<div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote">On 8 September 2011 03:49, Karim Fayez <<a href="mailto:karim.fayez@gmail.com">karim.fayez@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Dear all; Allow me to start some threads regarding what can we do for our team in the next phase which we hope will boost performance and capabilities. First things first :-) funds(inkind and cash) I have worked as a fundraiser for some quality time and I have a kind of good experience in this matter which I would like to move forward to process for the sake of our team. What we need to have is first a team of negotiators and I can train them, a document about Ubuntu-eg and what we call a benefit pack which is basically what we can give in exchange for the funds we get. I can start working on that with the help of the team members to come up with a set of ideas achievable by us in order to start working upon this matter. An issue was raised with ahmed toulan about the registration of Ubuntu-eg either as a company or an NGO and I will elaborate about the differences in Egyptian law regarding taxes after consulting with a lawyer as there r several types of both. I would go with ahmed towards an NGO if that won't stand in the way of several resources related to incubation activities that we might be able to attract but I will consult the lawyer in details about this matter. I think we as a team have huge potential to do alot so lets go ahead and start. Any ideas regarding this matters and any comments would be very helpful to achieve our goals so please contribute freely ;-) Ideas have no limits Thanks and best regards; Karim Fayez </blockquote></div>Yes let's fire it up, I think too that an NGO became the next logical step, but we need to understand more: 1. If we reg'd it as an NGO it won't be a LoCo anymore, so that ngo will be separate from the LoCo. 2. Team of Negotiators to negotiate what and with who? That's it, Thanks :D -- Regards, Ahmed </div>