Panels on: FOSS in development covering:
- FOSS as a tool in development
- challenges facing FOSS, and case studies
- Intellectual property
2nd day: (6 p.m to 10 p.m)
technical presentation on specific FOSS technologies, solutions and opportuinites for development
- Status of FOSS desktop and arabization
- FOSS web publishing platform
- FOSS and universal access
3rd day: mini FOSS expo (6 p.m to 10 p.m)
where we bring together all interested parties:
- companies offering FOSS based services
- companys using FOSS
- NGOs using FOSS
- developers
- Academics interested in FOSS
- FOSS communities
- etc.
each will present their work and may be we can have round table discussions and handson technical demonstrations)
we want volunteers to help with the organization, administration, promotion and other meta work.
we also need volunteers to give technical demonstrations..
finally, if u know of or represent any company or organization, using FOSS or offering FOSS services, plz let us know so we can invite them to join the mini expo.
I'll keep u updated with the details.
Comments
Strange! I thought that vo
Strange!
I thought that volunteers should post here, Not to contact via mail ??
I'm not also sure whether senior users should ask people to contact info@eglug.org, I thought that when someone is asking something they might by answered like that, But not when organizing something, And I should that since you are asking people to contact anyone for a conference organized by mengos the email should be info@mengos.net NOT info@eglug.org
Also, Since when do we organise things that way ? everything should be OPEN to the cmmunity and organized on the website not via info@eglug, This is returning us to the dark ages IMHO.
Quote "c u next life time then when i come back as a mug of tea :P"
speakers should contact by email
speakers CAN contact by email, this is not for volunteers, this would be more convenient for most candidate speakers.
I mean if you know someone who might want to present at the conference then you can tell them send an email to info@eglug.org which is probably easier than teeling them register and post a comment on eglug.
besides nothing in the post says you should send an email, it says contact us, contact us i a link to the email, but if you contact US in anyother manner thats fine.
Alaa
"i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"
i am here
the best things in life are free --- so as myself
i hope so
salamo 3alekom i've sent my CV to you and i hope to join u in this event my mail is ahmad.ahmadsayed@gmail.com
I'm in
My presentation skills suck I'm a bad organizer I use winlinux as my main linux distro but hey, I wanna contribute :P
seriously I'm in :)
any updates? ---------------
any updates?
the best things in life are free --- so as myself
not really
at the moment we're just trying to collect people to contact.
I think we should set up a wiki for the event and start real planning, time is very tight afterall.
the moment the folks at Center For Knowledge Society book a place they should start sending invitation letters.
but if you've got any ideas itching you now please share
Alaa
"i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"
well i awas having some thoug
like is there any idea about the schedule i mean what does it contain ? will it be sessions only or there will be hands on tutorials or maybe hands on demos
the best things in life are free --- so as myself
some answers
the format is to have
the topics for the 1st day are fixed in stone more or less the 2nd day they're negotiable but IMO the topics chosen are the ones that make most sense for the theme of the conference (FOSS and development)
the 3rd day is not fixed at all, each company is free to present what it wants, and is expected to advertise its services and products, EGLUG volunteers should present other tools, solutions and techs.
keep the excellent ideas coming
BTW folks do you think we should setup a proper wiki to organize this, or is the drupal book module good enough for now?
Alaa
"i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"
BTW folks do you think we sho
Many minor problems. A better CMS should be installed, if you asked me.
Cheers, Hossam
hossam if you think we need a
hossam if you think we need a better CMS in general please post about it on the forum since this is not related to this topic.
the question at hand is if we need a seperate wiki for organizing major events.
Alaa
"i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"
I'm in
I'm in, hopefully.
Cheers, Hossam
Final Date
The date of the conference changed and is now 13-15 March 2005, due to maintanece of the hall :S
This date is final.
More details
The conference will be held in Shepard Hotel, Omar el Khayam hall.
1st day will start at 10 a.m and end on 5 p.m 2nd day and 3rd day will start at 6 p.m and end on 10 p.m
Count me in for this too
March has some slack on my schedule. Please assign me to something here.
of course
of course u can show/demo phaeronix on the Mini-Expo.
also if u can help with any of the presentations of the second day.
I'm IN !
The One & Only DJ KING is IN !!
lol
and hey , it is the 17th of feb and i think we have to start getting ready for the even ..
keep it real homies
Dj King is right.
let's get together to discuss the organisation of this event. Not next week please I have three exams. If you must, start next week then please keep this page updated with any agreements.
at the moment
we are contacting companies to participate in the Mini Expo.
and we're waiting for Center For Knowledge society to come up with a list of speakers for the 1st day.
if you have anyone in mind who you think we should invite to the expo or you think should be a speaker in the panels please tell us.
if you've got a topic you want to present at the conference send an abstract.
meanwhile we can discuss what to present on the 2nd day.
Alaa
"i`m feeling for the 2nd time like alice in wonderland reading el wafd"
time update
the first day will start at 6 p.m and end at 10 p.m, same as the other 2 days.
Designs
Whirlpool has promissed to design the covers for the 2 cds that we'll be distributing, which are: the OSS cd for windows and Knoppix 3.7 live cd.
He'll also update the t-shirt design for the EGLUG volunteers.
thx whirlpool :-)
People start commiting
time is precious and it's ticking away.
I am interested in :
2nd day : Arabic related FOSS. I think the best candidate to lead this one is Uniball, with all his great experience on the subject. He has other thoughts and refused to commit to it on the IRC.
3rd day : The developers part. OneOfOne and I came up with the idea of how the opensource model allowed people to make patches for the kernel, some of which are really great for desktop performance. He too refused to commit.
3rd day : Phaeronix session , if anyone is interested. manal suggested this. I am all for it but don't think I am selfish or anything.
I hope Uniball and OneOfOne take up these tasks and I'll help.
I don't think that I'm that b
I don't think that I'm that brave to stand u and give a speech/presentatin while I don't know all of the people ;-)
BTW: I assume since there are no updates that there are no speakers for the 1st 2 days ? Or am I wrong ?
Quote "c u next life time then when i come back as a mug of tea :P"
How are you supposed to know
How are you supposed to know all the people when it's a confrence.
Did you know all the people in the install fest?
and if you prepare a good start for your presentation, it's gonna flow easily for the rest of the time. Just put your tongue where your heart is..
alaa, manal.. any updates on the status?
is there no wiki for this?
Well, I didn't give a present
Well, I didn't give a presentation in the install fest.
And It seems that I won't be giving this year too !
Well, I don't think I can stretch my tongue to reach my heart position !
Quote "c u next life time then when i come back as a mug of tea :P"
There are speakers
yes there are speakers for the 1st day, but the list is not final yet, I'll post about a more fixed list of speakers tomorrow.
Updates
Whirlpool will have the cd faces ready Monday morning, I'll go to burn them Monday evening and they'll be ready by wednesday.
I need to know a lot of stuff:
Manal , i would really like
Manal , i would really like to help .. just let me know how can i help so i get ready .. it doesnt matter , even if you need me to help people finding seats :) but if you need something technical , please let me know so i can read or get my self ready to present something
DJ KING aka Sameh Y. Sabry
Slacker on Debian