[I am sending the text portion of the invitation] The OSCI is an exciting opportunity to bring a lot of excitement to the Linux and open source community in Singapore. Please try to attend this launch next week - do RSVP.
Darrel - please post this to the SLMG as well. Thanks. Harish ================================================================ 31 March, 2008 Members of the Linux Users' Group (Singapore), The Singapore Linux Meetup Group: Jim Whitehurst, the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat, will be making his first visit to Singapore on 8 April, 2008. As a leader in open source technology solutions, Red Hat is committed to building a global community for collaborative innovation in open source solutions and fostering a vibrant open source partner eco-system in all countries where we operate. In conjunction with Mr Whitehurst's visit to Singapore, Red Hat will unveil its Open Source Collaborative Innovation (OSCI) initiative in ASEAN. The initiative aims to accelerate work with partners and the community to deliver best-in-class, comprehensive open source solutions and to identify and nurture the open source skills necessary to drive innovation. As part of the OSCI initiative, Red Hat will be announcing its participation in the IDA Infocomm Local Industry Upgrading Programme (iLIUP), as well as new partners of the Red Hat Academy in ASEAN, a programme for educational institutions to teach students valuable Linux and open source skill sets. We are pleased to invite you to the launch of the Red Hat Open Source Collaborative Innovation initiative by Jim Whitehurst on Tuesday, 8 April, 11.00 AM at the Asian Civilisation Museum. All guests are to be seated by 10.30 AM. Singapore's Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports and Second Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan, will be the Guest-of-Honour. Your presence at the launch will amplify the commitment of your organization towards a vibrant local open source community for collaborative innovation, and the development of valuable open source knowledge and skills in Singapore. You can register your attendance at +65 6377 4476 or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] We look forward to your participation in the launch. Yours sincerely, TEONG Eng Guan General Manager Red Hat ASEAN ======================================================================== -- Harish Pillay [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpg id: 746809E3 fingerprint: F7F5 5CCD 25B9 FC25 303E 3DA2 0F80 27DB 7468 09E3 _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
