS
> deployment.
> 
> Participants with a range of expertise will be
> provided with a space
>  for intensive peer learning. They will be given the
> opportunity to
>  develop their understanding of FOSS, learn how to
> select and apply
>  alternative technologies, and be provided with the
> skills and tools to
>  utilise this within the context of their daily
> work. They will also be
>  encouraged to explore the challenges and the future
> potential of FOSS
>  adoption within the social context.
> 
> During this 'camp' style event,  participants will
> take part in a range
> of sessions. From planning and helping an NGO to
> migrate to FOSS, to
> sharing tips and techniques on using FOSS tools for
> content
>  development, advocacy and campaigning. In parallel
> to this they will
>  look beneath user-level scenarios, and break-down
> tricky issues such
>  as localisation techniques and how to develop total
> cost of ownership
>  models.
> 
> Four themes will flow throughout the event
> 
>       1. 'FLOSSophy' for NGOs
>       2. Migration and Access
>       3. Tools for content and communication
>       4. Localisation
> 
> Asia Source will be held in a small artists
> community on the outskirts
> of Bangalore. Its aim is to become a community
> building event, with the
> potential to seed connections and future
> partnerships across borders
>  and between skillsets.
> 
> The event is co-organised by Mahiti.org (Bangalore)
> and the Tactical
> Technology Collective (Amsterdam). The event is
> guided by an advisory
> board of established non-profit and FOSS
> professionals from across the
> South and South East Asian region.  Asia Source
> belongs to a larger
> family of Source Events that seek to increase the
> viability of FOSS use
> by the non-profit sector. Other source events have
> taken place in South
> East Europe, Southern Africa and are planned in 2005
> in Western Africa.
> 
> For more information please visit
>  http://www.tacticaltech.org/asiasource or
>  http://www.mahiti.org/asiasource
> 
> Applications will be announced and invited between
> October and November
> 2004. Participants will be selected by the advisory
> board based on
>  their interest and experiences. There will be a
> small registration fee
>  for the event. A limited number of travel and
> registration fee
>  scholarships will be available and may be applied
> for on application.
>  If you would like to receive an application form or
> have any questions
>  please write to asiasource at tacticaltech.org.
>
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> --
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> `a^2,`a^3*`a^2"`a^3*`a^2^2`a^3*
> --
> Sunil Abraham, sunil at mahiti.org
> http://www.mahiti.org
> 314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur Bangalore - 560 071
> Karnataka, INDIA
> Ph/Fax: +91 80 51150580. Mobile:  +91 80 36701931
> 
> Currently on sabbatical with APDIP/UNDP
> Manager - International Open Source Network
> Wisma UN, Block C Komplex Pejabat Damansara.
> Jalan Dungun, Damansara Heights. 50490 Kuala Lumpur.
> P. O. Box 12544, 50782, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
> Tel: (60) 3-2091-5167, Fax: (60) 3-2095-2087
> sunil at apdip.net http://www.iosn.net
> http://www.apdip.net
> 
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