[wsfii-discuss] Some help in the USA

Thu Jul 17 18:04:00 UTC 2008

Hi Vickram,

Echoing some sentiments there :-)

One of the reasons why i posted on the list(s) was because i was very sure
we would get some help. And it draws from the belief in the "community" and
the "open"ness that exists and at the very core the this community the
willing ness to help and be friends.

Air Jaldi - was one a kind event and am very glad (for me personally and
professionally) that it happened and that we made lots of friends and gained
very valuable knowledge.

And none of the social networking websites comes anywhere close to the "real
thing"

ram

On 7/17/08, Vickram Crishna <v1clist at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Maybe I am reading too much into this, but this exchange made me wonder.
>
> What better way to meet people and perhaps make a friend or two, than to
> ask for help and get it? We are all used to getting help from people online,
> but there are situations, like this one, moving to a new country, a new
> job/study, when an introduction or two to actually meet face-to-face helps.
>
> When a bunch of people from all over the world came to India to participate
> in the wsfii sessions at the AirJaldi summit, it gave an opportunity to meet
> face-to-face for many wsfiiers (now there's a word to drive a spellcheck
> mad). And it created new Indian wsfiiers too, which is not bad.
>
> Vickram
> http://communicall.wordpress.com
> http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, 16 July, 2008 11:37:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [wsfii-discuss] Some help in the USA
>
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Chris Wilson <chris at aptivate.org> wrote:
>
>> That's really not that hard. Could you lend him a machine and an Ubuntu
>> CD to practice installation with before he goes?
>>
>> doing that too, but at the end of the day for a first time user who wants
> to be up and running its good to have some help around.
>
> got this link though
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MassachusettsTeam
>
> thanks
> ram
>
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