Minutes of the First Meeting

This is the raw minutes I took of our first EGLUG meeting, it needs to be summerized in a proper report. From the agenda:

Sakia Membership (for who'll attend activities held there)
Courses:
- arius32 will start graphics courses in August
- Try the courses on ourselves and friends in July, and do it on public in August
- Sameh from CuLUG will organize a course with Khaled (instructors, times)
- Khaled will advertize the courses on Sakia's mailing list (8000 members)
- Participants in courses should pay Sakia's membership
Weekly workshop:
- kernel_canine has promised to giv a workshop on Firewalls next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
- in case he can't do it he will hav to organize an alternative workshop by someone else
Souk El Sakia on Fridays:
- need 1 person to help with khaled
- Distro CDs
- need a free book to photocopy and sell
- may b t-shirts, meddles
- YoussefAssad and seek_the_reality promised to help with Khaled in Souk El Sakia next Friday (9 to 9)
Weekly sessions (linux support + gathering):
- make the gathering with a topic??
- agreed to make it free topic
- LI-6YLUCY has promised to be the facilitator of the day
- Put a dedicated PC in Sakia for ppl who come and ask Khaled for support, so that they ask their questions on the forum
- Advertizing for the weekly gathering/support on our mailing list, Sakia's mailing list
- put the support questions on the forum to show the ppl how EGLUG operates
Do or Die:
- Translation, Bug hunting
- Joker Prince has promised to be the facilitator for the next Do or Die, it will b translation of the document: From power-up to bash prompt, they will start at 10

couldn't get Alex Library or Victoria college (needed tasree7 men wezaret al tarbeya wa al ta3leem)
Mina will contact Motaz and talk with Abu Qeer Academy, will giv us feedback by the end of the week.
Cvirus and kernel_canine will try to get tasree7 men wezaret al tarbeya wa al ta3leem, will giv us feedback by the end of the week.
due to how busy we r, we'll leave this topic to the ppl looking for a suitable venue, when a venue is found all of us will focus on the fest

Policy: we share goals, if they need help we should giv them, if we need help they should giv us
we should document our experiences and share it with other LUGs and groups
this should be the policy with any LUG or group in Egypt

Goal: 1 new place per month for CDs (computer shops, internet cafes)
- follow up on the latest releases (buy it from sakia or get it from our distributors list)
put them on elwaseet
Goal: 1 new place per month for books (3am sa3d, photocoping shops, bookshops)
- print first copy (kernel_canine, Sakia)
kernel_canine has promised to giv khaled a copy of the Open CD they had already arabized at work

How to operate Linux Suppport Sessions (Q: How do I migrate my system to Linux)
- Make a list of the ppl who want to work (as admins) or can give Linux support (payed)
Discuss Linux curriculum on the forum
we need to look on the possibility of translating Rute (chapter by chapter for example)
Legal questions:
- What the egyptian laws say about publishing material licensed under the GPL?
- What the egyptian laws say about leasing our own material under the GPL?
- Free legal support at HMLC (Hisham Mubarak Law Center)
MENGOS
- 3 workshops on free software targeting NGOs 12 to 14 July, 19 to 21 July and 2 to 4 August from 9 to 4
- EGLUG will give a session on Linux
- we need volunteers to giv these sessions
points raised by kernel_canine
- Why do we do face to face support?
- Consultancy on EGLUG
- why r we using drupal
Promoting Linux and Free Software
- In universities (in semisters)
- In small businesses
- see action plan and open discussion
- Poll: which university u r in?, the we choose a coordinator for each university
Cross announcements between EGLUG and CuLUG, cross RSS feed
Developers oriented activities:
- a subgroup??
- Programming on one of the weekly workshops