I agree that 20 days is too little, and the proposed date is not the best option. But as for the CDs we really don't need to wait as per Kefah's advice to burn them ourselves.
- Ammar On Dec 8, 2007 7:18 PM, Ala'a Ibrahim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well don't you think 29th (28th is Friday) is a little bit too soon? it's > only 20 days away, also it comes between Christmas and new year, a lot of > people would be out of town on such dates. also if we want (for e.g . ) to > order ubuntu CD's it would take 4-6 weeks to arrive, that's at least 28 > days. so if we can postpone it a little. > Also, I guess we need to have an internet connection, it would make a lot > of stuff easier to handle, and a group of gurus there, to handle advanced > stuff, a simple failure to install a wireless driver would change the whole > idea for someone to migrate to linux. > Also, if we are expecting anybody important to come, (an IT Manager in a > company), I think we need to prepare some advanced things, like a simple > cluster, to show what Linux can do. > > what do you think? > > > On Dec 8, 2007 5:09 PM, Kefah Issa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Dear All, > > > > This is to make a clear proposal for every one intrested to join us > > (Kefah, Aram, and Obada) in the preparations for the Linux > > installation feast in amman. > > > > The date is Sat December 28th, the place is (propably) Mojamma3 > > Naqabat in Shemesani. > > > > The audience is every one interested in computers, in linux and in the > > wonderful ethics of free and open source software .... > > a 15 years old, a stay at home mom, an accountant, a computer IT > > student, a professional, a freedom activist .... and possibly many > > more. > > > > The day is mainly around being available at any time betwen 9:00 a.m. > > to 8:00 p.m. and help people who bring their pc's or laptops to > > install linux on it and answer any questions they may have. > > > > Organizers and participants will get Badges to indicate that. > > > > I encourage every one to either help now in the prepration or confirm > > if they could show up at that day, or both ;-) > > > > What do I hear you saying? which distro? well we can offer as many as > > we think adequate. if you are a fan of a certain distro make sure to > > allocate a number of cd's to distribute. > > > > Looking forward to meeting you. > > > > Regards, > > > > -- > > Kefah T. Issa > > >/. freesoft "free as in freedom." > > tel. +962 6 55 23 967 > > cell. +962 777 80 90 50 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ala'a A. Ibrahim > http://guru.alaa-ibrahim.com/ > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
