<p>Maybe a two session meeting. First is a brief history of the open source movement and a in depth look at its importance in current world practice both business and academic/public institution. This will help spur interest as an IT profession. <br>
Then either an installfest or a live CD giveaway with demonstration of capabilities. Be sure to refer back to the history and use talk during the demo. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 12, 2012 1:53 AM, "vysakh" <<a href="mailto:diplomatv@gmail.com">diplomatv@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<div><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">There is a linux user group in my college (Chennai,India) and the group had several activities in the past. But now we wanted to do some </span><b style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">workshops</b><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> or </span><b style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">lectures</b><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> and i would like suggestions.</span><br style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">I want you to suggest some ideas regarding</span></div>
<div><br style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* </span><i style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>online workshops or tutorial</b></i><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> or</span><br style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">* Even a hangout class about Open Source would be a great idea. or Any speakers ready to visit our College.</span><br style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Before starting the same,i wanted to know how many people among juniors knew about </span><b style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Open Source</b><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> and i found the number was very very less. So it is also my responsibility as a senior to guide my juniors.So please leave a suggestion in the comment.:)</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Regards</span></div>
<div><span style="line-height:18px;font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Vysakh</span></div>
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