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From: Rajeev Nair <rajeev.nair at mahiti.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Subject: [bytesforall_readers] Announcing a workshop for NGO's on free
software tools and local language computing
To: bytesforall_readers at yahoogroups.com




Free Software Workshop for NGOs and Civil Society Groups

Effectively compute and communicate in your local language
using free and open source software tools and techniques

NGO In a Box Workshop

  June 5-6,2009,Delhi and NCR,India

Call for Participation

What is NGO in a Box?

NGO-in-a-box is a collection of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
tools selected for use by non-profit organizations,along with
workshops conducted to help users effectively deploy the software in
their organizations.The software is distributed in down-loadable form
and as a physical box set of cd's. Several customized editions of
NGO-in-a-box exist to provide organizations with the software they
need in relation to different topics and requirements.

This is a Call for participants for our 8th workshop.Make use of this
free software workshop to enrich your knowledge and help your
organization effectively leverage free software without the licensing
hassles.Learn about free software components and methodologies and how
to enable it in your everyday work.

Limited accommodation can be arranged for out-of-station people, on a
first-come, first-serve basis. All participants will be expected to
bear their own travel costs.

For details of our previous workshops, visit http://ngoinabox.mahiti.org

Organizers: This  workshop is being organized jointly by Sarai,Delhi
and Mahiti Infotech,Bangalore.

Participant profile: This event is geared towards NGOs and similar
civil groups who have a need to migrate from proprietary software to
open source alternatives.

The workshop will cover the following broad domains:

Free and Open Source Software:

Introduction to Linux based distributions Fedora, Ubuntu.

Open Office Tools.

Internet Tools (firefox, pidgin, thunderbird).

Desktop publishing (GIMP, scribus, inkscape), Web publishing(CMS, blogs).

Indian Language Support:

Problems and issues related to use of non-standard/proprietary fonts and tools.

Status of current support for Indian languages.

Set up, and customisation for Indian language desktops

Becoming an active member of the community, and contributing back.

Discussions on getting support, creating active groups/community out
of participants and creating similar groups in their locality/work
space.

Date and Place: This event will be held in  Delhi,India from June 5
-6, 2009. The exact venue will be communicated to successful
applicants.

Last date for submitting application forms: May 10, 2009

Intimation of final list of participants by :    May 15, 2009

Interested? Visit http://ngoinabox.mahiti.org/apply and fill up the
online application form

For any questions or clarifications contact :

Shantanu Choudhary: +91-97174-45360

Rajeev Nair:              +91-96113-44374

Mahiti Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

# 33-34, Hennur Cross

Hennur Main Road

Bangalore, India - 560043

Phone: +91 80 4148 5080/1 41150580/1

Mobile: 096113 44374

E mail: ngoinabox at mahiti.org

Sarai-CSDS
29 Rajpur Road
Civil Lines
Delhi, India - 110054
Ph no: 91-11-23928391
email: floss at sarai.net




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