[lugm.org] 19th anniversary of LUGM and open source in Mauritius (kind of...)

[Jheengut Pritvi]

Hi,

As I already told you today, I'm in.



On Thu, 30 May 2019 at 13:48, Avinash Meetoo <avinash at noulakaz.net> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> On 18 Nov 2000, the Mauritius Linux User Group (MLUG) was born. Today,
> about 19 years later, it has become the Linux User Group of Mauritius (or
> Meta) (LUGM).
>
> Next year, LUGM will be 20 years old and, for me, we need to celebrate
> big, both for LUGM but also for the open source movement. I remember that
> when we started in 2000, only a few people in the island were aware of open
> source and we had to do a lot of advocacy. Today, the situation has changed
> and everyone wants to be involved with open source. This is a great thing
> of course but, as precursors, I believe that we need to have some more
> visibility.
>
> Anyway, I am proposing to the Managing Committee and to other members of
> LUGM (+ members of other "open source" associations) that we organise the
> 19th anniversary properly. Nothing too complicated but we need to be
> visible again.
>
> Then, next year, we can organise a big event (like a conference or
> something) to commemorate our 20 years and we won't have a lot of issues
> finding sponsors, etc.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Avinash
>
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