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Detailed Plan for KGEC LUG

  • The KGEC LUG will maintain college computers assigned to them.
  • There will be core committee of LUG whose members will be sound in Technical Skill.
  • The core committee will maintain all the college computers and all they will do their work after the college hour. (since it is branch and year independent)
  • The core committee will the soul of the LUG, will help the Linux users and carry on FOSS events.
  • The President will be the head of this core committee followed by a vice president.
  • The core committee is open to all and anyone can join it after completing a process. The participant will have to qualify the following criteria:
    • He/She will have to register for membership in core committee.
    • He/She will have to actively participate and work under the guidance of the existing core committee.
    • After a month, the participant will be considered a member of the core committee if the core committee feels that the participant has acquired necessary skills.
    • He/she will be given a membership certificate.
    • If the participant is still not well suited for the post, he/she will have to continue his activities with the core-committee for few more days as non core-committee member. Eventually the participation will be approved.
  • The membership of LUG is open to all, even from other colleges.
  • Every member of the LUG will have to join the mailing list.
  • The members of the LUG can request free media of any available Distribution to the core committee. (This is only possible if the FOSS Community helps by providing CD's and DVD's, else interested candidates will have to get blank CD's or DVD's)
  • The members of LUG can post all their Linux related problems in the Mailing List and can also help with the solution of others problem.

The Mailing List will have even experts from the FOSS community to guide and help with the solution.

What is there for a LUG Member?

1. Feedback from better people
2. Solutions to problems that he himself can not fix
3. Industry standard skills in documentation and planning
4. Online code portfolio for potential recruiters
5. Extending the skills acquired to grab fellowships/Summers of Code

Work already Done:

  • Having Successfully conducting an installfest in KGEC. Details:
 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/KGEC_Install_Fest
  • Setting up a computer in the college Library which has public access with a poster as "Maintained by GNU/Linux User Group of KGEC". It is under our full control. Link for Pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/lh/sredir?uname=rohit.kgec&target=ALBUM...
  • Getting the support of college and there will be no objections.

(but with no funds. We may have to manage funds even for Workshops)

  • No. of Computers expected:
    a) 15-20 in CSE Lab.
    b) more than 5 in EE Lab.
    **** We will approach with this concepts to other departments also for their labs. (IT, MCA, ECE, ME)
    **** Each computer will have the label as "Maintained by GNU/Linux User Group of KGEC".
  • Starting the "Linux For You" Magazine in college. starting next month (April).
  • We have the full fedora repo (25 GB) for Intel architecture.
  • We have loads of many other different distributions.
  • We already have few interested members for the core committee. (They are also Linux users but with not sufficient knowledge.)
  • I am a Fedora Ambassador and am trying to help them.
  • The Official Inauguration will be done in the 2nd week of April (date not yet Fixed, Proposals welcome)
  • To manage the required funds, there's a option to apply membership fees.

Pros and Cons We think:

Pro's:

  • The core-Committee members can have live experimentation on the college computers and get things working.
  • Students who don't have computers or is not willing to experiment, will also get the opportunity to gain the knowledge and necessary skills.
  • We can deploy industry standard mechanisms to help maintain machines easier.
  • The core-committee members become experts and there is a chain effect followed by them.
  • Free Publicity through Posters about KGEC LUG in computers.

Con's:

  • The LUG will be more like an organization than a group.
  • If we lack response, it may be difficult.

We are also thinking of organizing classes and workshops which depends on response and interest in core-committee.

We have seen the enthusiasm in students during installfest and so, we are hoping for a Success..

The Official Inauguration will be done in the 2nd week of April (date not yet Fixed, Proposals welcome). We will also include FOSS events during this time and I also request the FOSS community to help me out with the events

Mailing List: http://groups.google.com/group/kgeclug/
This message link in mailing list: http://groups.google.co.in/group/kgeclug/browse_thread/thread/3c84d88ddc13eae4

Suggestions are Welcome. Please reply in mailing List and also join us in our mailing list


Role of Fedora

  • The role of Fedora in KGEC LUG is most important. The installfest was a FAD and the awareness of Linux in our college is basically Fedora.
  • I am the Fedora Ambassador in our college to provide full support for fedora.
  • There are already many computers in college with fedora installed.

Needed

  • Around 150 DVDs and 100 live cds for distribution under Free Media Program of LUG and Maintainance by the core-committee. This estimate is based on the response during installfest. We had to close the registration due to overcrowd. The CDs and DVDs will be needed by the LUG for long term.
  • Around 100 Fedora Electronic Lab DVDs
  • Support During the April inauguration for events and Creation of Linux Awareness.
  • Any Special software or CD/DVD which may help maintainance of computers easy. The many Lab computers will have same configuration.

Contact

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