Team Nepal

Table of contents [showhide] 1 Location: 2 Banner: 3 Local parent organization (if any): 4 Team Contact 5 Further Team Members 6 Media Coverage: 7 Contributors and Volunteers: 8 Preparation updates: 9 Events Planned: [edit] Location:

Nepal [edit] Banner:

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Many many thanks to Vibek Raj Maurya (Vikky) for his contribution in designing the banner. [edit] Local parent organization (if any):

Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP) (http://www.mpp.org.np/)

Silicon Village, Chitwan (http://www.dbev.de/svci) [edit] Team Contact

Subir Pradhanang (mailto://subir AT mpp.org.np)

Kumma Raj Subedi for Chitwan (mailto://tutors AT wlink.com.np) [edit] Further Team Members

• Amar Gurung (mailto://amar AT mpp.org.np)

• Paras Pradhan (mailto://paras AT mpp.org.np)

• Subir Pradhanang (mailto://subir AT mpp.org.np)

• Basanta Shrestha (mailto://basanta AT mpp.org.np)

• Pawan Chitrakar (mailto://pawan AT mpp.org.np)

• Dibyendra Hyoju (mailto://dibyendra AT mpp.org.np)

• Vibek Raj Maurya (mailto://rvibek AT gmail.com)

• Prajol Shrestha (mailto://prajol AT mpp.org.np)

• Srishtee Gurung (mailto://srishtee AT mpp.org.np)

• Bal Krishna Bal (mailto://bal AT mpp.org.np)

• Jiwan Acharya (Ku Multimedia, Narayanghat Chitwan (mailto://tutors AT wlink.com.np)

• Indra Prasad Subedi(Silicon Village, Chitwan) (mailto://tutors AT wlink.com.np)

• Tejesh Poudel(SBSS, Chitwan) (mailto://tutors AT wlink.com.np)

• Rishi Prasad Khanal(SBSS, Chitwan) (mailto://tutors AT wlink.com.np)

• Arjun Chaudhary(SBSS, Chitwan) (mailto://tutors AT wlink.com.np)

• Akhil Mathema (mailto://akhilmathema AT gmail.com)

• Monika Dhakhwa (mailto://ubbiri AT gmail.com)

• Bikram Shrestha (mailto://markib AT gmail.com)

• Meena Chapagain (Silicon Village, Chitwan) (mailto://chapagainmeena AT yahoo.com)

• Kundan Khanal (mailto://kundan AT linuxnepal.com.np)

• Hempal Shrestha (mailto://hshrestha AT bellanet.org)

[edit] Media Coverage:

The information on SFD has been published in Wave, Nepal Samacharpatra, Nepal weekly with an interview of Subir on Radio Sagarmatha FM 102.4 MHz.

We are still looking forward to inform Nepali Times and other major papers to cover the event.

The event has also been covered on Nepal's leading news site nepalnews.com:

Coverage on nepalnews.com (http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2005/sep/sep02/news13.php)

[edit] Contributors and Volunteers:

• 500 Blank CDs - High Level Commission for IT (HLCIT)
• 500-700 CDs - CIT
• Free and Open Source Software Flyers - Hempal Shrestha
• Venue - Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP)
• Partial funds - Bikram Shrestha, Neolinx
• Banner Design - Vibek Raj Maurya
• Partial funds - Computer Point Nepal
• Projectors - KU, KEC, MPP
• Web Space - Sagun Dhakhwa

Volunteers:

• KU
• Cosmos
• CIT
• MPP
• Neolinx

[edit] Preparation updates:

• Thanks to HLCIT for 500 CD's
• Thanks to CIT College for the sponsorship of the Open CDs
• The flyer content is almost ready. Hempal has taken responsibility of Flyers.
• The universities/colleges are taking maximum interest in participating in this event. KU has already sent us an email expressing their eagerness not only to join the event but also provide us with volunteers, if we need. That's the free/open source spirit. Keep it up guys!!

• Bikram Shrestha of neolinx (http://neolinx.com.np/) is willing to contribute some amount of money for the cause of Free/Open Source movement. Hats off to Bikram!!

[edit] Events Planned:

Below is a tentative program for the day:

1. Informal Inauguration - Awareness about FOSS

• Introduction on SFD - Monika
• Importance of this first SFD in Nepal - Akhil
• General Introduction on Free/Open Source - Subir

TEA/COFFEE BREAK

2. Morning Session - around 3-4 tutorials/presentations

• Free/Open Source Software - Subir
• Migration - Basanta
• Linux presentation - KU
• Localization - Srishtee
• Any other interested groups??
• KU presentation will be on:
  • o linux installation and deinstallation o using windows programs in Linux with Wine/crossover office o Access windows files automatically o Sharing with windows workstation using samba o Install and manage printers using Cups o Setting up a linux file server o Installing package o Burning CDs using Linux
• Overall facilitation of the session would be done by Akhil

We can accommodate up to 11 stalls in the hall for skill-share session. Food stalls would be arranged in the venue for the event day.

• KU's 2 projects to demonstrate in exhibition- Nepali Messenger and Spacejam (a game) running on Linux platform
• Others to be updated

BREAK

3. Afternoon Session

After the Break, there would be a movie show (documentary) on FOSS (Revolution OS)

• Distribution of Open CD's and flyers
• Few T-shirts on GNU would be for sale with a logo of KUOSC on it

Please note that side by side, there would be demo and skill-share sessions in the other hall.