Ubuntu-LB Meeting with the RootSpace

[Elijah]

On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 19:25 +0300, David Munir Nabti wrote:
> Hi All- 
> RootSpace works to promote tech/innovation and entrepreneurship...
> especially social innovation and social entrepreneurship.  Open source
> is a big part of that, hence the OpenSesame BarCamp we organized at
> the end of February, and the current OpenSesame initiative.  We are
> working to organize workshops/etc around several core open source
> tools (plus social media and collaboration tools, even though they are
> not all open source, they are free and "open").  Current focus on
> Linux, Drupal, Wordpress, open source project management tools,
> hardware hacking, desktop tools (like OpenOffice), and phone/PBX (like
> Asterisk/Elastix)...  interest is both to improve the coder/developer
> community as relates to these tools, and also improve community
> awareness from the part of potential users (business, organizations,
> individuals) from the non-coder side... 
> 
> I tried to connect with some Linux groups last year, but didn't have
> much luck getting things going...  I'm excited that you folks are
> getting active/involved in Lebs, and look forward to seeing if there
> are some ways we can collaborate or coordinate... 
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
> Munir 
> 
> 
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> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Elijah <thyarmageddon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 19:08 +0300, Jocelyn wrote:
>         > Just a simple question what is the nature of work ?
>         >
>         > Regards
>         >
>         > Jocelyn
>         >
>         >
>         
>         
>         We will have to wait and see during the meeting :)
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> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 7:08 PM, Jocelyn <jhabib at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Just a simple question what is the nature of work ?
>         
>         Regards
>         
>         Jocelyn
>         
>         
>         
>         On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Elijah
>         <thyarmageddon at gmail.com> wrote:
>                 Hello fellow Ubuntuers,
>                 
>                 I have been informed by a member of the RootSpace
>                 community of their
>                 willing to work with the Ubuntu-lb loco :) and as so
>                 we are arranging a
>                 meeting with the RootSpace community. We will meet
>                 with them, exchange
>                 ideas and work together towards the next step of both
>                 Ubuntu and Open
>                 Source in lebanon as all. I think it will be a very
>                 good step for both
>                 teams to join forces and work together for a better
>                 representation in
>                 lebanon. The meeting will be held on Friday, the 24th,
>                 at 7PM. They
>                 suggested the meeting would be at their RootSpace HQ
>                 in DownTown. If
>                 anyone have a problem with that we can talk to them
>                 and maybe find a
>                 better place :) I hope that all of you would be able
>                 to attend.
>                 
>                 Thank you all,
>                 Elijah
>                 
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Thank you Munir for your email, i think this answers a lot of Jocelyn's
questions. And I, Personally, is looking forward for the meeting :)