On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:58 PM, ASHOK KUMAR <[email protected]> wrote:
> dont relate to your expenses on techie session. my opinion is face to face > meeting will give more interactive oriented rather than any > medium(online)... > > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Balachandran Sivakumar < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Balasubramaniam Natarajan > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > My house is near central and say if I take the auto to come to IIT > > Chennai > > > due to my personal reasons I have to shell out ~ RS. 250 one way and > > would > > > take equally that much back to my house. I cannot shell out RS 500 > just > > on > > > > Same thing happens to me in Bangalore :( Travel takes the maximum > expense. > > > > > > > travel alone :-(, Since I am interested in sharing and gaining > knowledge > > I > > > feel it is more apt and easy for many people to join the meeting should > > > this happen over the web. > > > > > > > We should possibly have physical + web, if at all. Because we > > are still not a country where most people have unlimited high speed > > broadband. So, people might have difficulty having it over the web. > > But physical + web would mean have a phone/conferencing system at the > > venue and it needs to be of a reasonable quality so that the people on > > the phone/conference can hear every one in the venue. This setup, I > > think, might get quite expensive. But we have quite a lot of people on > > this list who have expertise is these kinds of > > setups(conferencing/hardware setup). They might have some suggestions. > > > > But there will be one pertinent counter point - Meetings over > > the web are not the same as physical/real meetings where you actually > > meet fellow volunteers. Because, when we have the free software user > > groups meetings, it is not just the agenda that is followed - You meet > > other people with similar interests as you and have a small chat and > > by means of that get to know of more projects/tools etc. It is this > > means of gathering/spreading knowledge that makes user group meetings > > interesting. When you have the meetings over the web, you will lose > > out on those aspects. > > > > Of course, mostly my own thoughts - But good to consider when we > > take these kind of decisions :) Thanks > > > > > > > > -- > > Thank you > > Balachandran Sivakumar > > _______________________________________________ > > ILUGC Mailing List: > > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > > > > > > -- > With Regards > Ashok Kumar Usha Mohan > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > There is Opensource Tool called Bigbluebutton. http://demo.bigbluebutton.org/ You can find the demo from the above link. Anna University is using it and they are conducting Msc.CS(FOSS) Distance Education Course through bigbluebutton. We can do it through online mode, So that all others can Join. We can conduct Once through Anna university, Then we will see the response of the People through on-line or through physical. -- Regards Mohamed Mushab, _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
