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By SVAKSHA on 2007 November 13 [Tuesday], 18:39:00 - STEM - Permalink
LC-India is having a BoF on 2007-12-06 as part of Foss.in at Bangalore and Runa had called me yesterday to talk about the banners and stickers that she has done for the event promotion. She has put in a lot of work and I especially liked the stickers ...now if only we could find sponsors for printing the stickers !!
Besides lamenting discussing the lack of female volunteers in
India, low interest rates in volunteering as a whole and other aspects of the
community, we may also have to deal with low attendance rates at the BoF which
kind of kills the very spirit of the whole thing.
Considering the fact that there is no dearth of skilled women in the Indian IT industry I am curious as to what keeps them away from libre software. Is it the lack of motivation or just that companies dont foster a "giving" attitude, rather than a "take" attitude?
This weekend I had a bad migrane thanks to the polluting fumes from all the Deepavali cracker-bursting, not to mention the noise levels. Weirdly a strong cup of kaapi helps but neither caffeine nor chocolates worked this time. Sleep did.
Comments
Is it really a "lack" of volunteers or, is it more about figuring out how to get the word out ? One of the things that I felt was tying down what LC-India can be for those who want to be part of it. Perhaps the BoF would be a good place for that
By the way, is the LC-India BoF only for LCs or also includes
those who like what the LC groups stand and work for ?
Creating awareness is a factor, besides getting our goals aligned, getting word out, taking feedback ...yeah the BoF should set things in motion. For now if people want to express their support from the fringes we welcome that ... ofcourse like any team we would like it even more if folks participated and took responsibility but i am sure that will eventually happen along with awareness. In that sense LC is an open group, i.e you dont have to be a member (or a woman) to attend the BoF.