[leglug-users] Fwd: LEGLUG and RootSpace (+ work opportunity? + volunteer opportunity?)

[BashLogic]

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Hello

 to the likes of others i cant speak for all nor will aim at that but
 just to help you out a bit on communicating with your subject.

 first of all just as has been noted, the political situation hinders
 and limits a lot if not totally the activities of the lug and
 individuals. at the same time there have been a bit of changes where
 for example LLUG mailling list is being shutdown (due to inactivity
and overlaps, unless it already
 has) and key members of leglug are engaged with other private ongoing
 projects and work in the country and abroad.

 what you have proposed was has been on some peoples agenda since over
 a year but most of things have been shelved due to the instability in
 the country. but never give up! try try and try again,now is your turn
 ;)

 in short, you want to coordinate and correspond some projects right?
 well start by making a list of the projects and tasks and define what
 are the exact resources that you require (basic project management)
 post the openings and make it sound sexy and hopefully people will
 jump on the wagon.

 you mentioned a couple of projects but the message wasnt clear as what
 you were aiming for, was it so that you wanted to hire a person part
 time to work on various project or a single project or which way did
 it go? cause if you just want to hire, well there are lots of CVs of
 graduates who are looking for any job just to get started with their
 couriers. the linuxlb info mailbox has lots of contacts which if
 others concur with, i could forward to you.

 rootspace, is that a private company or a project? in either case,
 please profile it and describe it to people to better understand whom
 they are addressing and what it is all about. so in general be more
 specific on describing what rootspace is and that would ease things up
 ;)

 btw, regarding your online radio, years ago i ran an online radio
 channel (mp3 streams) for the company i worked for, its very simple to
 run, the technical part is easy as long as you have enough bandwidth
 and a relay server, you can queue up the programs just as you queue up
 stuff on xmms or winamp that you use (actually you would be using
 either of those ;) ) and just play, your bigger challenge is to
 assemble the media team who would work on the broadcast content
 production. i havent had the time to look deeper into what the
 campcast provides that makes it so special but if you want to talk
 more about that then just ask ;)

 as for a spinoff thought! :), are there any volunteers willing to
 attend tape the whatever events relating to development and opensource
 in the country and convert them to podcasts? we could consider putting
 it up on www.linux.com.lb  since its a general none lug specific
 content :)  let me know if someone is interested.

 well im starting to get of track here so i better stop :D

 regards
 BashLogic




 On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 5:57 PM, DM Nabti (RootSpace)
 <innovate at therootspace.org> wrote:
 >


>  Dear All-
 >  I never heard back from anyone from this message, so thought I'd try
 > again...  If anyone can point me in a better direction, or advise as to who
 > else I can speak to, that would be most appreciated.
 >
 >  A brief intro (again), we are a non-profit organization, and we have a
 > great space focusing on technology, innovation, social entrepreneurship, and
 > sustainable social/economic development.  A few of our projects will
 > (hopefully/potentially) directly involve Linux... others could, if we have
 > appropriate help/support...
 >
 >  FOR EXAMPLE... we (along with many others outside of this organization) are
 > in the early stages of setting up a community radio station for Lebanon,
 > first online and then hopefully terrestrial at a later stage.  We will
 > likely use open-source software called Campcaster (see
 > http://www.campware.org/), which runs on Linux.
 >
 >  ANOTHER... I would like to set-up/use/promote Linux in our office, and with
 > the projects we do (NGO/technology training, etc).  HOWEVER, we need help!
 >
 >  I am a strong advocate of open-source systems, including Linux, Open
 > Office, Drupal, Campware, Audacity, etc...
 >
 >  Our office is a professional shared-office environment, where people can
 > rent desks to work on individual/small-group projects.  The focus is on
 > those things I mentioned above (social entrepreneurship, innovation,
 > technology...).  I would love to work out an arrangement where we would
 > "hire" a person to work with us half-time (with compensation through a
 > combination of actual payment + free workspace), and then half-time the
 > person could be working out of our office doing their own work.
 >
 >  Any ideas?  Any other thoughts?
 >
 >  Or, if you are busy with other work but would still like to help us with
 > these projects, we would love to have some VOLUNTEER help with these things,
 > and we could work around whatever schedule you have.
 >
 >  Please let me know if you are interested in learning more, or have any
 > suggestions/advice.
 >
 >  Cheers,
 >
 >  Munir
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > ~~~
 >  David Munir Nabti
 >  RootSpace CEO (Chief Entrepreneur and Organizer)
 >  Leb cell: +961-3-138-770
 >
 >  ~~~
 >  For innovation, incubation, and sustainable development ~
 > www.therootspace.org
 >  ..........................................................
 >
 >
 >
 >  DM Nabti (RootSpace) wrote:
 >
 > Dear LEGLUG-
 >  I sent a message to Mohammed a few days ago, but thought I'd send this out
 > to the whole group (or whoever I quickly found contact info for on the
 > LEGLUG website...).
 >
 >  I just wanted to send you a quick note about this project I am working
 > on... we are starting up an incubator for NGOs, social entrepreneurship, and
 > small tech/web projects.  RootSpace will have a strong tech focus, in the
 > organization itself, in the programs/workshops we organize, and in the
 > groups we hope to support.  Attached is our recent (draft) executive summary
 > (our website, which I'm setting up using Drupal, is also still in draft
 > form).  I also have a strong interest in open platforms, open source, etc.
 >
 >  What our executive summary does not mention is how we have already been in
 > tentative tentative discussions with a few organizations and companies
 > (including Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, amongst others) to do activities and
 > participate in programs supporting tech development, entrepreneurship,
 > innovation, etc.  I worked for short periods at both Cisco and Google (in
 > non-tech fields; and also worked at both Stanford University and UC
 > Berkeley), and we have a close partner based in Silicon Valley supporting
 > our work, helping to develop partnerships, etc.
 >
 >  I would love to sit and talk with the people who are involved in the Linux
 > users' group here, to see if we could cooperate somehow.  I have a strong
 > interest in supporting open source systems, and would like to learn more
 > about LEGLUG to see if we could support their (your) work here, and possibly
 > develop some sort of cooperative relationship, organize events, host your
 > group (and other similar groups) for meetings/etc, and to encourage/promote
 > open source and socially beneficial uses of technology and innovation.
 > We've already begun discussing the idea of "green dev" and "peace dev", so
 > we'll see where that goes.
 >
 >  If you are interested, let's schedule a time soon to meet up, you folks can
 > come check out the space, and we discuss some ideas, etc.  Thoughts?
 >
 >  Cheers, and Happy Holidays!
 >
 >  Best wishes,
 >
 >  Munir
 >
 >
 >
 >   ~~~
 >  David Munir Nabti
 >  RootSpace CEO (Chief Entrepreneur and Organizer)
 >  Leb cell: +961-3-138-770
 >
 >  ~~~
 >  For innovation, incubation, and sustainable development ~
 > www.theRootSpace.org
 >  Volunteering, education, and community building in Lebanon ~ www.AVS.org.lb
 >  Daily monitoring and translation of news from the Arab World and Iran ~
 > Mideastwire.com
 >  ..........................................................
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >



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