Tuesday, July 8, 2014

VIIT Firefox Club Meetup

Event Name: VIIT Firefox Club Meetup
Time: 9:30 am to 10:30 am
Date:  8th July 2014
Venue: Pune
Hashtags:  #firefoxstudents, #ViitFirefoxClub

-= Audience and size =-
There were 9 people who attended the event. All participants were Engineering students of VIIT Engg College, Pune.  All participants are from various brnaches such as Information Technology, Computer Engineering, E & TC, etc. Overall, they seemed to have good knowledge of web technologies ( HTML, JavaScript) and interested in open source contributions. In particular, there are interested in contributing to Mozilla. 

-= Our participation =-
We discussed Mozilla Mission and importance to contribute to open source to keep the open source community healthy.  This event aimed to celebrate and promote volunteering for Mozilla. It is organize for VIIT Engineering (University of Pune) students. In this event I explained Mozilla Mission and importance of rating Firefox OS app to the audience. 

-= Audience reactions =-
My goal was mainly to make people aware about Mozilla Mission and Firefox OS Apps and App development. From the oral feedback from the audience, it seems like it went well. We got positive feedback.  From talking to audiences, they were very happy with this event. 


-= Organization =-
I think it all worked well. Everything was in place.

-= Overall feel =-
Good interest from the audience in Mozilla contribution opportunities. 

-= Was it worth it? =-
According to my knowledge, Yes. The audience was satisfied with the content of the event.

-= Should we go again? =-
Yes. We planned to meet weekly.

-=Photos of the Event =-