[advocacy-discuss] Proposal for new open solaris user group

[nazia sarang]

Proposal for Andhra University College Of Engineering OpenSolaris User Group Project (ug-auceosug)

Purpose: To drive awareness and adoption of OpenSolaris in the 
vicinity of Andhra University College Of Engineering, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh,India.

List of Community Groups Sponsoring the project:
    Advocacy Community Group

List of project team members:
    Nazia Sarang(OS id: nazia), primary contact
    Kalyana Vineela (OS id: vineela)

Project Description:

The purpose of this project is to spread OpenSolaris awareness within 
the student and professional computing community in the area around 
Visakhapatnam, India. We perceive that a significant number in this 
community will be interested in learning more about OpenSolaris and 
related technologies.

Our ultimate goal is to foster OpenSolaris adoption in labs and student 
projects, and improve campus support for OpenSolaris and related

 
distributions primarily through education and mutual support. We 
anticipate that current IU faculty and staff, as well as alumni residing 
in the region around Visakhapatnam, may be willing to make significant 
contributions towards these efforts.

The project will archive such contributions as relevant student 
projects, presentations, documentation, code, and other material to its 
project space on the OpenSolaris site.

Project Needs:

This project requires project space on OpenSolaris.org site. The project 
also requires a mailing list. Suggested list name is ug-auceosug at 
opensolaris dot org.

Related Projects:

We plan to closely monitor the activities of nearby OSUGs, as well as 
the local ACM and Unix user groups, in order to seek out opportunities 
for collaborative OpenSolaris promotion in the region.

Proposed activities:

We plan to initiate workshops and user group meetings in our

 area, with 
a focus on promoting the competitive advantages of using an OpenSolaris 
distribution for research, development, and teaching. Stage 1 of this 
will be to gather membership and further support from the university and 
community. Stage 2 will be active development of promotional activities, 
drawing both upon local experience and materials already produced by the 
OpenSolaris community. Further activities will be determined as demand 
and our community grow.

       
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