Looking at the positive side; this as an experience to learn from. I see the fact that we 'heated up' knowing about the event as a sign of hope that our enthusiasm and eagerness to make such events a succes by participation still there. So lets keep it for the future.
On 8/5/05, Zaid Amireh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/5/05, n.a.s.i.m.j.o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear JOLUG members (including me ;) > > in reply to your wondering about me ignoring you for our event, & having all > > my contacts saved with you, here are the emails that I've sent you last May > > when our event @ HU was ment to be held.... > > > > I only got ONE reply from you guys unfortunately, & the only person that i > > had serious contact with was Mr Isam Bayazidi at that time. > > > > Upon this failure to attract you,along with other factors that did get by > > our side, we had to postpone the event till this august, Now, i hv directly > > contacted Mr Ammar Ibrahim who was very positive & passionate about it.. now > > unfortunately Mr isam will not be able to join us as it we wanted to be & We > > have canceled the prof/technical session (since our aim was a 2 day event). > > > > if any of you will join us at the event (which will be mainly a for dummies > > event ;P) hehe ... we will try to take interest with him for planning an > > in-lab event ,,, more propably thru the Fac of IT instead of IEEE whose > > councilor is the reason of most our failures in my opinion!!!! Grrr... > > > > so here's the proof, of my contacts with our, i hope you check our archives > > as well... > > coz i really wanted to have an ARMY of You Linux freaks for this event,,, a > > thing that i didnt get unfortunately,,,,, > > > > its not the end of it after all ,,, its just a start for having a based > > community of Linux in HU hopefully ,,, & desirably in coop with every1 at > > JOLUG. > > > > Hope you got my point every1 ... & hey ,, hope u liked that logo i made for > > JoLug, its inspired from your linux4arab website of course ;) > > > > Respect, > > Nasim Al-tamimi > > > > 1st email > > From: n.a.s.i.m.j.o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: May 11, 2005 1:46 PM > > Subject: Linux Workshop @ the Hashemite University > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Good Day everyone... > > The IEEE Student Branch @ the Hashemite University will be holding an Open > > Door Linux workshop in the 29th & 30th of this month in the hashemite > > university. > > we are honored to invite the Jordanian Linux Users Group to participate in > > this event at those dates. > > > > I've spoken to Mr isam Bayazidi who was very excited about our event being > > the 1st of its kind in the jordanian universities.... & he is the person > > that invited me into the group. > > > > The event will consist of 2 parts ,,, > > the 1st on the 29th (SUNDAY) : this will be the intro session, we would like > > to feature topics in it like: making people familiar with linux ... The > > culture of Open Source (we will try to get Mr Kifa7 3isa on this topic) ... > > convincing people about Linux as a good alternative for other operating > > systems.... & a beginners session (LINUX FOR DUMMIES :P) > > > > the 2nd day,,30th (MONDAY) : this will be the professional & technical > > session .... topics her R up to u & ur creativity ..... we R hoping to get > > our one & only linux instructor in the university to this one too .,.... its > > just a matter of time for him! > > > > anyway .... suggested times that we have R : > > 12-2 PM on sunday the 29th & > > 2-5 (or 4) on monday the 30th ......... those times Are not fixed .... we > > will make trade offs dont worry. > > > > any suggestions will be totally taken into considerations ...... I hope we > > will be able to make sth valuable for the students & the community. > > > > & hey .. before I 4get ... we will need the names of those of who will > > participate so that we will make them access authority inside the uni.... > > > > waiting to hear from U. > > > > > > > > > > With Respect, > > Nasim Al-Tamimi , > > Activities coordinator @ the IEEE SB HU. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > nasimjo (c) > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > 2nd email > > > > From: n.a.s.i.m.j.o <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: May 15, 2005 3:58 PM > > Subject: 2nd call...Linux workshop @ HU > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Hey everyone ..... I really hope U are discussing our issue for making a 2 > > days workshop in HU powered by the IEEE Student Branch between U ... because > > we really need ur help guys ... & need to know if the hours R suitable for U > > so that we would put our event on the uni's schedule ,.... U know ,,, so > > that we can get the theater directly.... > > > > thaaaaaaaaaaannxxx again ... U rock! > > ---------- 1 Reply ---------- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: May 18, 2005 6:08 AM > > Subject: Re: [JoLUG-General] 2nd call...Linux workshop @ HU > > To: "n.a.s.i.m.j.o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jordan Linux User Group Mailing > > list < [email protected]> > > > > I have a couple of ideas for during/post event activities, > > > > A) You can reserve a lab for a couple of hours lets say 5 days in raw, in > > the > > first 2 days you can dedicate the first hour to talk about things like > > linux > > distributions and stuff like that ( the basics ), the students can play > > around with linux in the secund hour. In the following days you can change > > the subject of the first hour to anything your local group feels comfortable > > talking about. > > > > B) You can arrange for holding Lectures, where anybody how have prepared > > something about linux or FOSS can share the knowledge with others. > > > > I think you don't have to know all about linux or FOSS to prepare a humble > > but > > very usefull activity, you can use a small share of resources to deliver > > usefull inforamation, develop your linux skills, and create a linux comunity > > with in HU. > > > > Big one or tow day events are good , but I think what would be much more > > usefull and less hassle to every body is linux activities, Events have an > > unsustainable effect , a couple of people come all the sudden and talk about > > Linux , open source ,etc, you'll get some people excited but to get people > > to > > use linux they should provide them with what every new windows user have > > someone to wake him through the basics. > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org > > > > > > > > My apologies Nasim, I should have checked the archives. > > virtually yours, > > Zaid B. 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