<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">This sounds great, Evelyn!<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I've forwarded it to some translators I know who work in African languages. They may be able to participate.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It's wonderful to see the Women of Uganda taking such a public stand on free software. :)</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 24/05/2006, at 5:56 PM, Evelyn Namara wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE> The Open Source Software Weekend 2006<BR><BR> The Open Source Software Weekend is an annual event that provides an<BR> excellent<BR> opportunity for Private comapnies, NGOs, Government departments and<BR> academic institutions to explore the potential of using Free and Open
<BR> Source Software (FOSS).<BR><BR> Having been held for the first time in 2005 in Kampala, Uganda, the event<BR> has turned into an annual one and this year's event is slated for 26th<BR> -28th May 2006.<BR> This event is looked at as one that can expose FOSS, its opportunities and
<BR> case stuides to the general public. The event theme is "Achieving Progress<BR> through software freedom".<BR><BR> Below are some Aims of the event;<BR><BR> - Increase FOSS awareness among ICT end users, policy makers and technical
<BR> personnel.<BR> - Create Linkages and partnerships among the various stake holders in the<BR> ICT sector through networking to promote sharing of FOSS resources,<BR> information and skills<BR> - To build FOSS capacity among ICT end users and technical personnel
<BR> through the provision of training, educational resources and software.<BR> - To show case innovative FOSS solutions implemented in Uganda.<BR> - To enable FOSS practitioners have a greater understanding of the<BR> public's needs.
<BR><BR> Participation to this event is open to any one who can make it.<BR><BR> The venue will be the Uganda Institute of Information and Communications<BR> Technology and sessions will be running daily from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
<BR><BR> There will be great speakers from the corporate, Government and community<BR> based organisations. There is something to learn for every one.<BR> Organisations are invited to participate in a free exhibition that will
<BR> run for two days.<BR><BR> Programme line up:<BR><BR> 26th May 2006<BR> 9:00 am – 12:30 am Management Workshop – "Cost effective IT Solutions"<BR> 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm Techies Workshop - "Systems Administration
<BR> implified.<BR> The freedom of FOSS"<BR><BR> Day long exhibition by companies.<BR><BR> 27th May 2006<BR> 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Community FOSS Solutions - "FOSS for
<BR> community benefit"<BR> 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm FOSS Unleashed – Demonstration of FOSS<BR> hacks and solutions<BR><BR> Day long exhibition by companies.
<BR><BR> 28th May 2006<BR><BR> 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Free and Open Source Software support on<BR> Migration,Career guidance, Technical<BR> Support, Installation and CD burning.
<BR><BR> This year's event has been fully sponsored by The East African Center for<BR> Open Source Software (EACOSS) and The Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET).<BR><BR> Organisational support has been offered by Linux Solutions, Uganda
<BR> Institute for Communication Technology, Linux Chix Uganda and members of<BR> the Ugandan FOSS community.<BR><BR> For further inquiries on participation, write to <A href="http://www.linuxsolutions.co.ug:2095/3rdparty/squirrelmail/src/compose.php?send_to=info%40eacoss.org">
info@eacoss.org</A> or call<BR> +256 752 808889.</PRE><BR>-- <BR>Evelyn Namara<BR>Technical Support Engineer<BR>Linux Solutions<BR>P.O.BOX 26192,<BR>Kagga House, Bugolobi<BR>Kampala, Uganda<BR><BR>+256782795320<DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">ubuntu-women mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-women@lists.ubuntu.com</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-women</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm Việt hóa phần mềm tự do</FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">)</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><A href="http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN">http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN</A></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>