<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Vikram Vincent <<a href="mailto:vincentvikram@swatantra.org">vincentvikram@swatantra.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>The basic idea I was proposing was a coordination mechanism among the different Free software groups in the State of Karnataka.<br></blockquote><div><br>Vikram it is a great idea that we need to have coordination mechanism -- already i spoke to the people in mysore, just to inform you they are planning to have have a group and also going throught out the colleges in mysore and create awareness camps --- lets c what will they come up with ...<br>
<br>THen there is a small user group from SIT , tumkur who arein touch with some of th students of our college lets see what will they also come up , and i spoek to dayanad sagar college student who are a bit active and not come in forefront.. then msrit is also quite active --- problem is see the student communities will be more active upto their placement activities start soo of the placement they will be a bit lost ---- <br>
<br>SO let us discuss the strategies about how to make the student or faculties or management communites aware of free softwares then automatically when their need s are addressed with a more efficient and effective way obviously our success is seen ....<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Please note that I was not proposing an FSF-Kn as we have not yet built the required organisational base.<br>
Taking membership of FSF-India is good. But if we have to have any activity then the activity will be local, right?<br></blockquote><div><br>vikram i think you must be aware that fsf-india is doing a lot
regarding the sponsoring several events --- please correct if i am
wrong any one that fsf India has sponsored in a very large extent for
the recent freemap India where bangalore , mumbai, hyderabad,
westbengal , delhi cities were mapped and those maps are freely
available now. ( I THINK IT IS IN TERMS OF LAKHS WHERE FSF-INDIA RAISED FUNDS FOR THE FREEMAP INDIA WORKSHOP TOOK THIS YEAR) <br><br>BUT as you pointed rightly that some things have to happen locally -- ofcourse true, what i feel about all htese is we freedom fighters have to be catalysts -- CATALYST means catalyst itself --.<br>
Also what you are telling is also very much practical that FSF-india might not be able to sponsor for each and every event --<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
A question that can be posed is why do we need an FSF-{India, Latin America, Europe} when there is already an FSF?</blockquote><div><br>you are right -- that is what i also pointed that there was a time where there was a need for fsf-india -- i hope u understood . <br>
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FSF-India can only give guidance.</blockquote><div><br>i dont know how for this is correct.. it is hard to say this on fsf -- so many are part of fsf i dont think they are just guiding us ....<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
We at the grassroot level will have to execute it and build the Movement. That cannot be done by FSF-India. </blockquote><div><br>Atleast i came to know about free software is beacuse of fsf only . see many are apporaching for fsf for several things to make it happen like to fight for the policy changes and other things --- i feel FSF - India has done a lot and doing many things <br>
<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">FSF-{AP,Ker, TN, WB} are not independent of FSF-India just as Karnataka, AP, Kerala, WB, TN etc.. are not independent of India. Similar concept.<br>
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</font></blockquote><div><br>i dont know whether FSF of the states you mentioned are independent and i cant even think about being independent -- by chance if any one things like that also -- i have no opinions or comments on those --<br>
<br><br>I came to know about free softwares may be since from one year but even though i was using free softwares since 5 to 6 years i was not aware of the free software philosophy -- but since one year one of the free software freedom fighter has helped me to realize the imprtance of freedom ---- It is the freedom for the software users that has impressed me much and since then i felt that that there is a need to build a strong scociety which believes in this free software philosphy --- <br>
<br>I feel we need to become CATALYST and create more such and help others to get freedom ---<br><br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<font color="#888888"><br>Vikram Vincent<br>
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