Fox at IES-Bhopal(16/10/2015)

Hello,
        This blog post is about the the recent event conducted at IES-BHOPAL(http://www.iesbpl.ac.in) on 16-10-2015.
Previously there were many attempts to conduct an event in my college but it failed,this  was for the first time that Mozilla was present in my college.
          I(Satyadeep bhardwaj)boarded my college cab at 8:30am and moved to pickup Vaibhav sir(ReMo) and vishesh but unfortunately due to some miscommunication Vaibhav sir was late by 10 minutes,therefore meanwhile what i did is that i collected the Posters from Naveen(Mozillian),Meanwhile Vishesh(FSA) and Vaibhav sir were ready at there pickup points we picked them up and moved to receive Rahul(ReMo) and Prince(FSA) around 9:10am we received them at 9:30am.The best part of this was that we were running short of time so we called Rahul and Vishesh at a common pick point which indeed saved our time and we reached the college at 9:50am.The event was to begin by 10:00am.
During the event we were a team of 5 people.

1.)Vaibhav Bajaj(Fx-OS app dev)
2.)Rahul Talreja(General Introduction)
3.)Satyadeep Bhardwaj(SUMO-Top contributor)
4.)Vishesh Aalwani(FSA)
5.)Prince jain(FSA)

Finally Rahul started with general introduction about Mozilla and its Mission,and contribution pathways,FSA programme and its benefits,he also provided insights about the Open source movement created by Mozilla,the students were really very enthusiastic and responsive this can be recognised with a number of request at  fb community groups.
Firstly i am very happy to be a TOP Contributor in SUMO for the past 2.5 months with 2000+ contributions and having received appreciation from Mark Schimdt(SUMO head of MOZILLA).
Later after the first session i took the mic to guided the students about there contribution in SUMO through the different platform and importance of SUMO.

At 12:15 pm we did our lunch and planned to resume by 1;45pm,we were now more focussed on the practical session,we were alloted 2 labs with a sitting capacity of 120 students.Rahul and Vaibhav sir each started with the FxOS app development in there respective labs with Vishesh and Prince as there volunteers respectively.I(Satyadeep Bhardwaj) was taking care of the management and query resolvement.Some of them had great ideas but that couldnt be implemented due to internet issues,but still we somehow managed to complete the registrations of FSA and WEBMAKER.
We also managed to  download Firefox in the localized languages supporting the 
Firefox-Hindi campaign.
      Last but not the least students were informed about the different tools of Mozilla and they also had a hands on s with X-ray goggles,Webmaker etc.Club was inaugurated with the understanding of how to complete the (CLT process etc) and by mutual decision of Mentors I(Satyadeep Bhardwaj) was chosen as the Club Lead,people were mesmerized to see the RANGOLI as it was awesome. With  a group photo session we ended up the event at 2:30.

Lastly i would like to Thank my mentor(Rahul Talreja) and Senior(Vaibhav sir),College mangement for making it a successful event.

Flick link:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/136587284@N04/cj7W6c 

Reps Portal link:

https://reps.mozilla.org/e/fox-at-ies-bhopal/

Mozilla Awareness Day(3/10/2015)....

This post is regarding the event conducted in Oriental college of technology on 3rd of October 2015.
It was 2nd October and we were continuing with the Localization Hackathon being organised on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti. Meanwhile we took and short break and confirmed the materials we had given for printing(Id Cards,Posters),now we were all set for the event.
I woke up early,it was a bright sunny day...i was very excited about the event as it was my 3rd event all together.
I was gearing up for the event and was ready by 9am and was in regular contact with Aditya Shah(Club lead FxOriental ) as he was to receive us(Rahul Talreja ,Vaibhav Bajaj,Vidit Sharma,Me).

The Team included:
Rahul Talreja(REP)
Vaibhav Bajaj(REP)
Satyadeep Bhardwaj(SUMO-Top contributor)
Vidit Sharma(LOCALIZATION)

The event started at sharply 11am,followed by welcoming Rahul Talreja and Vaibhav Bajaj with a bouquet,followed by lightning of lamp and Saraswati Vandana.

