Hi friends,
I am really pleased to tell you that we celebrated the first anniversary of LUG Manipal on 31st of October. As you might expect, it was without any pomp and glory, but wishing each other of the hard work they undertook to make the group and the FOSS philosophy to the general public.
Rewinding my memory back exactly one year, I remember that how Harish S.V., a Reader in Computer Science department and a distinguished faculty of Computer Science department helped us from starting to the end in forming this Group. He talked to all the higher authorities to cross the so called policies and rules of the college/ University.
In the letter which we had written to the authorities, clearly says that LUG Manipal is a non-profit organization and does not need any kind of financial help from the college nor do we collect any money from the students. The exact line which was written is as follows
We would like to clarify a few points with regard to this USER’s GROUP. First of all, this is not a club and it does not intend to collect any kind of membership fees from any student of any branch. Also we do not seek any kind of financial help from the college for running the USER’s GROUP. The GROUP will NOT have any office bearers, but only volunteers We only expect the college to facilitate meetings of the USER’S GROUP by providing Lecture Halls to hold Periodic meetings.
Additionally we would like to thank Racked Hosting, the sponsor of LUG Manipal for helping us out for covering any financial help that we need. The help is not in form of money or cash, but in form of resources. The official announcement on RH Site
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