@dibu glad that you took so much interest in support of ilug-cochin. These kinds of events has to be conducted to create awareness. Good proposal and suggestions.
But the "fund" might be a major problem. If somebody could talk with some of the sponsors so that we could make a list of them who are willing to sponsor for more events which we may conduct in future. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Dibu Philip <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > As you all might be aware, software Freedom Day( > http://softwarefreedomday.org/) is celebrated this 18th. Why don' t we > take free software to the youth? I believe ILUG-Kochi can play a big role in > towards that. > > Proposal > 1) Setting up small kiosks in the coffee shops of the Kochi City. Coffee > shops and Pizza centres are the two main places where youth spend time > today. So these will be the best places where they can be given an insight > into GNU/Linux OSs and Free Software. > 2) GNU/Linux CDs can be distributed at these centres, along with other > softwares. Now, the funds for these can be raised by either of the 2 ways > as follows,l > -> Getting sponsorships from retail chains like Cafe Coffee Day, Dominoz > Pizza's, Oberon Cinemax, etc > ->charging the cost of media(Rs 10) from people (Dont know if this will > work) > 3) The same things can be done in the schools in the city (this will be > more interesting i guess). Distros like Ubuntu, OpenSUSE etc. can be > introduced amongst school students. I'm sure they'l love to flaunt them. > Small talks can be given by the senior members of the ILUG-Kochi team at > schools. > > All these would require large number of volunteers (count me in). I guess > this would be interesting, useful, and would build a sense of cooperation > and brotherhood amongst ILUG-Kochi members, students, youth and all. Most > mportant, it helps in spreading the power of Freedom- Power to You!! > > Hoping lots of positive replies and team spirit and cooperation and > inspiration and encouragement and support in this direction > > Regards, > Dibu John > > http://djnetworkz.wordpress.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] >
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