[Ubuntu-BD] The get together of Ubuntu and Mint users

Thu Jul 1 20:09:18 BST 2010

আমি পরীক্ষার জন্য থাকতে পারব না। উবুন্টুর টিশার্ট চেয়েছিলাম, কিন্তু ঢাকার
বাইরে বলে তো পেলাম না। আশা করি খুব একটা ভাল গেট টুগেদার হবে। Triumph of the
nerds মুভিটা কেও রাখতে পারেন তালিকায়।
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Tareq Hasan
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On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 1:00 AM, Zakir Hossain <rajuru at gmail.com> wrote:

> what a nice mail!
>
> Just can't wait for it to be happened :).
>
> Best Regard,
> Raju
> ------------------------
> http://hungrycoder.xenexbd.com - For novice.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Shabab Mustafa <shabab.mustafa at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Dear Comrades,
> >
> > Hope you are all fine.
> >
> > I guess we all know about Ubuntu T-shirt project (thanks to Lenin bro for
> > his posts). By this project we have experienced some extra ordinary
> > experiences and the response was times more than our expectations. Not
> only
> > from Dhaka, but also from all over the country. Some came to Dhaka in
> > morning bus, bought 2 pieces of T-shirt and returned in the evening bus.
> And
> > the interesting part is, that was the first time that he traveled to
> Dhaka
> > in his life. And this is only one story of several.
> >
> > This kind of responses proves that the level of interest of people in
> > Ubuntu and Linux Distros has been increased at a geometric progression in
> > last few months. Even people, who always stayed silent in online
> > communities, expressed interest about Ubuntu this time.
> >
> > By receiving this kind of responses, personally me and Shahriar felt an
> > communal responsibility for these people. So, last past few days we were
> > brainstorming about how we can do something. By then we got an idea for
> > arranging a get together to meet and greet out silent friends.
> >
> > The Idea
> > ------------
> > Well, idea is simple. This time we will meet, chat, discuss, enjoy movies
> > and do similar easy going things. This will be not anything like ‘release
> > party’ or similar type of gathering. There will be no training or
> > demonstration type of thing. We will laugh and make others laugh.
> Something
> > likes a fun carnival. :D
> >
> > In this course, I have contacted with our brothers of LinuxMint-BD to
> join
> > with us ( thanks to Ayon Khan and Raju bhai aka the hungrycoder ). And
> they
> > also interested and got excited, too. So, this one gonna be a gathering
> of
> > both Ubuntu and LinuxMint users. And we gave it a name: ‘বন্টু-মিন্টুর
> > আড্ডা’ :D
> >
> > What will we do?
> > -----------------------
> > Well, there are several ideas.
> >
> > 1.    Introduce to ourselves. Meet and know our buddies.
> >
> > 2.    Enjoy a documentary film together. Selected ‘Revolution OS’ with
> > Bangla subtitles for screening this time.
> >
> > 3.    Experience sharing. Most of us have tons of experiences about
> Linux.
> > How we know about Linux, how much we struggle with it, interesting
> > experiences about Linux advocacy and motivating others etc.
> >
> > 4.    Discuss about future plans. What we can do next to spread out the
> > message of FOSS and Linux.
> >
> > 5.    Few words from the representative our affiliates and associates.
> >
> > 6.    A temporary shop for collecting Ubuntu and LinuxMint T-shirts,
> > Customized DVDs including necessary software (thanks to Shazed bhai),
> > Printed user guides (depending on availability of current version)
> >
> > 7.    May be enjoying some snacks together. (depending on getting sponsor
> > for that)
> >
> > When and Where?
> > --------------------------
> > We have found 22nd of July, Friday is convenient. Venue is not set yet,
> > because we have no idea about exact number of participants. Primary plan
> is
> > to run a registration campaign to get the idea of that. My personal guess
> is
> > no less than 200 after 3 weeks of campaign / promotion.
> >
> > Some Explanations
> > -----------------------------
> > A.    First question is ‘Why movie show?’ Well, the experience says that
> a
> > lot of people out there who are convinced and preaching others about
> FOSS.
> > But many of them have no clear idea about FOSS philosophy and history.
> So, I
> > think ‘Revolution OS’ is a fantastic Documentary for knowing these
> things.
> > And people love to see video together. We have noticed that in Jaunty
> > Release Party when we showed the ‘Big Buck Bunny’ and the really enjoyed
> it.
> >
> > B.    The customized DVD plan was a long planned thing. It will be
> > available in IDB for buy soon (Thanks to Jamil bhai). It can be handy to
> get
> > those DVD in our get together.
> >
> > Some progresses and analysis
> > ----------------------------------------------
> > A.    As you know ‘Revolution OS’ is not a free film to get. It’s DVD can
> > be found on Amazon.com and some other online shop, which costs $22
> excluding
> > postal charge. And there is no convenient way to get those DVD legally.
> > Under this circumstance, I personally contacted with the Director J.T.S.
> > Moore regarding this issue. Mr Moore was kind enough to give us
> permission
> > for screening of ‘Revolution OS’ with a condition of not to copy and
> > re-distribute the file. I convey the gratitude to Mr Moore on behalf of
> the
> > community.
> >
> > B.    We already have 70 Pieces of Ubuntu T-shirt in stock and another 60
> > for LinuxMint will be available soon.
> >
> > C.    As Ankur Bangladesh previously expressed interest to sponsor
> programs
> > of Ubuntu-BD, I have talked with them casually about the snacks
> sponsorship
> > and they said to send them a mail about the plan. I am forwarding this
> mail
> >
> > D.    We may need some sponsorship/arrangement for Projector and Sound
> > system if the venue (yet to be fixed) doesn’t have those facilities.
> >
> > This is the things/progress happened so far. We have 3 weeks for
> promotion
> > of this event to reach the event news to all. There is a fair chance
> become
> > the biggest gathering of Linux User's this time. So, we need to work
> hard.
> > And we need some volunteers to make this event successful, too.
> >
> > So, anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > I am adding Raju bhai in CC of this mail, pretending that he is not
> > subscribed in this list yet. Requesting Raju bhai to join with us and
> > participate in discussion.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > ---
> > Shabab Mustafa
> >
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