Hi hackers, The works for starting flag(FsF Local Activists Group)s are on the way. I mailed rms & as he advised we met Arun. The activities are currently going on by planning how the groups should be working. The current plans are *Arranging awareness classes of FsF both ethical & technical *Arrange the local activists meetings monthly *Promote the FsF distributions *Sale & support of FsF softwares & Documentations *Find out and use the developers for developing Free Software *Each flag is planned in such a way that they support Other Free Softwares (including other OS's)as well as the GNU/Linux *Each meeting will be having the discussions about the current activities in Freedom world & technical world of FsF *Cooperate with the lugs for promoting the GNU/Linux environment & support them to think about the freedom *Seminars on any of the papers either in the ethical (better) or the technical
*** MOST importantly maintain a Free Software journel containg the articles of budding FsF'ians and FsF 'Gurus' from allover the country. The journel may be an Online One for atleast a few issues & by analysing the stuff we can plan for a printed one
We have started the primary activities at alappuzha district of Kerala. We are on the way to find out more members from alappuzha & now it's a 58 member group untill today. The activities are based around a GNU software training computer institute (JRS Academy*) and with the help of students from Cochin University College of Engineering Kuttanad. (Hope similar groups start all over the country.) Now we need the support of all the Free Software Community to make up official rules for all the flags* & further advices & guidelines. The better thing will be deciding the formalization only after an active chat in the mailing list.
***The articles are invited from all over the country & 'll be better if in TeX format. Send them to praveenskhan@rediffmail.com***
We people are having a daily meeting now & are planning to start the official functioning after the Pooja* (14th & 15th)days. Hope we'll be forming an idea before that HTH -psk __________________________________________________________ Give your Company an email address like ravi @ ravi-exports.com. Sign up for Rediffmail Pro today! Know more. http://www.rediffmailpro.com/signup/
On 4 Oct 2002 16:17:30 -0000, "psk" praveenskhan@rediffmail.com wrote:
The works for starting flag(FsF Local Activists Group)s are on the
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*** MOST importantly maintain a Free Software journel containg the articles of budding FsF'ians and FsF 'Gurus' from allover the country. The journel may be an Online One for atleast a few issues & by analysing the stuff we can plan for a printed one
Such an online forum already exists: http://forum.gnu.org.in
Now we need the support of all the Free Software Community to make up official rules for all the flags* & further advices & guidelines. The better thing will be deciding the formalization only after an active chat in the mailing list.
No need to formalize it with "rules" etc. You will probably get caught up in your own mini-bureaucracy :) Isn't FSF India enough of a formal organisation to work under? Why add another layer of formality with "official rules" etc? Not a good idea.
Just do what you want to do in as informal a manner as possible. When you do need an "official" banner, the banner of FSF India is enough. You don't need another one.
Regards, Khuzaima
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