Promoting the Event

FOSS.IN/2005 is a community-oriented event. For it to be successful, it needs to reach the people who would benefit the most from it, and help in increasing the tribe of contributors and users of Free & Open Source Software.

You can help make this happen, by getting the word out in a variety of ways:

BLOGs

If you have a blog (also known as an online diary or journal), then post an entry about the event, with a link to http://foss.in/2005. Let people know that you will be participating in the event (as a speaker, delegate, volunteer, etc.), and encourage them to do so as well.

Websites

If you have your own website, put up a little banner there, linked to this site. Here are a few buttons and banners you could use, along with the code you can cut and paste into your pages:

FOSS.IN/2005

<p>
  <a href="http://foss.in/2005">
        <img src="http://foss.in/2005/images/foss9.jpg"
        alt="FOSS.IN/2005" border="0" width="472" height="157">
  </a>
</p>

FOSS.IN/2005

<p>
  <a href="http://foss.in/2005">
        <img src="http://foss.in/2005/images/foss9.250.jpg"
        alt="FOSS.IN/2005" border="0" width="282" height="94">
  </a>
</p>

FOSS.IN/2005

<p>
  <a href="http://foss.in/2005">
        <img src="http://foss.in/2005/images/foss9.160.jpg"
        alt="FOSS.IN/2005" border="0" width="160" height="60">
  </a>
</p>

Mailing Lists

Many of us are on multiple mailing lists. Post a short note on your list, informing people about this event, along with the URL (http://foss.in/2005), and let people know how you will be participating, and encourage them to do so as well. Here is a sample (please use your own words, though):

Heads-up for anyone interested in Free & Open Source Software, especially
if you are in India:

FOSS.IN/2005 (the successor to the well known Linux Bangalore conferences)
is from November 29th to December 2nd, at the Bangalore Palace in Bangalore, 
India. This is India's biggest FOSS conference.

If you want to know more, check out http://foss.in/2005

I am participating as a speaker, speaking about "Rolling back the clock -
back to sharing".

Notice Boards

Stick a poster on your organisation or college noticeboard. You can make one yourself, or you can download some from here. We will be putting up a few here shortly that you can print locally and use.