Invite all humans and their pets to make the difference to our society starting with our own homes to neighbourhoods and far.

We need people who can :
a. ideat
b. take action
c. support
d. have fun

We can discuss on a variety of topics that can be implemented by the group:
Keeping it as simple as the MKG quote – “Be the change that you want to see in others”

if we can organize ourselves and come up with action items and anchors for each, it would be great. We could then meet periodically to share our experiences and take stock.

Cheers
Arvind Singh
WWF Member, Runners Bangalore, Commute Easy, Jambusters, SayNoToBulb, OwnATree

CONFIRM HERE

Time:	Sunday, December 14 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Host:	Arvind Singh
Contact Phone:	+91 98457 36575
Location:	Little Italy (Bangalore, India) 100 Feet Road, Indiranagar Bangalore, India Maps: Google Maps MapQuest Yahoo! Maps
Directions:	Little Italy is a famous Restaurant on 100 Feet Road. But again we can choose a location democratically. And yes, you dont have to pledge any money.

Date: 11/19/2008 – 11/19/2008
Time: 6:00 PM
Place: IBM Bangalore – India
Description:
6:00pm – 6:15pm Networking/Introductions
6:15pm – 6:30pm Welcome address by Host: David H. Tai, Director, IBM
6:30pm – 7:45pm Talk: “Social Software based Knowledge Management” by Ashok Krish,
Head, TCS Innovation Lab – Web 2.0
7:45pm – 8:00pm Wrapup & conclusion

Talk Description
Conventional Knowledge Management systems in enterprises have very poor adoption rates. In a lot of cases, they have, more often that not, devolved into large, hard-to-manage repositories of documents with little or no abilities to filter good from bad content. We will explore the reasons for the failure of traditional Enterprise KM and suggest an alternative model based on the adoption of KM patterns from consumer Web 2.0 trends, specifically the use of Social software as a KM catalyst. A case study based on the adoption and success of social platforms in the authors’ own organization is presented to justify the suggested KM model.

Speaker Background

Ashok Krish is the head of the TCS Web 2.0 Innovation labs and has over 9 years of experience in TCS. Prior to heading the lab, he was a J2EE Solution Architect for several large TCS customers in the financial services space and comes with a background in SOA and Enterprise architecture. His passion for social computing eventually drove him towards the TCS R&D space where he now focusses on building TCS capabilities in the Web 2.0 space. His current area of R&D is in Enterprise Web 2.0, specifically in the area of KM 2.0 and enterprise collaboration platforms using Web 2.0 tools inside the enterprise.

He is a classically trained violinist and self-taught rock guitarist apart from being a science-fiction and fantasy buff. He also blogs incessantly at krishashok.wordpress.com

David H. Tai is Director of IBM Asia Pacific Learning, Diversity, and Workforce Programs. He is responsible for an integrated talent management strategy for over 115,000 employees in Asia Pacific. He is an expert in learning design and development with a specialization in leadership development. In the past 20 years of his journey in the learning industry, he has had the opportunity to create IBM’s first Web based learning systems, IBM’s first e-learning solution: e-business Primer, IBM’s first Web based authoring tool, IBM’s first On Demand Learning solution in leadership development, IBM’s first 3D virtual learning game: SalesQuest, and IBM’s 1st e-mail based learning solution: Mailcast. With 2 patents and 2 copyrights under his belt, he is in the process of leading the IBM Asia Pacific team to create talent management models that will transform IBM as well as the industry.

Address for venue:

IBM India Pvt Ltd.,
Manyata Tech Park,
D- 3 Block, 3rd floor, room number: 308,
Nagawara Outer Ring Road,
Bangalore – 560 045

Directions to Meeting Venue:

Directions to get to Block D3 post entering the Manayata Tech Park gate:
(Route map is attached along)

1) Enter the main gate of Manyata Technology Park
2) Come down straight till the dead end and take left near Food Court
3) Once again take left turn @ dead end
4) Have to enter 2nd Gate for IBM D3 Block
5) You can park the vehicle immediate right to D3 Block Gate..
6) Please come to D3 Reception from there we will take you the conference
Hall

Security & Access inside the building:

1. Please enter the building and you will find a counter in the reception
area for registration
2. You can collect your visitor pass at this counter
3. There will be people waiting at the counter to escort you to the
conference hall

RSVP & Contact Person:

In order to streamline security clearance at the venue, please inform one of the contact persons below that you will be attending and give your name, title, and company name by Monday, November 17th.

1 )Name: Muthu Kumar Alagappan
Phone number: 9448944996
Email: muthukumar@in.ibm.com

If Muthu is not reachable, then:

2)Name: Sowmya Karnad
Number: 9845595777
email: sokarnad@in.ibm.com

The Tour of Nilgiris is a 7-day, 919-km bicycle ride across the famed Nilgiri mountain range in South India. The Tour of Nilgiris takes off from Bangalore on 25 December 2008 and ends on 1 January 2009. As the name suggests, it is a tour and not a race. On the tour you get to ride with 40 like-minded riders on what could be the journey of a lifetime.

