Nov 27 00:57:50 cool... Nov 27 00:58:35 we will need speakers for this thing wont we? any suggestions? Nov 27 00:58:41 hang on Nov 27 00:58:49 ok Nov 27 01:02:24 back Nov 27 01:02:33 we will need speakers for this thing wont we? any suggestions? Nov 27 01:02:52 Hmmmm, Nandkumar said something about Nasscom doing stuff after Ponnuswamy comes back from CMU Nov 27 01:04:25 ah but who is Ponnuswamy? Nov 27 01:05:55 oh sorry, ponnurangam Nov 27 01:06:00 and i have been a few nasscom sponsored meets its always about the basic stuff like privacy and internet porn kind of stuff. To educate people. Nov 27 01:06:16 Not the kind of topics we would like to cover. Nov 27 01:06:59 We can do fairly advanced stuff as well Nov 27 01:07:47 yes and the basic idea is to get a _real_ sec conf going, were people learn and have fun. Nov 27 01:08:53 BOM will be expensive for that Nov 27 01:09:02 I can get a few good people though Nov 27 01:09:37 Raven Alder, MJR, Anton Chuvakin, Joseph Koshy ... Nov 27 01:10:40 hmm well i left wipro so i am free for now (hint,hint) i can take this up as a project and see if this is feasible. Nov 27 01:11:20 heh Nov 27 01:11:39 Why did you leave Wipro? Nov 27 01:11:51 iit wont lend us space (they have there own sec-conf) Nov 27 01:12:09 how about that place in bandra MIT or something? Nov 27 01:12:18 Mumbai will NOT be cheap, lets see about feasibility though Nov 27 01:12:36 Nah, you are looking at 2/3 star hotel types Nov 27 01:12:54 The Orchid at Andheri should be fairly reasonable Nov 27 01:14:24 which brings me to sponsorship sans has been in mumbai and has not sponsored any event in india (to the best of my knowledge) Nov 27 01:14:47 so i can approach SANS Nov 27 01:15:58 and NASSCOM, and possibly NASSCOM members Nov 27 01:17:46 hmm well we will have to bring an entire structured plan to the table for these people. Nov 27 01:18:49 and man power...lug-bom could be of help here. Nov 27 01:18:57 leave the budget fields blank for now, you will have to fill them in for a concrete proposal Nov 27 01:19:08 hire a competent organiser Nov 27 01:19:21 The only thing is you need to throw money at it Nov 27 01:19:50 f3ew you mean a event organiser? i have a buddy who does this, will talk to him. Nov 27 01:20:05 yup Nov 27 01:20:26 Someone who can arrange for equipment, pickups, all the ancillary stuff Nov 27 01:20:36 frontdesk people for registrations ... Nov 27 01:20:39 i told him about foss.in and he was interested. Nov 27 01:25:23 how many should we expect? Nov 27 01:28:06 depends on your pricing, and the speakers Nov 27 01:28:57 again, do you want a more practical oriented conference, an academic one? Nov 27 01:29:03 _ideally_ i would like to keep it free, but can charge 50bucks or something to keep off freeloaders Nov 27 01:29:11 errr, no Nov 27 01:29:12 practical Nov 27 01:29:26 then you are looking at between 20-30 people a talk Nov 27 01:29:31 a hands-on kind of thing. Nov 27 01:29:48 probably about 10K - 15K INR for a week's worth of talks Nov 27 01:30:30 most corporate types will pay that money, and they won't send people otherwise Nov 27 01:31:11 yes well students and sysadmins will be interested in this thing the most i guess. Nov 27 01:31:49 sysadmins? network admins? Nov 27 01:32:08 yes *admins security people.... Nov 27 01:32:31 and most of them will get sponsorships from their employers Nov 27 01:33:34 so we should directly advertise this event over to those corporate people. Nov 27 01:34:07 pitch it to NASSCOM, and get them to push it to their members Nov 27 01:43:43 sure Nov 27 01:43:52 now to mail this log to vickram. Nov 27 03:48:44 * Disconnected (Connection timed out).