On 7/31/05, Yaman Saqqa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Tom, > > I'm glad you enjoyed your visit, and we'd like to thank you for you > invaluable presentations. > > Sadly speaking we did have a Wiki but it wasn't really a success > partly because we seemed to work either one on one or prefferred to > meet in person whenever we actually had content to discuss. The number > of really interested people is easy to arrange into 'physically' > meeting. > > The Ubuntu CD's would be great to have we managed to get around 30 > (Ubuntu used to ship 10 packs once it came out). We had a pretty > successful installation fest. a couple of years ago yet unfortunately > we never had the time (thus human resources) to manage it again. > > I truely like the idea of the LUG brotherhood, that's something we > never really tried and believe is worth trying. What do you guys > think? > > Keep in touch Tom, > > Yaman > > On 7/31/05, Tom Adelstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2005-07-30 at 09:31 +0300, Zaid Amireh wrote: > > > On 7/29/05, Jad Madi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Salam > > > > I'm thinking to install a multi-blogging system in jolug but the point > > > > is, Anyone would be interested to blog about linux in general ? > > > > I wanted to thank the members who attended ITAJ and were so kind and > > thoughtful. Of the many places I have visited, Jordan is now the top of > > the list. You should also know that the terrain in much like parts of > > Texas and California. But the people are the nicest I have met any > > where. > > > > Since I'm back in the US and I met some of you, I hope you will not have > > a problem with me posting to the mailing list. > > > > I want to suggest you look at http://ubuntulinux.org. They have both a > > blog site for members and also a wiki. I think this would be useful. > > > > After talking to established leaders in the IT community, it is clear > > that they are heavily swayed by funds from M$. If Linux is to progress > > in Jordan, I believe a content heavy site should help with a grass roots > > effort. > > > > With bandwidth as I saw it, you will likely need a good supply of CD's. > > > > We ordered 300 from Ubuntu and they did not arrive for the ITAJ event in > > time. > > > > Perhaps we can still get them and do an install fest. > > > > I will look around for other resources and can ship them to you. > > > > Also, would you have an interest in creating a brother-sister LUG > > relationship with the North Texas Linux Users Group? > > > > This could add significantly to your support base and create some strong > > relationships. I also believe that you would find volunteers wanting to > > assist you in projects and perhaps we could do some joint projects > > together. > > > > With great respect, > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > > > > > -- > abulyomon > > www.KiLLTHeUPLiNK.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org >
It would be great to create such a relationship with another LUG, I'm sure alot of our memebers would get motivated when they see hard working people and I'm sure I would stop ranting then. I'm not with the idea of an install fest though. Virtually yours Zaid B. Amireh -- --------------------------- Netiquette -> http://www.dtcc.edu/cs/rfc1855.html http://tumbak.at.preempted.net http://redwing.hutman.net/%7Emreed/warriorshtm/netiquettenazi.htm --------------------------- _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org
