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For the IRC meeting conducted on 19 July 2009 almost 20 people attended. Agenda was “Campaign to promote Free Software in Kerala”::Part[1]>Bringing Hardware vendors closer to the Swathanthra Software Community”, as this was the second meeting, it was kind of dull, though it started ontime, it took some time for people to pop in, and show some life to channel.
Date : 19.07.2009
Time : 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Attendance : 20
The attendees included professionals, freelancers and students.Initially meeting started of with an introduction session, where most of the them introduced, then the agenda was announced, though it took some time to get people to talk in full spirit, it was interesting towards the last 45mins, we spoke of how Hardware vendors be educated regarding free software, how the people can influence the hardware vendors with demand for free software, etc it would be better if you skim through the transcript that would be uploaded soon.
The next IRC meeting agenda would be “Campaign to promote Free Software in Kerala”. Part[2] “How to Educate the Schools and colleges about Free Software”( as voted by majority).
The transcript of the meeting, will be available soon as someone uploads it. A mail will come in this regard.
Hope the next meeting is more exciting, let us look forward to the next Sunday official meeting, Agenda mail will come out soon.
Transcript of July 2009 Meeting
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Indeed it was encouraging to see almost 20- 25 people coming for the
first IRC meeting. As there was no agenda as such, what was experienced
was total chaos, discussions on various topics and various aspects,
Although many where unhappy at the lack of a definitive agenda, indeed
it was a chance for many to try out IRC for the first time and to discuss
things online. We hope that the coming meetings ( 3rd sunday of every month)
will see better participation and collaboration with a fixed agenda and objective.
Date : 21.06.2009
Time : 4.15pm – 6pm
Attendance : 20-25
The attendees were from various fields including professionals, freelancers,
the media, etc..
The meeting concluded on ILUG Cochin starting a campaign, more discussions on this
would happen at the official meeting on 28/06/2009 and the next IRC meeting.
The next IRC meeting agenda would be “Campaign to promote Free Software in Kerala”.
( as voted by majority).
Indeed for people who were eager but unable to attend the official meetings at broadway,
the IRC meeting was indeed a very good experience ( from the feedback ).
Hope the next meeting is more exciting.
Transcript of June 2009 Meeting
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What is IRC?
IRC stands for “Internet Relay Chat”. It was originally written by Jarkko Oikarinen in 1988. Since starting in Finland, it has been used in over 60 countries around the world. IRC is a multi-user chat system, where people meet on “channels” (rooms, virtual places, usually with a certain topic of conversation) to talk in groups, or privately. There is no restriction to the number of people that can participate in a given discussion, or the number of channels that can be formed on IRC.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC
1. How can I use IRC on my machine.?
You need an IRC Client ( A program that connects to the IRC Servers). Every client follows guidelines form RFC2812 (basic rules that define how to communicate between client and server) if you are interested go through it, you will understand irc clients better.
- Select the IRC server from the list
- Decide your nick name ( just like your username for an email id )
- [optional] register your nick
- Connect
- Select / Join your channel
These are most popular clients available for IRC,
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