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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Hey
All, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>GREETINGS OF THE DAY!</span></b><span lang=EN-IN
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Well,
here is a little news, that is bright for us, a few Engg. Colleges in Mumbai,
are keenly interested in going ahead, and having at least 1 Full Fledged Open
Source Lab. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>And
through my contacts, i went ahead and pushed Fedora for the setup, currently
the pipeline is at the “talks level”, but is very optimistic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>We
can look at a time frame of say the mid of may for the ball to be rolling or
even before that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>We
will need the following during the setup phase:-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Complete setup guides, for novice users,
which can be given to the lab incharges, along with network install guides and
setup disks / Images.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>A technical support hand a place where they
can post their queries and interact.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>And (only if required) someone who can
actually go to these colleges and help during the setup.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Post
the setup of the labs, i expect there to be a requirement of say a training programme
for students, in these colleges, or maybe (please pardon my ignorance)
something like a fedora camp, or say a fedora centre for Open Minds, etc. Be setup
in these colleges... i’m not aware of such programs and would request
information from the mentors, on how to go about such a scenario.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Hope
fully this development will bring us closer to our common goal </span><span
lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><span
lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>With
Best Regards,<br>
<b>Ankit Jain | <a href="http://osg.co.in">http://osg.co.in</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><a
href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankit1999">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankit1999</a>
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title="blocked::mailto:ankit.jain@kamyabindia.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>ankit.jain@kamyabindia.com</span></a><br>
M| +91.9967622257 – Mumbai,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>IM
| <a href="mailto:ankit1999@hotmail.com"
title="blocked::mailto:ankit1999@hotmail.com"><span style='color:windowtext'>ankit1999@hotmail.com</span></a>,
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style='color:windowtext'>ank1999@yahoo.com</span></a>, <a
href="mailto:ankit1999@gmail.com" title="blocked::mailto:ankit1999@gmail.com"><span
style='color:windowtext'>ankit1999@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-IN style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Skype |
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