We need a document to present to College. Is it not better to work through that than setting deadlines. Mahiti will co-ordinate with MSRIT as required, even if we are extremely busy ;)<div><br></div><div>- sree<br><div><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 17 May 2010 11:59, Noufal Ibrahim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noufal@gmail.com">noufal@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Is everyone okay with this?<br>
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On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Noufal Ibrahim <<a href="mailto:noufal@gmail.com">noufal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Okay. This has been dragging on for long enough. Here's my summary.<br>
> I've listed the pros and cons from most serious to least serious.<br>
> Factors that offset the main point are in square brackets next to<br>
> them.<br>
><br>
> I'm going to be a little blunt with things so I'm apologising in<br>
> advance if it brushes people the wrong way.<br>
><br>
> RV College:<br>
> Pros:<br>
> - Great rapport between Baiju and Renuka Prasad.<br>
> - They've been enthusiastic for a long time and we almost committed<br>
> before MSRIT info. came up.<br>
> - Renuka Prasad has managed to get 50 volunteers for the event<br>
> during the days of the conf. which would be an *enormous* help.<br>
> - In the poll, 94% or so voted for RV [most of the reasons were<br>
> like "it's my college" etc.]<br>
><br>
> Cons:<br>
> - Horrible road condition and not very accessible [2 day conf,<br>
> people are travelling from across the country, can take a hotel<br>
> nearby]<br>
> - Renuka Prasad is enthusiastic about FOSS events and this conf. is<br>
> not necessarily a FOSS one.<br>
> - Some cooling off of the initial enthusiasm since we took a while<br>
> to decide.<br>
><br>
> MSRIT:<br>
> Pros:<br>
> - Much more accessible than RV<br>
> - Enthusiastic student body [The 50 volunteers which Renuka Prasad<br>
> has managed to get are there at RV]<br>
> - Better facilities (on campus Wifi saves us trouble from hunting for more)<br>
> - The student FOSS group (who claim to be okay with not-completely<br>
> FOSS events) can help us on campus.<br>
> - It's near the last years venue and so we can reuse the same<br>
> caterers for food.<br>
><br>
> Cons:<br>
> - There's no one on our side to take the role of Baiju [Sree has<br>
> volunteered if no one else is there but he might be very busy]<br>
><br>
><br>
> Based on this, here's what I think we should do.<br>
><br>
> If we can in one day (ie. before this tomorrow) get a positive<br>
> commitment from someone on this list to be our liaison with the folks<br>
> at MSRIT, we'll go for MSRIT. I can't overemphasise the importance of<br>
> this. A lot of small things will come up and this person has to be<br>
> proactive about it. Last years venue worked out *only* because Anand<br>
> C. and Vikas were on top of things till the final day.<br>
><br>
> If we don't get such a commitment from anyone, we'll go with RV.<br>
> Either way, by noon tomorrow, we'll have fixed the venue.<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> ~noufal<br>
> <a href="http://nibrahim.net.in" target="_blank">http://nibrahim.net.in</a><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
~noufal<br>
<a href="http://nibrahim.net.in" target="_blank">http://nibrahim.net.in</a><br>
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