Open an Event on Facebook too. :)
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Shabab Mustafa <shabab.must...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear Comrades, > > Hope you are all fine. > > I guess we all know about Ubuntu T-shirt project (thanks to Lenin bro for > his posts). By this project we have experienced some extra ordinary > experiences and the response was times more than our expectations. Not only > from Dhaka, but also from all over the country. Some came to Dhaka in > morning bus, bought 2 pieces of T-shirt and returned in the evening bus. > And > the interesting part is, that was the first time that he traveled to Dhaka > in his life. And this is only one story of several. > > This kind of responses proves that the level of interest of people in > Ubuntu > and Linux Distros has been increased at a geometric progression in last few > months. Even people, who always stayed silent in online communities, > expressed interest about Ubuntu this time. > > By receiving this kind of responses, personally me and Shahriar felt an > communal responsibility for these people. So, last past few days we were > brainstorming about how we can do something. By then we got an idea for > arranging a get together to meet and greet out silent friends. > > The Idea > ------------ > Well, idea is simple. This time we will meet, chat, discuss, enjoy movies > and do similar easy going things. This will be not anything like ‘release > party’ or similar type of gathering. There will be no training or > demonstration type of thing. We will laugh and make others laugh. Something > likes a fun carnival. :D > > In this course, I have contacted with our brothers of LinuxMint-BD to join > with us ( thanks to Ayon Khan and Raju bhai aka the hungrycoder ). And they > also interested and got excited, too. So, this one gonna be a gathering of > both Ubuntu and LinuxMint users. And we gave it a name: ‘বন্টু-মিন্টুর > আড্ডা’ :D > > What will we do? > ----------------------- > Well, there are several ideas. > > 1. Introduce to ourselves. Meet and know our buddies. > > 2. Enjoy a documentary film together. Selected ‘Revolution OS’ with > Bangla subtitles for screening this time. > > 3. Experience sharing. Most of us have tons of experiences about Linux. > How we know about Linux, how much we struggle with it, interesting > experiences about Linux advocacy and motivating others etc. > > 4. Discuss about future plans. What we can do next to spread out the > message of FOSS and Linux. > > 5. Few words from the representative our affiliates and associates. > > 6. A temporary shop for collecting Ubuntu and LinuxMint T-shirts, > Customized DVDs including necessary software (thanks to Shazed bhai), > Printed user guides (depending on availability of current version) > > 7. May be enjoying some snacks together. (depending on getting sponsor > for that) > > When and Where? > -------------------------- > We have found 22nd of July, Friday is convenient. Venue is not set yet, > because we have no idea about exact number of participants. Primary plan is > to run a registration campaign to get the idea of that. My personal guess > is > no less than 200 after 3 weeks of campaign / promotion. > > Some Explanations > ----------------------------- > A. First question is ‘Why movie show?’ Well, the experience says that a > lot of people out there who are convinced and preaching others about FOSS. > But many of them have no clear idea about FOSS philosophy and history. So, > I > think ‘Revolution OS’ is a fantastic Documentary for knowing these things. > And people love to see video together. We have noticed that in Jaunty > Release Party when we showed the ‘Big Buck Bunny’ and the really enjoyed > it. > > B. The customized DVD plan was a long planned thing. It will be > available > in IDB for buy soon (Thanks to Jamil bhai). It can be handy to get those > DVD > in our get together. > > Some progresses and analysis > ---------------------------------------------- > A. As you know ‘Revolution OS’ is not a free film to get. It’s DVD can > be > found on Amazon.com and some other online shop, which costs $22 excluding > postal charge. And there is no convenient way to get those DVD legally. > Under this circumstance, I personally contacted with the Director J.T.S. > Moore regarding this issue. Mr Moore was kind enough to give us permission > for screening of ‘Revolution OS’ with a condition of not to copy and > re-distribute the file. I convey the gratitude to Mr Moore on behalf of the > community. > > B. We already have 70 Pieces of Ubuntu T-shirt in stock and another 60 > for LinuxMint will be available soon. > > C. As Ankur Bangladesh previously expressed interest to sponsor programs > of Ubuntu-BD, I have talked with them casually about the snacks sponsorship > and they said to send them a mail about the plan. I am forwarding this mail > > D. We may need some sponsorship/arrangement for Projector and Sound > system if the venue (yet to be fixed) doesn’t have those facilities. > > This is the things/progress happened so far. We have 3 weeks for promotion > of this event to reach the event news to all. There is a fair chance become > the biggest gathering of Linux User's this time. So, we need to work hard. > And we need some volunteers to make this event successful, too. > > So, anyone have any suggestions? > > I am adding Raju bhai in CC of this mail, pretending that he is not > subscribed in this list yet. Requesting Raju bhai to join with us and > participate in discussion. > > Cheers, > --- > Shabab Mustafa > -- > Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org > ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd -- Ubuntu Bangladesh | http://ubuntu-bd.org ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
