[lugm.org] Let's organise a conference on Saturday 3 July 2010

[selven]

up for a meeting for the 29th? need to talk about papers also.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Ronny R. <redoverlord at gmail.com> wrote:

> a meeting on the 29th of may?
>
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Didier Rosine <didierr at intnet.mu> wrote:
>
>>  I can provide a 4 Mbs Dedicated ILL for the event
>>
>> Didier
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Shaan Nobee <s.nobee at yahoo.com>
>> *To:* LUGM Discuss Mailing List <discuss at lugm.org>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, May 20, 2010 12:51 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [lugm.org] Let's organise a conference on Saturday 3 July
>> 2010
>>
>>  Nice idea :D
>>
>> Given that we'll have some linux pcs on the spot, we could do live
>> demonstrations instead of just presentation slides, will be even more
>> interesting :)
>>
>> 1 idea for a speech that can be done:
>> "Linux vs Windows as a server system" (benchmarks,performance
>> comparisons,etc.) (could be stripped down into subcategories "IIS vs
>> nginx/apache", "samba vs windows file sharing","ssh vs telnet", etc. ,well
>> the idea is just to show that linux is way better than windows in terms of
>> performance/security :D
>>
>> if we are targeting desktop users we could do the same comparisons,
>> Windows UI vs different linux UIs,open office vs ms word,etc.
>>
>> i don't know if it's appropriate including windows in a topic, just a
>> suggestion..
>>
>> Shaan
>>
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>> *From:* Avinash Meetoo <avinash at noulakaz.net>
>> *To:* LUGM Discuss Mailing List <discuss at lugm.org>
>> *Sent:* Thu, May 20, 2010 10:20:39 AM
>> *Subject:* [lugm.org] Let's organise a conference on Saturday 3 July 2010
>>
>> On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 8:45 PM, selven <pcthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Yup. we need to find a way to whip a bit their blood and bring in some
>> newer faces.
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I've just talked to Dominique Derrier and we both believe that it's
>> high time we increase our action in Mauritius. We have been talking of
>> organising a conference for a long time so let's do it!
>>
>> I propose the following:
>>
>>     Name: "LinuxConf Mauritius" or "OpenSource Conference Mauritius"
>>
>>     Date: Saturday 3 July 2010 (in 44 days) from 10:00 - 16:00
>>
>>     Venue: At the University of Mauritius (I have a lot of contacts
>> there and the place is, ahem, interesting from a communication point
>> of view. To all ex-UoM students: what is the ideal place? The
>> Burrenchobay Hall? Lecture Theatre 1 or 2?)
>>
>>     Format: 6 x 45 minutes presentations on various (not necessarily
>> geeky) topics. The presentations will be done by anyone interested but
>> I think we need to have a screening panel. In parallel, we could have
>> a few (nice looking) PCs with Linux preinstalled so that people can do
>> things...
>>
>>     Sponsors: I think we should have sponsors (in fact, my company
>> Knowledge Seven Ltd is willing to be one of them) as this will allow
>> us to cover the costs (rent for the venue, payment for the Internet
>> connection, posters, ads in newspapers, etc.)
>>
>>     Organisers: The LUGM Board -- I propose that the Board meets as
>> soon as possible (Selven, can you arrange that?) to discuss the
>> important matter, to give deadlines and to allocate responsibilities.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Avinash
>>
>>
>> --
>> avinash at noulakaz.net - http://www.noulakaz.net/ - (230) 493-9394
>>
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>> [Jez]
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