The session started with Rahul introducing himself and his team,Mozilla and its Mission was discussed in detail ,also explaining the hierarchy existing within Mozilla.They were also provided insights regarding Open Source(introduction) and other Open source projects.

They were told about the contribution areas like:

• Webmaker
• Womoz
• Localization
• Geo Stumbling
• SuMo
• Marketplace
• Bugzilla, etc

It was an interactive session as the students were from the First year, full of zeal and energy ,they were very ethusiastic to learn about Mozilla.There were questions put for the students and swags were distributed for every single answer.

I was also overwhelmed by the response of the teachers who were also present there till the end of the session encouraging students to clear there queries and be more interactive.

After the end of session we were moving out for lunch and we came across a beautiful Rangoli of Firefox logo.

After the lunch session was resumed and we moved to the computer labs,we distributed ourselves evenly as there were 3 computer labs to see if everything goes .The agenda was App Development for Firefox OS, hands on Webmaker, and made the students learn about Thimble, X-ray goggles, etc, and made the register themselves on webmaker.org.

Aditya,Rahul and Vaibhav sir continued with there sessions on FxOS app development using HTML,CSS,JAVASCRIPT. I and vidit moved in and out of the labs clearing the queries and doubts of the students altogether.Meanwhile we also told them about etherpad and its advantages,students were very amused by its utility.

Due to shortage of time and net connectivity issues students were not able to make there apps,we asked them to have there hands-on at there home and if facing any difficulty contact us.

Finally we recruited Firefox Student  Ambassadors by making them signup on fsa.mozilla.org, about 100+ students signed-up .

Lastly we winded up the session with a group photography with the Director(Oriental).

Last but not the least i would like to thank my mentor(Rahul Talreja) for giving me this opportunity to share and learn.

• Reps portal link: https://reps.mozilla.org/e/mozilla-awareness-day-at-firefox-club-oct
• https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9PKhbiaSRjHRjktUjdTdlpVTGs&usp=sharing_eid&ts=56f4dc4e

App-Day-SATI-Vidisha(26/09/2015)

Hello,
      This post is regarding the recently event hosted in Samrat Ashok Technical Institute,Vidisha,Madhya Pradesh,India.((http://www.satiengg.org/).I woke up at 7am and was very excited about the event as it was my first event and that too at a new place ,Vidisha(90 km from bhopal).We(Aditya,kushagra,Vidit,Rashmi,Alisha,Satyadeep (Me),Rahul(Rep)) were to board a Cab and leave for the venue,but in the Morning i was informed that 7 people could not be accomodated in a Cab as per the Cab driver,therefore i boarded the train at 9am and reached Vidisha at 10am.The train was packed with passengers and i had to anyhow manage me and my laptop in a congested apartment without any damage.

As soon as i reached the college premises i was amazed to see the the rangoli of firefox at the entrance gate,there were 2 labs in total with an accomodation for 150-180 students.

Finally the event started with a Tilak ceremony and warm welcome by the volunteers.
Rahul Talreja (Rep) began with the introduction of his team which consisted of following:-

1. Rashmi Shrivastava (Womoz)
2. Alisha Jose (Womoz)
3. Vidit Sharma (Localisation)
4. Satyadeep Bharadwaj (SuMo-Top contributor)
5. Aditya Shah (FSA)
6. Kushagra Varade (Fx-OS App dev)
7.  Rahul Talreja (General Introduction)

Agenda of the event:-

• Introduction to Mozilla and its mission by Rahul Talreja 

• Firefox Student ambassador Programme by  Aditya shah

• A SUMO(Support Mozilla) talk by Satyadeep bhardwaj

• Womoz by Alisha &  Rashmi

• App Development by Kushagra Varade

• Localisation by Vidit sharma

Finally  Rahul Talreja (ReMO) started with the introduction of Mozilla and its mission and the different forums of contribution.

