Re: Regarding Debian Local Group in Nepal

[Anupa Ann Joseph <anupaaj@disroot.org>]

Hello James and Joost,

There is a Debian Developer from Nepal, Arun Kumar Pariyar.
And I believe there is a Debian community in Nepal.
Maybe Arun can help you get connected with them, adding him to this 
email loop.

I live in India and belong to the Debian India community. If you need 
any help from us, we are happy to join.
https://debian.org.in/

Regards,
Anupa Ann Joseph

On 08/01/25 13:40, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> Hi again James,
>
> About support: please be aware Debian is not backed by a company like Ubuntu or
> Fedora are.  We are a volunteer organisation.  Otoh, for Debian developers
> there is https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DPL/Reimbursement .  If you need to make
> financial costs you cannot carry yourself, and assuming you have no official
> Debian Developer status yourself, best would be to apply for Debian Maintainer
> status, and/or get in touch with trusted Debian people.  I am not aware of any
> Debian people in Nepal, but I know there are various very active communities in
> India.  We have over 10 trusted Debian people in India.  See also
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIndia .  For Debian merchandise see e.g.
> https://www.debian.org/events/ .
>
> Does this help you to get started?
>
> Bye,
>
> Joost
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 08, 2025 at 01:27:47PM +0545, James Bhattarai wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Can you please aware me of the support I'll be getting from debian to my
> > local debian group & community?
> >
> > Regarding hackerSpace, we have Kathmandu University and St. Xavier College
> > at country capital, heart of Kathmandu.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > James
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 8, 2025, 10:42 AM Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb-debian@mdcc.cx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi James,
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 07, 2025 at 02:51:28PM +0545, James Bhattarai wrote:
> > > > I'm a young community lover who is willing to start Local Debian Group in
> > > > my Community Nepal.
> > >
> > > Great idea & thanks for contacting us!
> > >
> > > > How should I proceed? What are the steps?
> > > >
> > > > About Me:
> > > > Currently Undergrad 2nd Year Computer Engineering Student at Kathmandu
> > > > University
> > > > Leading a project of 2000 Core University High Performance Computing and
> > > > Openstack Private Cloud
> > > > Community Club Executive at Kathmandu University Computer Club
> > > > Organizing Member at UbuCon 2025
> > > > Tech Enthusiast and one who loves to help,
> > >
> > > Well, I guess the main thing is finding people willing to participate.
> > > So publically announcing your plan and getting in touch with interested
> > > people.
> > > Then finding a place and time to meet.  I see there's no hackerspace in
> > > Nepal
> > > listed at https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/List_of_Hacker_Spaces , but I
> > > guess there
> > > would be some other suitable places to meet in Nepal.
> > >
> > > I guess you could start by announcing at Kathmandu University Computer
> > > Club,
> > > obviously?  And upcoming UbuCon might give you some new contacts?
> > >
> > > In the past, there was lots of activity in Linux User Groups; there are
> > > still
> > > some resources online about that.  The tasks and challenges of starting a
> > > Debian Local Group are similar to those there were in the past when
> > > starting a
> > > LUG, I guess.
> > >
> > > Just my € 0,02 for now, Hope this helps!
> > >
> > > Bye,
> > >
> > > Joost

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