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

Fri May 21 06:00:14 UTC 2010

Hi Selven,

I'm ok for the 29 at (around) 10:00.

Avinash

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:58 AM, selven <pcthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>> To: LUGM Discuss Mailing List
>>> 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
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
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