Need to do something about Freemedia India.

[Eugene Teo]

<quote sender="gopal das">
> Thank you Susmith, thank you Siddharth. "Blank media and return envelop"
> idea is good. We can make a decision if we make us available for a meeting
> in near future at fedora-india irc. A long gap  when we do not arrange a
> meeting. And I also have some topic to discuss regarding some fedora
> training program at schools. I have already started some initiative
> regarding this but I like to discuss the matter with other Indian
> ambassadors. So please fix up a date for a meeting so that we can made it
> more prominent.

Is it possible to work with the local Linux magazine publishers like
LinuxForU to see if they can bundle the Fedora DVD with their magazine?
I believe the magazine is affordable to most, and this can help lighten
the media request load.

Eugene

> On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Siddharth Upmanyu <siddharth at techbugs.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 3/16/08, subhodip biswas <subhodip at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 10:51 AM, susmit shannigrahi
> > >  <thinklinux.ssh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  > Hi all,
> > >  >
> > >  >  This is about current condition of Freemedia _India_.
> > >  >  Saying in a line... It is badly messed up.
> > >  >
> > >  >  Counting from Dec 2007 to March 2008 we have *17* fulfilled request
> > >  >  and ~380 pending requests.
> > >  >  That indicates only one thing, its going to shut down in near
> > future.
> > >  >
> > >  >  So lets do something about it.
> > >  >
> > >  >  My suggestions are
> > >  >
> > >  >  1. Let's gather from contributors how many DVDs are available for
> > the
> > >  >  month and accept that many requests only.
> > >
> > >
> > > +1 for that . Loads of pending request discourage users
> > >
> > >
> > >  >  For that we can give contributors a week's time to declare and then
> > >  >  open the request form.
> > >  >  For a month if there is no contributor, there will be no requests.
> > >  >  However, thats not going to increase the quantity of media.
> > >  >  But this will ensure all requests are fulfilled.
> > >  >
> > >  >  2. Lets make posting of Blank Media compulsory for requesting
> > Freemedia.
> > >  >  Thats going to cost INR 20-25 at max.
> > >  >  Well, that will create a negative impression no doubt, but the
> > current
> > >  >  situation is not bright either.
> > >
> > >
> > > A suggestion may be is to have regional requests as as to break up
> > >  requests into modules .this actually lowers the load on free media
> > >  team .
> > >  Existing fedora ambassadors may help in this .
> > >
> > >
> > >  >  For those who genuinely want to use Fedora but don't have that much
> > >  >  bandwidth, it may be helpful.
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  >  Any other suggestions?
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  >
> > >  >  --
> > >  >  Regards,
> > >  >  Susmit.
> > >  >
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> > >  >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  --
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >  Subhodip Biswas
> > >
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> > >
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> >
> > The Most obvious problem is contribution... we have very less active
> > India Ambassadors and there appears no real solution in near future...
> > as it is initiated.. to send a blank media  .. should be an option not
> > a requirement (my view) ..
> >
> > as i see it we first need a saparate freemedia request form where we
> > can put proper information and restrictions.. i can work like this :
> > 1. in the last week of every month we (India Ambassadors) decide on
> > freemedia capacity
> > 2. when the form open the decided number of requests are allowed .
> > 3. when the limit is reached .. the users are given option to send a
> > blank media with return envelop to get the Fedora Media
> >
> > Regards
> > Siddharth
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