When?

We need a fixed date. Right now, we're aiming for the beginning of the academic term in September 2006. I suggest to make it 2 weeks after everyone's back, so there's time to advertise it in the GUC.

What?

Let's not call it an InstlalFest. It's an open source awareness event. I suggest the following categories of activities:

Demos

Talks (lecture-format)

1. What is open source? (the perspective for CS students) YoussefAssad will do this 3 times. Once morning, once around 13:00, once towards end of day
2. What is open culture?

Where?

At the GUC campus. We need to settle where inside, since it's large. Then we get pictures of the location and post them here.

How?

We need two things:

People

Here's where we commit ourselves to this event. Please add yourself to the list.

• YoussefAssad
• DarKnesS_WolF
• Phaeronix
• BooDy
• zamaliphe

Equipment

This will depend on what we're doing. Each person responsible for an area will be responsible for defining needs. phaeron will be responsible for reviewing people's requirements.

This is page is here to start organization of the GUC install fest in coordination with our contact from GUC, Mr.Motaz

I have taken initiative on this one.

I took the contact's data from Youssef. His name is Mr.Motaz and I spoke to him today. The offer is still valid.

He will be joining us on the wiki page to organize from the GUC's side.

We need at least two months for this. One month for preparing and one month freeze for executing things physically. According tothe GUC that would mean waiting for the summer courses or the beginning of next academic year, so that we have a reasonable amount of attendees (mainly GUC students).

I am in the middle of talking with a gnome developer who might happen to be in Egypt around the time of the install fest. We can have him as an open source figure to give a speech or something.

We have some ideas about the stuff we can demo.

The GUC needs: an exact list of thing that will be done, things that will be needed, and people involved.

Youssef has provided the following : 1. Agree on venue 2. Post photos of venue 3. Agree from what time to what time 4. Agree on getting GUC transportation for volunteers 5. Format; random demos? Presentation? What? 6. How many hours? More than one day?

Most immediately: Highest priority right now: A fixed date. That will help motivate. As soon as we have that, we need a sticky across the front page and a spam to our members.

I will sms this wiki's URL to Mr. Motaz and he should provide us with the date.

Anyone up to formatting this mess ?