FOSS Info-Mela 2009(February 7, 2009 Saturday)
Contents
1 Background
2 Objective
3 Date, Time and Venue
4 Activities
4.1 Stalls
4.2 Parallel Sessions
5 Publicity
6 Partners
7 Sponsors
7.1 Prime Sponsor
7.2 Supported By
8 Participating Organizations
9 Participating Communities
10 Visitors Expected from
10.1 Colleges
10.2 Schools
11 Poster
12 Related Resources
Background
FOSS Nepal has established its own first ever FOSS Lab in Nepal in Brihaspati Vidya Sadan recently. In a very short history of FOSS Nepal it has managed to flow the idea of FOSS in the country and elsewhere. It is a leading umbrella body which is responsible for establishing the free and open source environment in the region. This event was inaugurated by honourable Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Mr. Ganesh Shah.
Objective
The prime objective of FOSS InfoMela is to create awareness about Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) to students and professional community. It will also highlight the FOSS achievements in Nepal and inform the general public about what FOSS Nepal is doing. This Mela will make a milestone in terms of issues regarding Free and Open Source Software in Nepal. The need, necessity and the urgency to use FOSS is pointed out during the mela.
Date, Time and Venue
Date: February 7, 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 10 AM - 5 PM
Venue: FOSS Training and Research Center, Brihaspati Vidya Sadan, Naxal, Kathmandu
Activities
Stalls
Open Source Software demo Many prevalent open source software were shown to public in order to get attention. The security issues of IE and comparison to Firefox was done. Open Office, Amarok, VLC ... were shown as open source alternatives.
Distro, CDs, nirvikalpa CDs, FOSS T-Shirts sales FOSS materials were sold and distributed in the program.
Pamphlets distribution The Software Challenge organized by D2 was highlighted.
Commercial companies ads Sponsors got a chance to put their ads in the program. Colleges, Institutions and education houses were promoted.
College Communities Events
Parallel Sessions
FOSS Introduction
Documentaries
Installation Demo
Virus Free Stalls
Power Saving with OLD hardware/LTSP
Open Art
FOSS Computer Games
SFD Pictures in Display
Publicity
The program will be highlighted in the FOSS Press Meet.
Upcoming attractions to be marketed:
1.Essential Linux training at the Training Center
2.RHCE, LPI, etc... trainings at Training Center
3.Specialized trainings for interested groups - including for graphics, web site design, etc...
4.D2 Open Source Programming Competition
Partners
1. Help Nepal Network
2. Brihaspati Vidyasadan
Sponsors
Prime Sponsor
1.D2Labs
Supported By
1. Kathmandu University
2. High Level Commission for Information Technology (HLCIT)
3. DigiTrust
Participating Organizations
1. Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP)
Participating Communities
1. Kathmandu University Open Source Community (KUOSC)
2. IOE FOSS Community
3. Informatics FOSS Community
4. NCIT FOSS Community
5. Prime FOSS Community
6. Advance FOSS Community
7. Open Source Community - Himalaya College of Engineering(HCOE)
8. Dharan Chapter
9. Fedora Nepal Local Community
10. Ubuntu Nepal Local Community (LoCo)
Visitors Expected from
Colleges
1.Kathmandu University
2.IOE Pulchowk Campus
3.Nepal College of Information Technology (NCIT)
4.Advanced College of Engineering And Management (ACEM)
5.Informatics College
6.BVS High
7.Himalaya College of Engineering(HCOE)
8.Amrit Science College (ASCol)
9.Xavier International College (XIC)
Schools
1.Brihaspti Vidyasadan/Alumni
2.Little Angels'
3.AVM
4.Budhanilkantha
5.Bagmati School
6.LRI
7.St. Xaviers'
8.St. Marys'
9.Rato Bangala
10.Shuvatara
11.KMC school
12.Gyan niketan
Poster
Related Resources
http://www.everestuncensored.org/4421/2009/02/13/fossinfomela09/
http://www.aakarpost.com/2009/02/foss-infomela-2009.html
http://picasaweb.google.com/spsharma/FOSSInfoMela2009#
