25th September, 2014 - #debian-in on OFTC


17:31 < rigved> so, i have spoken to the FOSSEE team at IITB and they are ready to hold the mini-debconf on 31/01/2015 and 01/02/2015. 17:32 < shirish> cool 17:32 < rigved> i have tentatively told them that we can expect around 200 people to attend! even though it might not be that many. 17:33 < rigved> we should try to reach as many colleges as possible so that more students attend the event 17:33 < rigved> i wanted to call this meeting to make an action plan for all the things that need to be done in the next few months 17:35 < siji> rigved, why cant we prepare a list of itineraries and start working on it 17:35 < rigved> also, i stressed to the FOSSEE people that this is a mini-debconf, not a general GNU/Linux meetup 17:35 < rigved> siji: yes, let's do that 17:35 -!- jo0nas [~jonas@188-183-5-254-static.dk.customer.tdc.net] has joined #debian-in 17:36 < rigved> so, the first thing that we need is a website! :) 17:36 < siji> Right 17:37 < siji> Website, CFP, Sponsers, 17:38 < siji> And even FOSSEE team has agreed to arrange the venue, I recommend to make sure that we got a official approval from IIT authorities 17:38 < rigved> yes, that's important 17:39 < rigved> i'll be calling the FOSSE team next week to discuss the mini-debconf. 17:39 < siji> ok 17:40 < rigved> i'll ask them for a mailing list and a phone number where all the volunteers can reaach them 17:40 < rigved> i would prefer that they join the debian-dug-in mailing list itself 17:40 < shirish> rigved: you can re-use the website code and even enhance it, in which we could both benefit. 17:40 -!- j4v4m4n_mobile [~nodebot@1.39.62.58] has joined #debian-in 17:41 < shirish> j4v4m4n_mobile: hey :) 17:41 < rigved> shirish: i have already suggested the same to the FOSSEE team the last time that we met 17:41 < j4v4m4n_mobile> shirish hi 17:41 < rigved> j4v4m4n_mobile: hi 17:42 < rharish> j4v4m4n_mobile: there you are, did you see ? 17:43 < j4v4m4n_mobile> rigved hi 17:43 < j4v4m4n_mobile> i'm yet to read the mail 17:44 < rharish> j4v4m4n_mobile: okay, tell me if something can be done :) 17:45 < shirish> rharish: don't think we can do anything, not with the span of time he's talking, 2 hrs. 17:45 < shirish> rigved: sorry we seem to be a bit off-track here, a situation has come up, give us couple of mins. 17:45 < rigved> ok 17:46 < shirish> rharish: j4v4m4n_mobile: I have just replied, don't think we can do anything about it, the only thing we can say is sorry and move on. 17:48 < shirish> j4v4m4n_mobile: have a look at the mail, if you think it's ok, we can move on, let's not make rigved wait much longer than necessary. 17:48 < rharish> shirish: so be it :\ 17:48 -!- nitesh1 [~Thunderbi@115.114.59.182] has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 17:49 < j4v4m4n_mobile> shirish yes nothing we can do at the moment 17:50 < j4v4m4n_mobile> shirish we can try to get him at another place and time 17:50 < shirish> j4v4m4n_mobile: sure, no issues about that. 17:50 < shirish> rigved: I think you better continue. 17:52 < rigved> ok 17:52 < rigved> so, the list of things to do is website, sponsors, cfp, contact details 17:52 < rigved> anything else? 17:53 < siji> Official approval of Venue 17:53 < siji> we can ask IIT to provide Accomodation facilities too, for speakers 17:53 < siji> (and participants too, for small amount) 17:54 < rigved> yes 17:54 < rigved> i spoke to them about accomodation 17:54 < siji> and food and beverages ? 17:54 < rigved> they were not too keen on it 17:55 < rigved> i meant about accomodation. this needs more discussion with them 17:55 < rigved> i have not talked to them about food etc. yet 17:55 < shirish> rigved: accomodation for speakers or participants or both ? 17:55 < siji> From the mail communication, I felt they are taking the things casually 17:56 < siji> Speakers -free of cost, participants they can charge 17:56 < rigved> shirish: accomodation in general 17:56 < shirish> ohk. 17:56 < rigved> yes they seem to be a bit casual about it as of now, because they think that the event is very far away 17:57 < siji> right ! 17:57 < rigved> but we are all volunteers here, not working full time on this so its not too far away for us! 17:57 < shirish> right 17:57 < rigved> i think if we can get some sponsors, then accomodation might not a problem 17:58 < siji> I think we should involve FOSSEE team + Prof.Kannan + Computer Science department (Prof.Pushpak bhatacharya) 17:58 < siji> rigved, that's true 17:59 < shirish> +1 from my side as well. 17:59 < rigved> yes, i'll talk to them about involving other departments of IIT. debian caters to many more fields 17:59 < shirish> exactly. 18:00 < shirish> guys, need to take a break here, will be back here to read the transcript of the IRC chat so my handle is on. 18:00 * shirish goes to dinner. 18:01 < rigved> any other suggestions? 18:02 < rigved> j4v4m4n_mobile: anything you might want to add here? 18:02 < siji> rigved, website -High priority ! 18:02 < rigved> siji: yes 18:03 < rigved> how many rooms / labs would we require? 18:03 < rigved> would 5 classrooms and 3 labs be enough? 18:04 < rigved> or should we have tracks and 1 classroom per track 18:04 < siji> I guess, enough 18:04 -!- j4v4m4n_mobile1 [~nodebot@1.39.61.167] has joined #debian-in 18:05 -!- faheem [~faheem@bulldog.duhs.duke.edu] has joined #debian-in 18:06 < siji> rigved, have you thought anything about the sessions , then it will be easy to define this 18:07 < rigved> siji: no not yet. if we involve other departments of IIT, then we can one track per department and define the sessions accordinly 18:07 < rigved> *accordingly 18:07 < siji> ok 18:08 < rigved> also, i think we should keep 1 lab free so that people can just gather here and hack on anything they like 18:08 < siji> Good idea 18:08 < faheem> meeting still going? 18:08 < rigved> also, 1 classroom should be kept free just in case something goes wrong 18:08 < siji> faheem, yes , welcome ! 18:08 < rigved> faheem: yes 18:09 < faheem> this is about the kerala event, or something else? 18:09 < rigved> it's about the Mumbai event! :) 18:09 < faheem> siji: thanks 18:09 < faheem> rigved: huh? 18:10 -!- j4v4m4n_mobile [~nodebot@1.39.62.58] has quit [Ping timeout: 480 seconds] 18:12 < siji> rigved, should we conclude then ? 18:13 < rigved> siji: yes, i have a list of things to be done. just need people to pick them up 18:13 < rigved> faheem: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia/MiniDebConf2015/Mumbai 18:13 < faheem> rigved: ok 18:13 < rigved> i'll send a mail to the mailing list so that people who are interested and pick up tasks 18:14 < siji> Perfect 18:14 < rigved> siji, j4v4m4n_mobile1: anything remaining to be discussed? 18:15 < faheem> are the mini debconf intended to be yearly? 18:15 < siji> rigved, nothing now ! 18:16 -!- j4v4m4n_mobile1 [~nodebot@1.39.61.167] has quit [Remote host closed the connection] 18:17 < rigved> siji: ok. bye then 18:18 < rigved> faheem: nothing as such has been planned yet! :) 18:18 < siji> rigved, bye