The students were so fascinated with the introduction which built curiousity among students,students could be seen interacting with the Mozillians and clearing there queries and doubts.Response could be judged from the the huge requests(join request on fb community groups).

Aditya shah took a session on FSA programme giving an introduction about it,benefits,how to get enrolled in the program and on spot recruitements of FSA's.

Vidit being a rank holder in Localisation took a session on it and guided the students by giving examples and motivating them to contribute in this field.

I (satyadeep bhardwaj) being the top contributor in SUMO since 1 month took a session on it,how to contribute in SUMO ,describing them about the queries which generally are asked and different standard replies given to them.I also guided them about the different other support forums for contribution.

After this Alisha and Rashmi leaded over there session of WoMoz they were successful in making all female participant understand how beneficiary it is for a female candidate to work in technology and be an part of this awesome open source moment.
At 2 P.M we went for lunch and returned back at 2:30.

Resuming session the best part was that the 100% attendance the labs were again compact with enthusiastic students and this also proved that we were successful in creating an interest among them for Mozilla.
Kushagra varade(apps expert)started the session on application development giving an insight about the process of browser development and initials about HTML,CSS and JAVASCRIPT.

The app sprint was flagged off and some of the students came out with awesome ideas but due to shortage of time we collected all the apps and taught the students to submit the app in the marketplace once completed.
To promote and contribute the on-going Hindi browser campaign and bring more contributors to the project there were 80-100 downloads of hindi version Firefox in the event.

Last but not the least we inaugurated the club and helped members to understand how to complete all the pre requisites (CLT Process etc) and by mutual decision Shubham Dantare was elected as a lead from their club.

After this the Head of Computer Science Department expressed his thanks on behalf of entire institution to the entire team and Mozilla for the awesome event-workshop. After this we assembled for a group photo and we winded up with the event !!

I would like to thank SATI authorities and co-ordinator Shubham dantare for such hospitility and love...also i would like to owe a vote of thanks to my mentor Rahul talreja (ReMo) for giving me such opportunity.


Reps Portal Link:
https://reps.mozilla.org/e/app-days-in-a-box-cum-maker-party-at-sati-vidisha-mp/

Flickr link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/136587284@N04/albums/72157659190566695

Me and Mozilla:-

FIREFOX FOR WINDOWS 10 CAMPAIGN

This blog is regarding the the FxMeetup  regarding the FIREFOX FOR WINDOWS 10 CAMPAIGN held in GRILL&MORE(Indrapuri,bhopal)on 20th Sept'2015.

Agenda for the event:

1)windows 10 campaign.
2)Localisation.
3)contributions of FSA’s in various sectors.
4)make your default browser as Firefox.
5)Recognition.

Rahul Talreja(REP) Mozilla representative from Bhopal started the discussion,telling us about the FSA(Firefox student ambassador)program.
He gave an insight about the how to join the FSA program and how can we contribute in the different Programs by being a FSA.He also discussed the hierarchies which exist in Mozilla for example Mozillian,REP,Mentor,Council etc.
We also came to know about the different levels of recognition in FSA.

Thereafter we were joined by Vaibhav bajaj(REP) who is also a Mozilla representative from Bhopal.He explained us the ways and insights about how to Localise Mozilla browser i.e Translate the mozilla browser into its local language(Hindi,Urdu,Tamil).

Last but not the least we were introduced about the ongoing FIREFOX FOR WINDOWS 10 CAMPAIGN and we learnt how to make MOZILLA FIREFOX the default browser in WINDOWS 10.

I(SATYADEEP BHARDWAJ) was awarded the the MOZ-T and swags for being the TOP CONTRIBUTOR  in SUMO(AOA) for more than a month.

Top contributor of Womoz(Women in Mozilla) receiving swags for there good work.

We all had a group photograph and binded up the session...

Flickr link:https://www.flickr.com/photos/136587284@N04/albums/72157659225981481/with/21168907834/