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Announcing OSScamp Pilani March 2010

Posted Wed, 03/03/2010 - 8:37pm by kinshuksunil

Students of BITS Pinali are organizing the next OSScamp. The open source unconference is scheduled between March 12-14, along with TEDx Pilani. The organizers are seeking active participation by the community and the industry to create a successful event and spread awareness for open source in the Pilani region.

Schedule

March 12:

  • 08pm - 10pm: Social Sandbox: Open Source, Unconferences, India
  • 10pm - 12am: Sessions and Talks (4 Slots Available)
  • 12am - 02am: FOSS Hackathon

March 13:

  • Daytime: TEDx Pilani
  • 04pm - 06pm: Install Fest
  • 08pm - 10pm: Sessions & Talks (4 Slots Available)
  • 10pm - 12am: Games Fest
  • 12am - 02am: Social Sandbox: Using FOSS

March 14:

  • 11am - 01pm: FOSS Projects Demonstrations

Besides this, a special FOSS Den will be open during the daytime for people to visit and learn more about FOSS. The FOSS Den will be an open exhibition hall for FOSS Projects. There will be video presentations on comparisons between open source and proprietary softwares and chart displays in the room. Volunteers will be there to present these to the visitors.

The organizers will also work out a mechanism for participants of OSScamps to attend TEDx Pilani as well.

Travelling to Pilani

Best Ways to Travel Pilani:

  • From Delhi (about 6 Hrs by Bus)
  • From Jaipur (about 6 Hrs by Bus)

Unlike other towns, Pilani is not accessible by rail. The nearest rail stations are Chirawa (16 km) and Loharu (25 km). Jaipur is 220 km from Pilani and Delhi is 210 km and well connected by road.

Accommodation at Pilani

Accommodation is available in BITS Pilani Guest House for particpants (coming from outside Pilani) on a First-Come-First-Serve Basis. Only 15 slots are available. Please contact Aastha on the number mentioned to make necessary arrangements.

Support Required

The organizers need help in the organisation of this OSScamp in the following ways:

  • participation at the event
  • promote the event by spreading the word about the event - tweet, blog posts, social networks - use the hashtag #osscamp
  • suggest/connect with foss projects so that they can set up displays at the FOSS Den (expo) and promote themselves
  • contribute linux installation media and goodies for the event

Contact

  • Aastha Mehta - +91 99506 76030
  • Ninad Pundalik - +91 99835 26855
  • Kinshuk Sunil - +91 99100 24895

More Details

 

Delhi's First Creative Commons Salon on Feb 28th at Sarai

Posted Tue, 16/02/2010 - 12:22pm by kinshuksunil

CC Salons are global, informal events focused on building a community of artists, developers, and creators of all kinds around Creative Commons licenses, standards, and technology. The first event took place in San Francisco in 2006 with the idea to replicate in other locations internationally. Since then salons have sprung up in cities around Whether you're familiar with Creative Commons or are brand new to the concepts behind it, we encourage you to check out a salon near you.

Come and be a part of Delhi’s First Creative Common Salon on February 28th at Sarai, CSDS. The event’s objective is to start the social collective of artists, developers and creators around the Creative Commons Licenses and standards.

Creative Commons Salon Delhi

  • What: Creative Commons Salon, Delhi
  • When: Sunday, February 28, 2009 - 2 PM to 6.30 PM
  • Where: Sarai-CSDS, 29 Rajpur Road, Civil Lines, Delhi - 110054

SCHEDULE

  • 1.30 PM - Organiser’s Note + Introduction + Open House
  • 2.00 PM - Playback of Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig (Playback of 45 minute chat given by Mr. Lessig on February 25th 2009 with an additional 30 minutes of Q&A session)
  • 3.30 PM - Focussed Sessions on Software Freedom, Creative Commons and Licenses
  • 5.00 PM - Open House + Networking Sessions
  • 6.00 PM - Roadmap for future CC Salons Delhi.
  • 6.30 PM - Concluding Note

EXPECTED PARTICIPATION
A lot of content creators and thought leaders such as artists and conceptualizers are expected to participate at Creative Commons Salon Delhi. Also, an important chunk of the audience will be developers and from the technical domain.

