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Indian Team's Web Event on Cultural Freedom Day'2013

Dates/Location

20th May'2013.

15th June'2013.

Online Web Event in India.


Event Description

Cultural Freedom Day will be celebrated by the Indian team through the active collaboration of the following Free Software groups:

1. Women in Free Software and Culture

2. GLUG Kolkata

3. Fedora India

4. Mozilla India

5. Many Others

The focus will be on improving/increasing the participation of women in free software and improving related cultural aspects. This will be of much relevance in a backward country like India.

On the day we intend to organize at least two hackathons, a tutorial and a pair of competitions. All of these will be conducted through the Web.

Also take a look at our page.

Event Owners

A. Mani

Fedora Representatives

A. Mani

María "tatica" Leandro


List Incomplete.

Tentative Schedule

Expect More

1. Competition-1 will be on digital posters using exclusively Free Software tools. The proposed theme is "Women and Gender Related Issues". Participants will be judged on their knowledge, expression, clarity and quality of work. This competition is being coordinated by A. Mani. More details can be found at this link.

2. Media-wiki Hackathon conducted by Sucheta Ghoshal on 15th June'2013 This hackathon will include an introduction and more advanced parts. These are outlined here.

3. Hackathon + Tutorial on Localization in Fedora Linux by Chandan Kumar on 20th May'2013.

4. Git Hackathon on 15th June'2013

5. Competition-2 will be a quiz on Free Software, Fedora, GNU/Linux, Philosophy and Policy Conducted by a substantial part of organizers.

6. Educational Tutorials on Free software and Culture will also be part of the gallery.

Both competitions will involve interesting prizes.

We intend to publicize the event through various channels to ensure good participation.

Certificates will be awarded to all participants, while prizes will need to be fought for.

Ideas/Brainstorming

Still Open.

Important Deadlines

12th May'2013 for finalizing all details.

Event Budget

Budget Estimate:


Prizes: Pen drives with live Fedora

Cost per prize including postage = Rs 400 --500 Total number of prizes = 9


Buffer : Rs 500.

Total Budget Estimate: Rs 5000

Event Report

Will be added on 16th June'2013.