The Tour of Nilgiris is the outcome of the desire of a very small group of cycling enthusiasts in Bangalore to create a challenging, interesting and educative ride for a holiday. The route they mapped for themselves was: Bangalore, Maddur, Mysore, Somwarpet, Mercara (Coorg), Virajpet, Sultan Batheri, Gudlur, Ooty, Coonoor, Kotagiri, Ooty, Sigurghat, Masinagudi, Bandipur, Gundalpet, Mysore, Bangalore (across the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala).

Know more about other Participaants or register your self for this amazing cycling event.

SRC: Foss.In/2008 blog

Register Here

Harald Welte, noted Linux kernel hacker (netfilter/iptables), GPL enforcer (gpl-violations.org), embedded Linux wizard (Openmoko) and techno-blogger, will be this year’s opening keynote speaker.

This may come as a surprise to some people – because FOSS.IN has the tradition of “a well known contributor, and must be Indian”. When we discussed possible names during a Team FOSS.IN meeting, Harald’s name came up unanimously!

Harald has been a fixture at every one of our annual events since 2003, and has been in India several times a year since then, sees more Bollywood movies than the average Indian each month, is a fan of Sharukh Khan, thrives on Indian food, and when asked by a passport officer why he comes to India so often, famously answered “Mera Dil Hai Hindustani!” (”My Heart is Indian”) – reflecting his close familiarity with Indian movies.

Known for his awesome reverse-engineering skills, he likes to curl up with a good book – in his case more likely a heavy GSM protocol reference manual than a novel. His irc nick, “laforge”, betrays his Star Trek fan roots, but his server hostnames, such as ganesha, varuna, etc., give away where his heart really lies.

He will set the tone of our über-technical conference with his keynote: “How to do embedded Linux right”.

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Raghu is going to be playing a series of gigs in Landmark Stores across the country this weekend. There are shows planned in Pune, Chennai and Bangalore on the 14th, 15th and 16th of November respectively. I will put up more details about the shows very soon, but if any of you are in these cities, keep those days free to catch Raghu unplugged at a Landmark Store near you!

Note: The Swagath theatre in Jayanagar has become a shopping complex cum multiplex now. It hosts the new landmark too.

ಸಂವಾದ ಡಾಟ್ ಕಾಂ(http://samvaada.com) ದೃಶ್ಯ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಗಳಿಗೆಂದೇ ಹುಟ್ಟು ಹಾಕಿರುವ ನೂತನ ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲ ತಾಣ.

ಸಂವಾದ ಡಾಟ್ ಕಾಂ ನ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದೇ ನವೆಂಬರ್ ೨೨ ಮತ್ತು ೨೩ ರಂದು ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾಸರವಳ್ಳಿ ಗೌರವಾರ್ಥ ” ನನ್ನ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ಸಿನೆಮಾ” ಎಂಬ ವಿಷಯದ ಕುರಿತು ಸಿನೆಮಾ ರಸಗ್ರಹಣ ಶಿಬಿರ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ.

ತುಮಕೂರಿನ ದೇವರಾಯನ ದುರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯಲಿರುವ ಈ ಕೂಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾಸರವಳ್ಳಿಯವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಂವಾದ, ಸಂಪನ್ಮೂಲ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳಿಂದ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ಸಿನೆಮಾದ ಕುರಿತಾದ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸ, ಚರ್ಚೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಘಟಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ ಕೃತಿಯ ಕುರಿತು ಕಲಾವಿದರಾದ ಪ್ರಮೋದ್ ಪಿ ಟಿ ಮತ್ತು ಶಿವರಾಜ್ ರಚಿಸಿದ ‘ವಿಶೇಷ ಚಿತ್ರಕಲಾ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾರಾಟ’ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಘಟಶ್ರಾದ್ಧ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಹಲವು ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ಸಿನೆಮಾಗಳ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನವೂ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ.

ರಾತ್ರಿ ತಂಗುವವರಿಗೆ ತೇಜಸ್ವಿಯವರ ಕುರಿತ ಕೃಪಾಕರ್-ಸೇನಾನಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿತ ವಿಶೇಷ ಸಾಕ್ಷ್ಯಚಿತ್ರ ‘ಮಾಯಾಲೋಕ’ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನವೂ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ.

