This forum thread contains information about the 2024 meetups of FOSS United Chennai.
Date - 21 Jan,2024
Venue - Grootan Technologies
11th Floor, Prince Info City I, 286/1, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Nehru Nagar, Perungudi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600096
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Timings - 2PM - 5PM
Registrations for the meetup are now open! RSVP here FOSS Meetup Chennai - Jan 2024
You can submit a talk here CFP - FOSS Meetup Chennai January 2024
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Nice unfortunately I missed it. When is the next meetup?
Mostly Feb Last week, You can join our Telegram channel to get regular updates regarding events.
Date - 02 March,2024
Venue - Zoho Corporation
Estancia IT Park,Vallancherry Plot No. 140 & 151, Grand Southern Trunk Road, Vallancherry, Taluk, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu 603202
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Timings - 2PM - 5PM
Registrations for the meetup are now open! RSVP here FOSS Meetup Chennai March 2024
You can submit a talk here CFP - FOSS Meetup Chennai March 2024
Date - 08 June,2024
Venue - Mako IT Lab
II Floor, Brigade Vantage Building, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Santhosh Nagar, Kandhanchavadi, Perungudi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600096
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Timings - 2PM - 5PM
Registrations for the meetup are now open! RSVP here FOSS Meetup Chennai - June 2024
Post Mortem Report - FOSS United Chennai July meetup
The July Meetup took place at IITM Research Park, Build Labs Office. We had over 30 participants in the meetup which took place form 2PM - 5PM ( +30 )
Agenda was not decided for the meetup, had a rough count of 30 mins for each speaker and 10 mins for opening note and ending feedback discussion,
Some other statistics
The Good
We received great CFP’s, and most of the participants were new totally new to FOSS.
The talks given in the event were really good and inspiring. two of our speakers dropped out, Good that we had a long time FOSS Chennai speaker Sonali she was able to present a super good talk at the right time.
The venue coordinators were super helpful and super excited in attending the event, also the participants got a chance to explore the inventions that was happening at the Build labs at IITM Research Park.
We tried a on spot feedback discussion , kind of open table discussion which went well. We got few inputs re:what the new community folks expect from us.
The Snacks were pre ordered, we arranged a minimal biscuits which came in a biodegradable pouch. This reduced the wastage of the food.
The Bad
The participants felt difficult to spot the venue.
We are not well prepared for the event , since most of the community volunteers were occupied.
The participants were not much interactive, the talks were at intermediate level. but not all the participants were from tech background. few were sleeping and some seem like they are zoned out.
Only 2 from the 4 speaker showed up for the meetup.
Only 30 from 115 registrants showed up for the event.
The venue doesn’t had a wifi, also there were a shortage of linux system so the speakers presented for their own laps.
The Ugly
Lot of noise created from the back , it distracted the speaker and participants.
Lack of preparation, resulted with unorganised agenda that shorted the networking time for the participants.
Some Thoughts and Learnings
We should check out the volunteers bandwidth to work on the event for making better and well organised events.
Few more questions should be added to the RSVP, to understand the participants and invite the task that would suit the participants.
We got few inputs to host workshops and cyber security related meet-ups.
The Feedback Discussion really worked out well, we should continue to have this in regular basis.
We should also think on changing the time for the event, many participants didn’t had their lunch and few felt drowsy in the meet.
Subject: Thank You and October 2024 Chennai Meetup Plans
Thank you to all the volunteers, speakers, and attendees who made the September SFD 2024 full-day event such a success!
We’re excited to announce our October meetup, which will be a half-day session on Saturday, October 26th, from 10 AM to 2 PM. We will share the venue details soon.
Please feel free to share any suggestions, ideas, or preferences in this thread to discuss more on this
FOSS Meetup Chennai - October
Date : 26th October, 2024
Time : 02:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Venue : Tiger Analytics, Perungudi
RSVP & CFP 's are open !
Website : fossunited.org/c/chennai/oct-2024
For our December Meetup, we’re planning an outdoor session in the style of a Toastmasters (for Tech) event.
In this session, we’ll celebrate your achievements, “wow” moments, and share experiences you’ve had while working with FOSS tools and software this year.
It’s also an opportunity to talk about the friends you’ve made and the lessons you’ve learned throughout the year.
When: 28th December (Time to be confirmed)
Where: Chennai / Bessy Beach
Feel free to share any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions by replying to this post!
