[FSUG-Bangalore] report on EMS event at NMKRV (RVCE )

[renuka prasad]

Hi all

the event started 45 minutes late that is at 10.45 am and RMS spoke for 90
mins

RMS released the book
http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/index.php/Book:Free_Software_Free_Society
here is where you can involve yourself in translation also
thanks for oam shiv prakash for making this happen in a beautiful way.

q & a session from 12-10 to 12-40 where RMS handled around 15 -20 q?

The Public talk was recorded ( both audio and video , will be updating soon
)

well regarding turnout --there were only around 140- 150 participants ( hall
capacity was 1000!!)

some  lessons are:

we need to take a bit more care about publicity ----since it was for public
we where not sure how many of the public are interested --so this is what
the response we got , if it was a college campus then numbers would not be a
proble, that is not the main concern ..

even though we had made our honest effort in giving huge publicity among
colleges, may be because  of exams we could not have many students but

we got very interested participants around 100  including from IIT-chennai ,
Mysore , from IBM,i2 , oracle , so on and so forth
Most important success was that our management trust president was present
for the whole talk and has annonced the interest to use free softwares in 25
institutions ----he has shown interest in those ,, i have to see how this is
taken forward , that time help will be required from FSUG-bangalore , will
let you know as soon as i will come to know more abt this.


Incase any body has missed the event -- still there is a event at christ
college on 16th -- for you to see and hear RMS from 10 -12

we had a session where around 20- 25 students/participants were addressed by
parithosh ( wikiocean ) where he addressed / gave ideas about the business
models in free softwares , Dr nagarjuna was also present.

regards
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