FOSS United Chennai - May 2025 FSF 40 Meetup

[grittypuffy]

This thread covers information regarding the upcoming May 2025 meetup of FOSS United Chennai as a part of FSF 40th year anniversary.

Event details

Date - 24 May, 2025
Venue - TBD
Timings - 10 AM - 5 PM

[grittypuffy]

We are planning to collaborate with Free Software Foundation for this event.

Event Agenda

1. Opening keynote address - a virtual addressal by a Free Software Foundation staff - 20 minutes
2. Talk on history and adoption of free software in India - 25 minutes
3. Panel Discussion - challenges in growth of FOSS ecosystem in India - 45 minutes
4. 2 x Workshop - each 50 minutes, happening in a suitable venue spot apart from the talks.
5. 2 x Talk - 25 minutes
6. 2 x Lightning Talk - each 15 minutes
7. Networking and Project exhibition - upto 5 stalls for community or individual projects - in parallel to ending address

[grittypuffy]

The event aims to commemorate FSF’s 40th year anniversary by focusing on meta discussions related to FOSS, especially in India while also providing an interactive, hands-on engagement to the participants regarding free software usage and supporting community driven projects by exhibits.

[grittypuffy]

Due to the constraints of conducting an event in May, we are planning on conducting a 4 hour long workshop by having a “Call for Workshops” that would allow FOSS enthusiasts to conduct workshop related to FOSS.

Please check this thread for more information.

FOSS United Chennai May FSF 40 - Call for Workshops

May FSF 40 event In commemoration of 40th anniversary of Free Software Foundation (FSF), we are planning on conducting a exclusive workshop starting at 2:30 PM till 6 PM. The workshop will be lead by a group of individuals, aimed to foster collaborative learning about FOSS tools and technologies. The deadline for proposals is May 14, 2025. Proposal structure Title: The title of your workshop, keep it small and memorable Team members, including the workshop lead: Tag the members involved with…

Event agenda

• 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM: - Keynote address by FSF staff regarding FOSS
• 2:20 PM - 6:00 PM: - Workshop with networking break for 45 minutes

[GUHAN_SENTHILKUMAR]

I am interested to deliver a workshop on “tcpdump”. Help incase - the tool helps for the event.
I wanted to know the location of the event - to plan accordingly and get enrolled.
tcpdump-data-documentation-1.pdf (2.0 MB)

[Suslime]

Hey Guhan, It would be good to have the proposal aligned with the structure that is mentioned below. Thanks

@FOSS United Chennai May FSF 40 - Call for Workshops

Proposal structure

• Title: The title of your workshop, keep it small and memorable
• Team members ( moderators ), including the workshop lead: Tag the members involved with the workshop or provide a link to your socials so that we can reach out to you. Team size can range from 2 to 4.
• Volunteers: Additional volunteers (if needed) who will be handling the logistics before and during the event. It can range from 2 to 4.
• Background: Previous experience with the associated technologies, tools or process involved in the workshop with needed references.
• Description: Description of your workshop, the background pertaining to the technology, process or tool that you’re covering.
• Bill of Materials: The materials that the participants are expected to bring (laptops, peripherals, any related hardware), needed software to be installed on it for participation (*nix, Python, etc.).
• Pre-requisites: Expected skills from participants, along with the needed instructions for setting up their system described in Bill of Materials beforehand, provide links if needed.
• References: References to the workshop you’re conducting for documentation access and learning among participants.
• Support (optional): Support needed from FOSS United Chennai, from technical assistance to attendees, guiding through workshop. Please bear in mind that you’re the one to conduct the workshop and will be leading it primarily, we will only be able to provide assistance.

[duwaragesh_s_k]

Hi, actually i want to attend this event as an visitor so i can gain some insights regarding foss, fsf am not conducting any workshop.

Whats the procedure to attend this event, where to register for this event as a visitor, please share any link for visitor registration if any.

Thank you

[Suslime]

you can register here : FSF 40 Event

[duwaragesh_s_k]

Thank you, am in waiting list, lets catch up there if am accepted.