On Thu, 8 Nov 2001, Trevor Warren wrote:
it indeed is a good idea....but try invitin 1-15 colleges to ur place....u will hav to get vrythin aranged.....dude believe me. I hav done this many times....and no1 is will in to travel just to listen to someguy rant abt Software.....:D
Actually, from what I've seen, college faculty are interested in something like this, and if we hold it at a central location, they will come to listen from all over. I've seen people not only come, but pay as well. If it is free, there will be a larger crowd.
Sponsors may well be a requirement, because one thing people want to go away with is printed notes, a manual, something that they can refer to later. We will need money to do that, and either charging participants or getting sponsors is the only way to do it. In any case, till now we have never claimed even travel allowance for seminars in Mumbai.
Philip