fossmeet in Delhi/NCR

Asked the students at NIT Calicut to share their experience here https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/fossmeetnitc/2t6r3Y9oIIA

Acharya Narendra Dev college could be one option, IIT Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamiaya could be another option.

We can try and contact folks at JMILug http://www.jmilug.org/ or https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/linux-user-group-jmi

@praveenarimbrathod - Nice suggestions (Acharya Narendra Dev college could be one option, IIT Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamiaya) Lets contact JMI and IIT Delhi !

I talked to Parin and he has contacts in IITD.

We had a few people from JMI at the Hamara Conference - so i'll reach out to them too.

Hello everyone.
I am Shivam (final year B.Tech Comp. Engg student) from JMI (Jamia Millia Islamia).
According to the academic schedule, we are available before 10th Apr. So, there are 2 options-

1. The tentative dates of our annual technical CSI fest are 3-5 Apr. So, you can organize the event around those dates.
2. Else, there is Holi week or any other weekend you want before 10th Apr and excluding the dates 3-5 Apr.

The tentative dates of our annual technical CSI fest are 3-5 Apr. So, you can organize the event around those dates.

Please don't mix up with other tech events if possible. I know its convenient but we had some bad experiences of crowds ending up else where. Another good reason is that if there are other events are the enthusiastic crowds are busy organising that event and this one might not get volunteers or even attendees.:frowning2:

I know its convenient but we had some bad experiences of crowds ending up else where. Another good reason is that if there are other events are the enthusiastic crowds are busy organising that event and this one might not get volunteers or even attendees.

May be you are right, but in the past, we have organized 2 open events where no such problems occurred. Organizing it with the fest also helped in marketing of the event (we had a very tight budget) which I guess is not a problem here. You obviously have a better experience so you might be right about the mixups and volunteers.

Isn't april too early for an event? We need call for talks and people booking tickets. Wouldnt it all take time? Or is it planned to be a local event where people come from NCR or max nearby states?

Yes, April did seem a little early to me as well, but that's the only time window JMI will be able to provide. After 10th Apr we'll have mid-sems (so, no availability of labs and volunteers) then assignment submission week will start and then end sems will come. So, April is the only time window available.

So, April is the only time window available.

I understand that scheduling :calendar_spiral:

What about some time later like after the summer holidays? We could plan it well if we get more time. In this case the plan is to make a national level event.

What about some time later like after the summer holidays? We could plan it well if we get more time. In this case the plan is to make a national level event.

Okay, so the academic schedule after April will be - End semester exams for almost whole of May. So, if the event can be organized within 1st week of June then we will be able to get the volunteers else majority juniors will go to their homes during the holidays. But with only one week after the exams, I don't know how much preparations we'll be able to do.

Then, during the summer break (Whole June and most of July) I don't know how many volunteers will be available for the organizations. Plus, we'll probably start with our jobs so it's kinda uncertain.

Next is organizing it after the summer break. Now, you'll be able to get a plenty volunteers around that time. But, we (current batch) won't be there. So, you'll have to work with our juniors. We can only help from outside. :)

Plus, we'll probably start with our jobs so it's kinda uncertain.

Ahh now I understand, thanks for explaining. My suggestion would be to go ahead with the first plan of april. We could start small and then probably have some team building ideas and improve the contacts with the juniors. We could plan a bigger scale event later.