[UbuntuWomen] OSS weekend Press Release

[Clytie Siddall]

This sounds great, Evelyn!

I've forwarded it to some translators I know who work in African  
languages. They may be able to participate.

It's wonderful to see the Women of Uganda taking such a public stand  
on free software. :)

On 24/05/2006, at 5:56 PM, Evelyn Namara wrote:

>  The Open Source Software Weekend 2006
>
>  The Open Source Software Weekend is an annual event that provides an
>  excellent
>  opportunity for Private comapnies, NGOs, Government departments and
>  academic institutions to explore the potential of using Free and Open
>
>  Source Software (FOSS).
>
>  Having been held for the first time in 2005 in Kampala, Uganda,  
> the event
>  has turned into an annual one and this year's event is slated for  
> 26th
>  -28th May 2006.
>  This event is looked at as one that can expose FOSS, its  
> opportunities and
>
>  case stuides to the general public. The event theme is "Achieving  
> Progress
>  through software freedom".
>
>  Below are some Aims of the event;
>
>  - Increase FOSS awareness among ICT end users, policy makers and  
> technical
>
>  personnel.
>  - Create Linkages and partnerships among the various stake holders  
> in the
>  ICT sector through networking to promote sharing of FOSS resources,
>  information and skills
>  - To build FOSS capacity among ICT end users and technical personnel
>
>  through  the provision of training, educational resources and  
> software.
>  - To show case innovative FOSS solutions implemented in Uganda.
>  - To enable FOSS practitioners have a greater understanding of the
>  public's needs.
>
>
>  Participation to this event is open to any one who can make it.
>
>  The venue will be the Uganda Institute of Information and  
> Communications
>  Technology and sessions will be running daily from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
>
>
>  There will be great speakers from the corporate, Government and  
> community
>  based organisations. There is something to learn for every one.
>  Organisations are invited to participate in a free exhibition that  
> will
>
>  run for two days.
>
>  Programme line up:
>
>  26th May 2006
>  9:00 am – 12:30 am                Management Workshop – "Cost  
> effective IT     Solutions"
>  2:30 pm – 6:00 pm                Techies Workshop - "Systems  
> Administration
>
>                                 implified.
>                                 The freedom of FOSS"
>
>  Day long exhibition by companies.
>
>  27th May 2006
>  9:00 am – 1:00 pm                Community FOSS Solutions - "FOSS  
> for
>
>                                 community benefit"
>  2:00 pm – 6:00 pm                FOSS Unleashed – Demonstration  
> of FOSS
>                                 hacks and solutions
>
>  Day long exhibition by companies.
>
>
>  28th May 2006
>
>  9:00 am – 6:00 pm                Free and Open Source Software  
> support on
>                                 Migration,Career guidance, Technical
>                                 Support, Installation and CD burning.
>
>
>  This year's event has been fully sponsored by The East African  
> Center for
>  Open Source Software (EACOSS) and The Women of Uganda Network  
> (WOUGNET).
>
>  Organisational support has been offered by Linux Solutions, Uganda
>
>  Institute for Communication Technology, Linux Chix Uganda and  
> members of
>  the Ugandan FOSS community.
>
>  For further inquiries on participation, write to
> info at eacoss.org or call
>  +256 752 808889.
>
> -- 
> Evelyn Namara
> Technical Support Engineer
> Linux Solutions
> P.O.BOX 26192,
> Kagga House, Bugolobi
> Kampala, Uganda
>
> +256782795320
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from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
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