FOSS Meetup in Chennai 2026

Meetup Chennai
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Are the tickets for FOSS Meetup Chennai 2026 already closed? Last time, the announcement came quite late and there were plenty of seats available for a longer registration period

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FOSS United Chennai Volunteer Meeting Notes

Date: 07 Sep 2026

Action Items

Prasanth

  • Set up Vaultwarden at vw.bupd.xyz.

  • Set up integrations with Telegram and X for event/community communications.

  • Promote chennai@fossunited.org as the primary Chennai chapter communication channel.

    • Prefer Telegram and other open/public communication channels over WhatsApp wherever possible.

  • For future events, encourage attendees and contributors to join the Chennai chapter mailing list.

Hari

  • Share YouTube access with the team:

    • bupdprasanth@gmail.com
    • savijayganesh@gmail.com

  • Create a postmortem for each event in the FOSS United forum, covering:

    • What went well
    • What didn’t go well
    • What should be improved

  • Final speaker selection should happen through a call with the volunteer team.

  • Create an operations repository called ops under the fossuchennai GitHub organization.

  • Give Prasanth maintainer access to the ops repository so existing deployments such as Postiz and Vaultwarden can be migrated under the FOSS United GitHub organization.

Event Planning Process

10–12 days before the event

  • Talks/proposals should be sent to the review team for review.
  • Action: Identify and document the review team’s contact email/address.

7–8 days before the event

  • Conduct a call with the volunteer team to discuss and finalize the speaker lineup.
  • Finalize the selected talks after the discussion.

Communication Guidelines

  • Prefer public and open communication channels, especially Telegram, over WhatsApp for chapter-related communication.
  • Use the chapter mailing list for important announcements and long-term communication.
  • For future events, actively encourage participants to join the Chennai chapter mailing list.
  • Where possible, keep event-related discussions and decisions in public/community spaces so they are accessible to the wider community.

Follow-ups / Open Items

  • Identify the talk review team and their email/contact details.
  • Create the fossuchennai ops repository.
  • Migrate existing deployments such as Postiz and Vaultwarden to the FOSS United infrastructure.
  • Establish the event postmortem template/process in the forum.
  • Document the event communication and speaker-selection workflow for future organizers.