Contact
Kinshuk Sunil (+91 99100 24895)
Mohak Prince (+91 98686 69175)

Updated Event Details: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Delhi_Salon

GNOME Asia Summit 2010 - Call for Host

Posted Wed, 03/02/2010 - 1:55pm by kinshuksunil

As part of the GNOME.Asia Summit Committee, I would like to post the Call for Host of the GNOME.Asia Summit 2010 here and let all the communities in Asia know that we are looking for potential host this year. Please find below the announcement and don’t hesitate to pass the message along!

Dear GNOME friends,
We are call for the host of GNOME.Asia Summit 2010 now !

GNOME.Asia Summit is the yearly GNOME Users and Developers Asian Conference. The event focuses primarily on the GNOME desktop, and also covers applications and the development platform tools. It brings together the GNOME community in Asia to provide a forum for users, developers, foundation leaders, governments and businesses to discuss both the present technology and future developments.

GNOME.Asia Summit was held in Beijing, China during 2008 and in Ho-Chi-Minh City, Vietnam during 2009. We would like to continue finding new national locations as we spread GNOME throughout Asia, and we are looking for local organizers to rise to the challenge of organizing an excellent GNOME event. The GNOME.Asia committee will assist in the process, but there is a definitive need for inpiduals to be actively involved and committed to the planning and delivery of the event.

You can learn more about GNOME.Asia Summit at our official website: http://gnome.asia
The following two links are “must read items” for organizing the GNOME.Asia Summit: How to and Check list

If you are interested in hosting the summit please submit a formal proposal to the GNOME.Asia Committee at asia-summit-list [at] gnome.org. The deadline for proposals is 31st March 2010. You are encouraged to ask questions before writing the formal proposal.

GNOME.Asia is much like a few trees just planted and we want to grow a forest in Asia. We are looking for local organizers in any Asian country with the desire to take on and succeed in the challenges of organizing an excellent GNOME event. We know that you will need all the time you can get to prepare a proposal but we hope we have inspired you to get started.

We are looking forward to hear from you on or before 31st March 2010.

Sincerely,
GNOME.Asia Summit committee

 

From the original Post: GNOME.ASIA SUMMIT 2010 – CALL FOR HOST

IRC Discussion - Taking the Community Forward

Posted Sun, 13/12/2009 - 1:32pm by kinshuksunil

The OSScamp Community will meet tonight for an IRC discussion at our IRC channel #osscamp to discuss the road ahead for the community and how to take the community forward. A total of 10 members have confirmed to be present, while another 13 might be present. Do join us for the discussion - the more the merrier.

Yes

  1. Ambati Sreedhar
  2. Gajendra Khanna
  3. Jai Edvanta
  4. Kinshuk Sunil
  5. Sandeep Shekhar
  6. Sumit Sati
  7. S Pandey
  8. Sumit
  9. Tanay Mathpal
  10. Sayantan Pal
Maybe
  1. Amitabh Kant
  2. Piyush
  3. Gaurav
  4. R Janarthan
  5. Manish Kutaula
  6. Mohd Inam Shah
  7. Aditi Narula
  8. Piyush Kumar
  9. Pradeep Sharma
  10. Sachin Khosla
  11. Saggar Sahil
  12. Lalit Shandilya
  13. Vishal Garg

Celebrating Mozilla Firefox's 5th Anniversary

Posted Thu, 19/11/2009 - 9:49pm by kinshuksunil

A small birthday party for fans and friends of Mozilla Firefox at Adobe (Noida).

Date: November 22nd, 2009
Time: 2pm to 5pm
Venue: Adobe (Noida Campus), Sector 25A, Noida

We will have a small cake cutting ceremony followed by a Quiz on Firefox. Some Firefox will be given away in the quiz as well. Followed by an open house chilling/lounging/networking session

Contact: Kinshuk - 99100 24895

See who is coming and join us at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105555904945

About the Author

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