[FSUG-Bangalore] SFD in Bangalore

[Anivar Aravind]

On 9/10/08, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/9/08, renuka prasad <renukaprasadb at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > minutes of the meeting updated ---- thoe who attended please correct the
>  > content --as i have done in a very short time and also it is not complete ,,
>  > please add --- and correct if it is wrong in the page below
>  >
>  > http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Bangalore/GNUs_Grazing/6September2008
>
>
>
> Updated the minutes url above

2 more points

* Install fest in some central location with power acess. suggest the places
* Jayamukar said he will check the possibility of organising a
programme with some govt department (As perthe discussion on phone)


>  Action Points
>
>     * Decided to Organise A National Public meeting on software
>  patents on October 1st week in partnership with Other like minded
>  Groups Organisations and Software Companies. Other organisors are
>  Centre for Internet and society, Alternative Law Forum, Deep root,
>  Socielforge, IT4Change, Openspace, Zyxware etc. The tentative date is
>  October 4th . Vikram ensured (over phone) that he will arranged Christ
>  College hall for Organising the programme
>
>     * Decided to Organise software Freedom week from 20th to 27th with
>  multiple programmes and multiple venues in bangalore. But need to plan
>  more on list. Focus is on increasing free software penitration and
>  awareness. we will create a single invite with all programmes
>
>     * A state level essay competition on software freedom ( to be
>  conducted at two levels ). It can be in the banner of FSUG-Bangalore
>  and CIS. CIS is sponsoring Prizes, and publicity material for it.
>  Renuka Prasad took the responsibility in organising it
>
>     * Software Freedom Action Kit. Abhas & Dreeproot will Prepare a
>  Software Freedom Action Kit
>
>     * We need to organise Programmes in colleges. Ask Colleges like
>  BMS, Christ, St.Josephs, RVC etc with good amount of free software
>  volunteers and awareness to Organise their programmes. FSUG can
>  provide expertice
>
>     * We need to Identify few more new colleges this time
>
>     * Try to bring sun's SFD programmes in our platform. But we should
>  make it clear that they must acknowledge free Software projects.
>
>     * Explore the possibility of SFD Programmes in Corporates.
>  Possible suggessions are IBM, Cisco etsc. senthil will explore this
>
>     * Edwin and Anivar took the responsibility of organising an SFD
>  event for NGOs. Edwin will also check the possibility of pushing a
>  session Free software and humanrights in some humanrights workshop in
>  20-27 period
>
>     * We need to add Document Freedom angle, GNU Project's 25th
>  anmniversory, Software patents etc to most of the possible programmes.
>
>     * Vidhya will Organise a SFD programme for a blinds Organisation.
>  Anivar is willing to give a trainig on free software for blinds.
>
>     * Last Date of Responding to Open standards for E-gov is 10th.
>  FSUG-bangalore can write a congragulating letter . If some issues are
>  there we need to identify them within this time span
>