ಎರಡೂ ದಿನಗಳ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ಸಂಭಾವ್ಯರು:

ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾಸರವಳ್ಳಿ, ಹಿರಿಯ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರು
ಚ ಹ ರಘುನಾಥ್, ಪ್ರಜಾವಾಣಿ ಸಿನಿ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತರು,
ಡೇವಿಡ್ ಬಾಂಡ್, ಕುವೆಂಪು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ(ಕನ್ನಡ ಮತ್ತು ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಕುರಿತು ವಿಶೇಷ ಅನುಭವಿ)
ಡಾ| ದತ್ತಾತ್ರೆಯ, ವಿಶೇಷ ಕಾನೂನು ತಜ್ಞರು
ಡಾ| ತಾರಕೇಶ್ವರ್, ಹಂಪಿ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವ ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ
ಸಾವಿತ್ರಿ, ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತೆ, ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ
ಕುಲಪತಿಗಳು, ತುಮಕೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ
ಡಾ| ಸಿ ಸೋಮಶೇಖರ್, ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು, ತುಮಕೂರು
ಪಿ ಶೇಷಾದ್ರಿ, ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರು

ಎರಡು ದಿನಗಳ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವವರಿಗೆ ಊಟ ಮತ್ತು ವಸತಿ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ.
ಪ್ರವೇಶ ವಿಶೇಷ ಪಾಸ್ ಹೊಂದಿರುವವರಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ.
ಆಸಕ್ತರು ಕೆಳಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿರುವ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಿ ೨೦೦ ರೂಪಾಯಿ ಸಂದಾಯ ಮಾಡಿ ವಿಶೇಷ ಪಾಸ್ ಪಡೆಯಬಹುದು.
ಸ್ಥಳ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಈ ಕೆಳಕಂಡಂತಿದೆ:

ತುಮಕೂರಿನ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ:
ಕೋಟೆ ನಾಗಭೂಷಣ್, ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಗತಿ ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆ – 98800 18381

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ:
ಕಿರಣ್ ಎಮ್ – 97317 55966 (ಪದ್ಮನಾಭನಗರ)
ರಾಘವ ಕೋಟೆಕರ್ – 99013 99671 (ಜೆ ಪಿ ನಗರ, ಜಯನಗರ, ಬನಶಂಕರಿ)
ಅರೆಹಳ್ಳಿ ರವಿ 99004 39930 (ಬಿ ಟಿ ಎಂ ಲೇ‌ಔಟ್, ಹೊಸೂರು ರಸ್ತೆ)
ರುದ್ರಮೂರ್ತಿ: 94804 94135(ಮಲ್ಲೇಶ್ವರ, ಯಶವಂತಪುರ, ರಾಜಾಜಿನಗರ, ನೆಲಮಂಗಲ)
ಪ್ರಮೋದ್: 94487 01470 (ಬಸವನಗುಡಿ)
ಸತೀಶ್ ಗೌಡ (ಅವಿರತ ಬಳಗದ ಸದಸ್ಯರಿಗಾಗಿ) – 98800 86300
ವಸಂತ್ (ಶಿವು ಅಡ್ಡಾ ಬಳಗಕ್ಕಾಗಿ) – 97390 20070
ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ್ (ಸಮಾಜ ಸೇವಕರ ಸಮಿತಿ ಗೆಳೆಯರಿಗಾಗಿ, ಹನುಮಂತನಗರ, ಗಾಂಧಿಬಜಾರು) – 94481 71069
ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ:
ಲಾವಣ್ಯ ಪಿ ಜಿ – 94480 06546

ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ಮತ್ತು ಸುತ್ತಮುತ್ತಲಿನ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ:
ಅವಿನಾಶ್ – 94801 38034

ಹಾಸನದ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ:
ಪ್ರಭಾಕರ್- – 94483 65816

ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗದ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ:
ಮೇಘ ಗಂಗಾಧರ್ – 98800 18384

ದಾವಣಗೆರೆ ವಲಯದ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ:
ಚನ್ನವೀರಪ್ಪ- 98800 18385

ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟೆ ಆಸಕ್ತರಿಗೆ:
ರಾಮ್ ಮನಗೂಳಿ -98802 95894

ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಆನ್‌ಲೈನ್ ನೋಂದಾವಣೆಗಾಗಿ ಸಂವಾದ.ಕಾಂ ನ ಕಾಸರವಳ್ಳಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದ ವಿಶೇಷ ಪುಟಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ಕೊಡಿ.

http://samvaada.com/events/index.html
(ದಯಮಾಡಿ ಈ ಆಹ್ವಾನವನ್ನು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಆಸಕ್ತ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರಿಗೂ ಫಾರ್ವರ್ಡ್ ಮಾಡಿ)

ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ
ಸಂವಾದ ತಂಡ

The November 2008 edition of Startup Saturday will take place as per the following schedule. Register
Schedule

* Date: November 18, 2008, Saturday
* Time: 10:30 a.m to 1:00 p.m
* Venue: North Pergola, NSRCEL, IIMB, Bannergatta Road, Bangalore.

