Reach Out: Hubli Dharwad Muncipal Corporation (HDMC)
Software Freedom Week 2008 , Reach out Team visited about 5 organizations in and around Hubli Dharwad and created FOSS awareness. They took FOSS beyond the SFW Venue.
3) Hubli Dharwad Muncipal Corporation (HDMC)
Date: 18/09/08
Duration: 5pm- 6pm
Dignitaries: All h.d.m.c. officers from different zones.
Glimpse:
Introduction:
A workshop was conducted in H.D.M.C. regarding spreading awareness for FOSS (free and open source softwares) for the event reach out during the software freedom week ’08.
The workshop started with introduction from Shilpa Vaidya, who gave the brief idea behind FOSS and need for using them.
This was followed by a technical session.
Technical session:
Technical session was handled by Anand Sortur and Asha.B.N.
It covered the different FOSS and how they could be used in day to day life and also advantages of “open office” over “ms office”.
Conclusion:
A concluding talk was done by karan Kothari who emphasized again on use of FOSS.
p.s.: CD’s and brochures were distribute to initiate the use of open source softwares.
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