fosstr - what and why

fosstr is a group of FOSS enthusiasts and advocates from Belgaum (India). Our goal is to foster a Free and Open Source community of users, advocates and developers; and creating an environment where people can come and learn from experienced technologists.

What and why of fosstr - This presentation was a review of what was fosstr(a vision) and what it is today, challenges it faces as well as a roadmap.

Transcript

1. ./fosstr.org Swapneel Patnekar / swapneel@brainattic.in FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
2. # whoami Swapneel Patnekar geek Teenage Cyclist Founder of FOSSTR Co-Organizer of Docker-Belgaum, Ansible-Belgaum meetups Co-Organizer of DjangoGirls with @pooja_patnekar @digen_ http://blog.brainattic.in FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
3. Why do you want to climb Mount Everest? FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
4. Because it’s there – George Mallory FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
5. Why FOSSTR ? FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
6. Map of Belgaum/Belgavi District FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
7. Search/Find FOSS in Belgaum/Belgavi cd belgaum && cd belgavi find . -iname foss FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
8. Result FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
9. Why does it not exist already? Void of an IT Ecosystem Lack of awareness/preference in local establishments Lack of FOSS advocates/enthusiasts Absence of a group focussing on all-things-foss Initiative/volunteer to start FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
10. Got an itch, scratch. FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
11. What is FOSSTR ? ( a perception ) FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
12. DNA of fosstr - A vision, a goal Group with a common goal - Share, Promote and Contribute. (Objectives) Culture - The Hacker Way ( IRC, Mailing list, github ) Education - Changing the system in our own way Social - Contribution to society Volunteer driven and Selfless FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
13. Bootstrap 1st meetup on 10th January 2015 at Ramkrishna Mission Ashrama Plain Email and then Nabble for communication Server - VPS with DO Name of the group & domain name - FOSSTR and fosstr.org Website - https://fosstr.org Github - Source code of website & RSVP app, Issues, Wiki for documenting Meetup topics and planning IRC + logs : #fosstr on Freenode FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
14. Changelog Meetups - 18 Document Freedom Day Member headcount - 14 Active - 30-40% in attendance as well as on the mailing list Mailing list primarily active during topic of meetup discussion(vote) IRC - Passive. FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
15. Challenges Broad focus Few volunteers Same set of speakers Diversity ? FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
16. Invert, always invert – Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
17. ./fosstr.org ( version 1.0 ) FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
18. ctrl + r Narrow razor sharp focus - Focus only on student community (atleast till a sizeable ecosystem exists) Build community around students - 7 Engineering Colleges + n(?) BCA + n(?) BSc Computer Science Extensively reach out to all colleges - Catch them early Monthly mini-event - For example. Linux InstallFest, Hackathons on Open Source projects at colleges Reach out to other GLUG’s/Open Source communities & speakers based in India. Speakers can share knowledge remotely via video conferencing etc Create platform for students to present on topics, demo etc FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
19. Credits - On the journey so far Ramkrishna Mission Ashrama, Belgavi for graciously providing with the venue, computer, electricity Venu Kolathur for his eureka moment w.r.t group name FOSSTR (fosstr.org) Vivek and Gautam for graciously lending the projector All members for contributing to the website, RSVP app, logo and discussions on the mailing list + offline, speaking on a topic Credits for images used in the presentation can be found by clicking on the respective image FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
20. Q&A FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
21. References Website : https://fosstr.org Mailing List : https://mail.fosstr.org/mailman/listinfo/fosstr RSVP App : http://rsvp.fosstr.org/rsvp/events/ Meetup Topics: https://github.com/fosstr/website/wiki/Meetup-Topics Presentation Source(LaTex) : https://github.com/digen/talks FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
22. ping Email : swapneel@brainattic.in Twitter : @digen_ IRC : digen on Freenode FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org
23. Thank you FOSSTR / https://fosstr.org / 13-06-2015 ./fosstr.org