[leglug-users] Reference to last Meeting

[Alaa Salman]

Well, if you really concentrate, you can see the dim light of our very 
long Lebanese tunnel. Most of those funds and grants that we are getting 
are tied to the promise of economic reform and thus fighting corruption. 
  One of the strategies is to actually implement some of those plans. 
When will that happen, however, is a different thing all-together.

Although you got me wrong on one aspect. When we were discussing this 
topic, we weren't doing it to prove that this is a waste of time or to 
tell you to give up. We were doing it to show you that we all feel the 
same way, but that there are different ways to accomplish 
things.(remember, pick your battles)

So instead of try to do this thing that definitely includes dealing with 
politicians(which needs a special kind of person...possibly someone on 
heavy medication), we can go for a more fruitful approach. And like i 
said, I and probably most of the other guys and gals are very interested 
in such ideas if we deem them possible.(oh, and nobody said anything 
about making money...that's a different issue all together)

The LTSP implementation for poor schools seems very interesting. 
However, i have to warn you that from a legal aspect you need to be 
registered as a charitable organization or a non-profit one to be able 
to do some things, other ways it would be illegal.

Anyway, when/if we iron the details out, i can contact a lawyer for 
guidance.

I am leaving this thread on the mailing list to invite others for 
contributions.

Regards,
Alaa Salman

naim abu darwish wrote:
> Thank you, good to know someone has already tried to do this, and looks 
> like they succeeded. The  project looks complete  in many ways, seems 
> they tried to implement and hit the wall you were talking about, so all 
> they could do is publish their plans.
> 
> I see  there is alot of effort already put into this, they say they have 
> been doing this since 1993, anyway, i am in no place to judge why non of 
> that is implemented. Seems a little more thought is needed  to  find  an 
> application for what we said, something they have not already done. I 
> dont want to write this off as a complete waste of time and flee the 
> country, i still have some hope (hidden somewhere).
> 
> Just to state again, i do not want to make money out of any of this, i 
> just want to prove that it could be done in a cheaper, smarter  way, 
> whatever it is, im still working on that :((
> 
> Possibilities are numerous.
> 50% of solving the problem is first defining it, so the question now 
> stand is to find a suitable project to start.
> Just a few possible ideas ::
> - An LTSP implementation, think poor schools that need to teach children 
> how to type, think cheap refurbished P2 machines...
> - A knowledge base system, seems already done...
> 
> Thank you for showing interest in this.
> 
> On 3/19/07, *Alaa Salman* < rimasalm at inco.com.lb 
> <mailto:rimasalm at inco.com.lb>> wrote:
> 
>     To the person who was proposing the document management system in the
>     last meeting(i think the name was naim, please correct me if i'm wrong)
> 
>     http://msib.omsar.gov.lb/Cultures/en-US/Publications/Strategies/egov.htm
>     <http://msib.omsar.gov.lb/Cultures/en-US/Publications/Strategies/egov.htm>
> 
>     This link will take you to the OMSAR website which links to the
>     e-government study. I was wrong, the study was concluded in 2002 so it
>     has only been done for 5 years(i previously said 7). Basically, your
>     proposal is a small subset of this entire study.
> 
>     The whole e-government thing was supposed to:
>     -Make all publicly available information accessible to anybody who
>     needs it
>     -Improve efficiency in terms of dealing with paper and all its hassles
>     -Cut costs tremendously by using a digital solution instead of an
>     analogue one(i mean people and paper)
>     -Make the whole administrative process faster and with a much better
>     experience
>     And so on....
> 
>     Essentially, it is similar to any e-government strategy out there. I am
>     sure you know why it hasn't been applied yet.
> 
>     Anyway, our whole discussion is still valid. Including the suggestion
>     that you can do a small localized prototype and my offer of contribution
>     to a public system instead.
> 
>     Alaa
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