[Hamara-devel] Debian release party on either 24th or 27th in Techblue's office

[Vikas Tara]

On 16/04/15 20:32, shirish wrote:
> Hi all,
> What do people think of having a Debian release party on the 24th or 
> 27th of this month at Techblue's office in Delhi.
>
> Things to be done for organizing it :-
>
> a. What would be needed are .iso images of Debian Jessie in 32-bit and
> 64-bit (guess 64-bit would be main), a projector, some people trying
> it out on their lappy/lappies and maybe tea or some soft-drink, a
> samosa/ Pizza etc.  and a Cake with the swirl decoration.
>
> b. Take any topic from the release notes and share how they make a 
> difference in GNU/Linux.
>
> This doesn't need to be big,  at the most you will be spending an hour 
> or two and can tentatively be done on Friday or Monday evening.
>
> This could also be used as an opportunity to invite some of the people 
> from schools who were part of the conference and could be used to 
> share developments with each other in an informal way.  As have shared 
> with Vikas some of the information which is required and will be 
> useful to us is unknown to me at least :-
>
> Also what information about such schools we have in terms of the 
> schools we know :-
>
> a. Size of school in number of teachers and students.
> b. Are the schools upto matriculation or even till 12th ?
> c. Is there a computer lab ? If yes,  how much of that lab is used and 
> which apps.  or tools are used by the students most ?
> d. How many students sit or can sit in the lab at one point of time ?
> e.  Does the school follow the Delhi School Board or some other board ?
> f. Do they have some sort of IT/Computer Science teacher ? If yes what 
> does s/he teach ?
>
> I am unaware of the current status of  CBSE coverage not just of 
> computer science but other subjects as well.
>
> If such information is known to us it would help us enormously in 
> budgeting and understanding the dynamics when rolling out hamara in 
> schools.
>
> Looking forward to feedback.
>
I think it's a good idea - the only issue I see is logistics.

The TBS office is located in IMT Manesar - so it's a little way (20 mins 
drive) outside of Gurgaon.

Do you think that might cause issues for people traveling?