Hi members
My first first-hand experience with Linux was in Nov 2003 .... and i developed and instant liking towards Linux and the Open Source Philosophy.
Then it was great to find our own LUG (before that it was hard for me to believe that anyone uses Linux in our Suncity)
Its great to be a part of it (though i'am now feeling guilty of not making any contributions here)

I am pleased to inform that Linux is growing ,atleast according to the trends i have seen in my college .... now more and more people want to atleast give Linux a try and have installed Linux on there PC (i know coz i made most of the installations)

I wish our LUG to be a real sucess now coz that fill aid in futher promotion of GNU/Linux

i think we should address the points given in the mail "Recipe for a Successful Linux User Group"

Recipe for a Successful Linux User Group
by Rick Moen
1. You need a Web page.

We have one

2. Your Web page needs a reasonable URL.

No probs

3. You need a regular meeting location.
4. You need a regular meeting time.
5. You need to avoid meeting-time conflicts.

Some time back i saw an old poll on the yahoo-group  regarding montly meeting of LUG. Had there been any meetings in the past and was it a regular feature?? Why were they discontinued?? Shouldn't we revive it??
I agree many people here are busy people with office work n stuff ...but we all can find out some time ...maybe once a month or once in two months . I believe that would be great .

6. You need to make sure that meetings happen as advertised, without fail.

We can do that ..jodhpur not a big city ..then we have yahoo group to mail

7. You need a core of several Linux enthusiasts.

we have atleast a few and can look forward to getting more in future

8. Your core volunteers need out-of-band methods of communication.

that can be taken care of

9. You need to get on the main lists of LUGs, and keep your entries accurate.

i'am not sure about that ..... are we there , moderators ??

10. You must have login access to maintain your Web pages, as needed.
11. Design your Web page to be forgiving of deferred maintenance.
12. Always include the day of the week, when you cite event dates. Always check that day of the week, first, using gcal [2] (or cal). gcal is your friend.
13. Place time-sensitive and key information prominently near the top of your main Web page.
14. Include maps and directions to your events.
15. Emphasise on your main page that your meeting will be free of charge and open to the public (if it is).
16. You'll want to include an RSVP "mailto" hyperlink, on some events.
17. Use referral pages.
18. Make sure every page has a revision date and maintainer link.
19. Check all links, at intervals.

we can take care of the website ..... I would love to volunteer if the moderators wish or need

20. You may want to consider establishing a LUG mailing list.

yahoo-group is there ..working fine

21. You don't need to be in the Internet Service Provider business.

we aren't

22. Don't go into any other business, either.
23. Walk the walk.

okiez

wat say ppl .... lets get together and contribute in our own way..........

cheerz

Harpreet Singh B.E. Final Yr. Electronics and Communication Engineering M.B.M Engineering College Jodhpur. Home Page || Mail Me