[FSUG-Bangalore] Join FSF-India TODAY

[Vikram Vincent]

2008/5/17 Senthil Sundaram (sensunda) <sensunda at cisco.com>:

>  *From:* fsug-bangalore-bounces at mm.gnu.org.in [mailto:
> fsug-bangalore-bounces at mm.gnu.org.in] *On Behalf Of *Vikram Vincent
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 17, 2008 10:19 AM
> Having chanced upon Benjamin "Mako" Hill's blog, I'm using his appeal to
> appeal to you all to join as Associate Members of FSF-India<http://fsf.org.in/>
> .
> Associate Fellowship of FSF India http://www.gnu.org.in/fellowship
> "Now is the time to join and give to Free Software Foundation. 2008 is
> going to be extraordinarily important year for free software.
> >> We can organise an event around this..in blr..raise funds for fsf and
> also use it as a campaign  for the free software movement
> >> this is what we can do
> >> get atleast  200 members from ITI KGF , Tumkur SSIT , BMS and RVCE
> colleges - aim at 200 * 100 = 20,000 Rs.
> >> work with Deeproot and other software friends and get atleast 20
> professional members = 20 * 2000 = 40, 000 rs
> >> if the above estimate looks too low for our strength here - please fix
> bigger goals
> >> can we also distribute RMS book : Free Software, Free Society: Selected
> Essays of Richard M. Stallman during this drive  : a low cost edition maybe
> >> we can also start a small bookstore / merchandise store for blr : of
> both technical ( emacs , gnu c library ) and  books on free software
> philosophy in blr / see t-shirt usb/ fsf usb  key and so on
> >> we can also approach 5 new colleges - and try and for free software
> user groups in these colleges
>

Yes. We can experiment with these ideas and see which ones click.

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Vikram Vincent
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