Bangalore/FOSS Month-2006
From FOSS Community India
The Battle for Bangalore has begun! Bangalore FOSS Community is celebrating Feb(2nd half)-March(1st half) 2006 as FOSS Month. There will be Seminars, Talks and Workshops organised by Students of Bangalore.
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[edit] First Meeting
We are meeting at Coffee Day in Cunningham Road on Friday 27th Jan at 6pm to discuss the strategies for the event. Minutes here
[edit] Goals of the event
- To extend reach of FOSS to more students
- To build a strong FOSS community of students
- More interaction between FOSS communities in various campuses
- More FOSS developers from students
[edit] Organisation of the event
The entire event is organised by students together but spread across campuses [eventlets :-) ]. Each campus will have a co-ordinator from another campus. The co-ordinator works closely with hosting college to arrange for speakers, halls etc. Students in each college is encouraged to participate in as many eventlet as possible.
[edit] The participating institutions are
- PES Institute of Technology
- BMS College of Engineering
- MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology- March 17, 18
- Sapthagiri College of Engineering - February 20
- Mount Carmel College - February 17
- National Institute of Technology, calicut - March 18, 19
If you want your institute to be a part of this campaign join the mailing list and tell us so.
[edit] Co-Ordinators
- List of Volunteers (If you would like to volunteer add your name to Volunteers page)
- Those Co-Ordinating the event
[edit] Saptagiri College of Engineering
- Nitin Kumar ( SCE)
- Nirmal Thacker ( BMS)
- Srivatsa V ( MSRIT)
Nitin Kumar(SCE)
[edit] Mount Carmel College
- Anush Shetty ( PESIT)
- Srichand P ( MSRIT)
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