It is very heartwarming to us that the concept of Startup Saturday has been appreciated by various stakeholders in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. We now have the event in four cities in India. Based on the various feed back we have had, we would like to take this concept to the next level by offering a central theme every month. This can enable all of us to focus our attention and provide a greater match between the entrepreneurs, experts and and the audience.
Agenda
Theme: Legal issues and Demo

1) Legal issues in a startup – Sharda Balaji, Novojuris

Sharda Balaji is the founder and director at NovoJuris. Novojuris provides legal services to
startups and entrepreneurs in the technology domain. She has been working with various corporate
houses in India in different spectrum of activities with rich and varied experience in different
facets of corporate affairs and legal functions.

2) Demo/Talk by Meera K, CitizenMatters.in – CitizenMatters

Citizen Matters is a Bangalore focused and citizen-oriented news publication. They publish in-depth
news, analysis, features, opinions, and information/event listings, covering city public affairs,
community and culture in Bangalore city. Citizen Matters is published by Oorvani Media, an
independent local media firm founded by Bangaloreans Subramaniam Vincent and Meera K.

At 11 am, Lalbagh West Gate to Town Hall, 9th November 2008, Sunday

*Hasiru Usiru, *a network of community organisations, residents associations, project affected communities, voluntary organisations and individuals concerned about protecting equitable access to public social spaces such as roads and parks in Bengaluru, invite you to participate in a *Walk to Reclaim Bengaluru on November 9th 2008, at 11 am at Lalbagh West Gate*.

The key purpose is to highlight the extensive damage that road-widening and Metro projects are causing to the city, destroying in the process lives, livelihoods and thousands of trees. This walk is also to demand an inclusive planning process in shaping our city and ensuring that short-sighted, elite induced, infrastructure development, does not cause irreversible damage to the city and ruin the lives of thousands.

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The Walk is to highlight that there are many progressive and intelligent solutions to the current problems of traffic congestion that do not involve destruction of thousands of trees, businesses and homes.
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The Walk is to emphasise the importance of including public consultations as required by law in road widening and Metro construction proposals. (Currently, both projects are being rushed through in blatant violation of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, amongst others.)
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The Walk is to emphasise that the Metro is a solution that can work only if integrated with bus based transport modes. (Building an elevated Metro will certainly ruin the city forever.)
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The Walk is to assert our right to participate in decision making relating to projects of our city.

To mobilise support for this Walk, we have developed a flyer and the same is attached.

Please feel free to print or forward the flyer and kindly use it in mobilizing the wide public to ensure maximum participation in the walk. You may also download b/w posters from the website: www.esgindia.org, print them on A-4 sheets and post them on your organisational and community notice boards.

Needless to state, we also request you to contribute to the expenses involved in this initiative. Hasiru Usiru members are keen to meet with your community or organisation and explain why this Walk is so necessary now. Please confirm if you would like one of the Hasiru Usiru **volunteers to meet with your community and make a presentation.

For details of participation or to make a donation please contact Nandini, Divya or Sharmila at Environment Support Group. Email:  divyarrs at esgindia.org  nandini at esgindia.org bellursharmila at yahoo.com . Call them at Environment Support Group on (080)26531339, (080) 22441977 (b/w 10:30 AM and 5:30 PM) on all working days.

Namma Rasthe.. Namma Uru.. Hasire Usiru!

(Our Roads…. Our City… Greenery is Life’s Breath)
ESG Team

More details contact:
Environment Support Group
105, East End B Main Road, Jayanagar 9th Block East, Bangalore 560069. INDIA
Tel: 91-80-22441977/26531339, Voice/Fax: 91-80-26534364
Email: *esg@esgindia.org/esgindia@gmail.com*
Web: *www.esgindia.org*

On 29th, Nov 2008
At Yahoo R&D Campus (Inner Ring Road)
Time 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
Who will participate in the event?

World Usability Day invites Designers, Architects, User Experience professionals, Urban Planners, Transport Service Authorities, Design Students, Academicians, enthusiasts and other citizens concerned about making Bangalore a better place to live in. We specifically invite all designers and technologists interested in issues related to public services and domains.

How to participate?

WUD 2008 seeks Volunteers who can support with organizing the event and Unconference speakers interested in speaking about the design and usability of transportation systems, both offline and online.

Those interested in volunteering may email or call Sarit Arora or Amit Pande or the organizers mentioned below.

Unconference speakers may register themselves directly through the main event website, simply by adding their topic to the Wiki

How to register?
Register for the event at the WUD 08 wiki:http://www.upabangalore.org/mwiki/index.php/WUD_Bangalore_2008

Hot tip: ControEnter – Technology community blog.