dear friends in pune, just discovered this wonderful document by all of you: http://www.plug.org.in/plugmemo.php
great stuff! wish to make some small suggestions, given the changing nature of our community worldwide. i hope you consider these suggestions in the right spirit, please feel free to discard them, and am quickly writing them down just to inspire you with ideas. you may word it whichever way you wish. a) please mention organizing and/or participating in regional, national, and international events . . . . the fact that you will hold events and public meetings that draw a large number of people is important. b) digital culture: promoting a digital culture derived from values around the gnu, foss, linux, copyleft, etc etc <placeholder> vision. this may be aspects of culture in written and verbal literature: fiction, non-fiction, courseware; in various media, such as television, film, websites, internet radio, newmedia, media interviews, etc; authored, procured, published, distributed under suitable copyleft or creative-commons licenses. c) adapt and evolve the same digital culture and value-systems around mobility and telecom. the handheld internet device is a much-bigger phenomenon than the desktop computer can ever be, yet our technology, values and philosophy have a much larger role to play in that domain. [openmoko, etc] [telecom is the key operative word here] d) digital rights management (drm) and privacy: this aspect of digital culture around gnu, linux, foss, etc., has a much greater impact on ordinary people and citizens of india, irrespective of their digital literacy or illiteracy, or even their education or social status. education, awareness, transformation around these values using technology and licenses is PLUG's role.... hope this helps. :-) niyam bhushan -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
