I don't see why not? We need a sponsor venue and then nominations. Oh and a tuxedo or two I think only fitting considering the Linux mascot?
Simon Vass Technical Manager E-Tech Uganda Ltd http://www.etech.ug Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 Email: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Wire James <[email protected]> To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 12 May 2009 14:18:00 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [LUG] [Fwd: [ke-internetusers] The First Kenya Open Source Awards] Are we in position to emulate the Kenyan chaps? See below wire -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Evans Ikua <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], ke-users <[email protected]> > Subject: [ke-internetusers] The First Kenya Open Source Awards > Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 16:24:27 +0300 > > The Linux Professional Association of Kenya and ICT Consumers > Association of Kenya are pleased to invite you to Kenya's first-ever > Open Source Awards <http://www.lpakenya.org/home/node/17>, The > ceremony will be held at the Panafric Hotel, Nairobi, on 27th May, > 2009. > > > The purpose of this awards ceremony is to appreciate with recognition > Kenya open source contributors who have made an impact in the open > source community both locally and globally with their innovative > solutions. > > Gracing the occassion will be the Hon. Eng. James Rege who is the MP > for Karachuonyo and Chairman of the Parliamentary committee on > Communications (Guest of Honour), and Dr. Bitange Ndemo, the Permanent > Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communications. The Master of > ceremony will be Ms Njeri Rionge. > > Google and ixsystems Inc. www.ixsystems.com, are among our confirmed > sponsors. > > > The nomination process is open and will be facilitated by the LPA > secretariat and the organising committee. We invite developers, system > administrators, end users, SMEs, Corporate bodies, Government and > Civil Society players who have made notable contribution to Open > Source, for nomination. > > We especially invite those in the Skunkworks community who are > involved in Open Source solutions, or those who know someone or some > organization involved in Open Source projects to come forward and > nominate the same for the awards. You can get in touch with the > secretariat on opensourceawards at lpakenya dot org. > > Some of the Categories include: > a) Best Open Source deployment by government > b) Best Open Source deployment by business > c) Best Open Source deployment by Civil Society > d) Best FOSS Developers (various categories) > e) Best FOSS in SME (various categories e.g. cybers, > micro-enterprises, > mini-business..) > f) Best Innovative FOSS Solution etc. > > Further details will be shared on this and other forums. > > Evans Ikua, > > LPA-Kenya > > > _______________________________________________ > ke-internetusers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.bdix.net/mailman/listinfo/ke-internetusers _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
