[Ilugc] [Fwd: [LIG] Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: [lb/2004] Getting the LUGs involved]]

From: linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Suresh Ramasubramanian)
Date: Tue Sep 21 18:49:39 2004

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Subject: [LIG] Re: [ilugd] [Fwd: [lb/2004] Getting the LUGs involved]
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:24:42 +0530
From: Sandip Bhattacharya <sandip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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From: Atul Chitnis
To: Linux Bangalore/2004
Subject: [lb/2004] Getting the LUGs involved
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:43:55 +0530

Over the years, we have been trying to get Linux and FOSS user groups from
across India to use the event to draw attention to themselves. Given the
huge national and international audiences who converge at this event, this
makes a lot of sense.

Now I can understand it if larger LUGs don't feel that they need this kind
of exposure, since they are well established in their own rights. Not that
we wouldn't love having them participate - it is just that they seem to
feel that they don't need to. This probably explains why the Mumbai and
Delhi LUGs are so poorly represented every year at the event (though there
is no shortage of *speakers* from these places!).

  Atalji ...err.. Atulji :)  is under a very wrong impression. My personal
belief is that poor representation of Delhi LUG is because of physical
distance. There is no conspiracy/ego thing about this.

For those of us who cant afford air fares for reaching such conferences,
this
is generally a week long affair, in which a third of the time is spent
on the
train. How many people can afford that much time off from work every year?

The best way to ensure a pan-indian participation is to keep rotating the
event (like say Linux India  2004) in different state capitals every year.
Till then, LB will be a predominantly Bangalore/Southern-India centric
event
attended by either people from nearby regions or by people who have the
money
or time.

- Sandip

P.S. Sorry for sounding petty, but I am just venting my frustation at not
being able to attend any worthwhile Linux events(other than LA-2004) in the
past 5+ years that I have been involved in the Indian Linux community,
because of my limited means.

P.S.2. This seems to be intended for all LUGs in India. I wonder why it
wasnt
posted in LIG first.

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