Hey Rayna, Happy new year for you. Actually what I sent till now is more of headlines, but I can't say the details of 2 years in an email, will keep sending whatever comes to my mind.
Well OpenEgypt isn't a users group, nor a developers group, if that's what you are asking about. I didn't actually classify it, but yeah the current role is more of a think tank and interfacing FOSS communities with the government. It's valid to do more roles later, but it's meant that it shouldn't be competing with users group, but rather empowering them. I see the future of OE to include planning, coordinating between users groups, even lobbying, or all/none of that. No solid idea yet. ---- Ahmed Mekkawy CTO | Founder Spirula Systems www.spirulasystems.com On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Rayna <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > > Happy New Year and all dat. Thanks for the details, Mekkawy. > > In light of recent clarifications, my question remains: is OpenEgypt > supposed to be a community or is it supposed to be a think tank? Because > thus far I see many features for a think tank but (nearly?) none for a > community. > > Rayna > > > 2014/1/5 Ahmed Mekkawy <[email protected]> > >> اسلام، فيه ايميل تانى اتبعت امبارح، اقراه من فضلك >> >> ---- >> Ahmed Mekkawy >> CTO | Founder >> Spirula Systems >> www.spirulasystems.com >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Eslam Farid <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> مازلت في انتظار الكلام هنا.. >>> جزاكم الله خيرا. >>> >>> On Wednesday, 1 January 2014 13:53:35 UTC+3, Eslam Farid wrote: >>>> >>>> شكرا يا أحمد وفي انتظار اني أسمع منك، وأرجوا فعلا انك تكتب بالعربي .. >>>> جزاك الله خيرا. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 31 December 2013 19:57:45 UTC+3, Ahmed Mekkawy wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'll try in this email to dump my info about this topic, so please ask >>>>> me if anything seems to be missing. In anything other than official info, >>>>> I'm saying my own openion, not OpenEgypt's official one. >>>>> >>>>> لو أى شخص متضايق من كلامى باللغة الانجليزية يقول. >>>>> >>>>> OpenEgypt is an NGO under establishment, with currently 10 founders >>>>> after the loss of Ali Shaath. This shouldn't be mixed with MCIT FOSS >>>>> strategy group, which consists of governmental employees, private sector >>>>> representative, and independant consultants. >>>>> >>>>> First, OpenEgypt founders are as follows, in alphabetical order, with >>>>> due respect: >>>>> - The late Ali Shaath. >>>>> - Ahmed ElEzabi. >>>>> - Ahmed ElHefnawy. >>>>> - Ahmed Hussein. >>>>> - Ahmed Mekkawy. >>>>> - Diaa Radwan. >>>>> - Haitham Nabil. >>>>> - Manal Hassan. >>>>> - Mahmoud Tawfik. >>>>> - Naglaa Rizk. >>>>> - Sherif ElKassas. >>>>> >>>>> I'm not sure that I'm the best one to introduce everyone of the >>>>> founders, so I invite everyone of them to introduce himself. But in short >>>>> I >>>>> believe that they are all great minds with diversed backgrounds. >>>>> >>>>> Currently we have one employee in OpenEgypt, which is Samar Ali, in >>>>> the role of coordinator. The first coordinator, which was Ahmed Koraiiem, >>>>> was working on volunteeraly basis. The place is donated from ADEF, the NGO >>>>> founded by the late Ali Shaath. >>>>> >>>>> The fund for OE is till now solely by the founders donations. The >>>>> agreed amount at first was EGP 5k per founder. Currently OE had spent >>>>> slightly more than 50% of its money. Spendings are only on Samar's salary, >>>>> the paper work for establishment of the NGO, and similar stuff. >>>>> >>>>> The official name for the NGO is الجمعية المصرية للبرمجيات الحرة, and >>>>> in english it's OpenEgypt. Till the moment the official establishment was >>>>> not complete, and here we are back to square zero as the papers has to be >>>>> all remade, cause of the loss of Ali. But I expect the paper to be >>>>> smoother >>>>> as we already got some approvals that should be automatically granted this >>>>> time. >>>>> >>>>> The aim of OE isn't clearly written yet, we are currently working on >>>>> defining the missing points. The main idea is clear though, it's to work >>>>> on >>>>> a strategic direction to create a FOSS ecosystem in Egypt, even if it's a >>>>> small one in the beginning. This means that OE shouldn't be redoing what >>>>> users group does, it should rather focus on coordinating their efforts, >>>>> work with government entities and private sector, and of course >>>>> universities. This work should be targeting the decision makers rather >>>>> than >>>>> targeting users base. This isn't a preference for change, but it's a trial >>>>> to complete what user groups does and open the closed doors for them. >>>>> >>>>> About MCIT group, will send this tomorrow isA. Seems I will have the >>>>> habit of a daily email to this group >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> Ahmed Mekkawy >>>>> CTO | Founder >>>>> Spirula Systems >>>>> www.spirulasystems.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "OpenEgypt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > > > -- > "Change l'ordre du monde plutôt que tes désirs." > > http://me.hatewasabi.info/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "OpenEgypt" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenEgypt" group. 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