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Event details
What: ArabiCamp-Lebanon, focusing on improving Arabic-language tools and translations on the web.
(this is the first in what will be an ongoing series of events related to the topic)
When: Saturday, December 18, 2010, 11am-5pm POSTPONED UNTIL Q1/2011 (Many interested people said they are traveling, etc ... we will announce/promote again when the new date is finalized. If you are interested in finding out about the new date, you can still sign up with you info below.)
Where: AUB/OSB (American University of Beirut, Olayan School of Business), Beirut, Lebanon
Organizers
, CUEVOX, DevIneMedia (Development In eMedia),LebGeeks, AUB/OSB Entrepreneurship Initiative
Sponsors/Partners
Welcome! Anybody? (We're doing this on a shoe-strings budget... either we get some basic sponsors, or we may ask people to voluntarily chip in $5-15 on the day of the event...) (Interested sponsors/partners, please contact (dmn [at] hibr.me) and/or (sami.tueni [at] naharnet.com).
Schedule
- 11:00 am-12:00 pm: Opening & Introduction & Collaborative Schedule Planning for the day
- 12:15 pm-1:00 pm: Session 1
- 1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Lunch (Options: 1- sponsor covers costs, 2- $5-10/person to order that morning, 3- people can go to a place nearby)
- 2:00 pm-2:45 pm: Session 2
- 3:00 pm-3:45 pm: Session 3
- 4:00 pm-4:45 pm: Session 4
- 5pm-6pm: Wrap-up, reporting, closing
Suggest a Session
Suggested Sessions
Planners
"Mack-daddy" (Mackram), "Mr. T" (Sami), "Mowgli/JungleBoy" (Munir), "Mr. Nak4" (Samer)
Registration
Participants
Task List
(please -cross out- when it's done)
Tech
- Wifi
- Projector, White Boards
- Photo
- Streaming or Stickam or Skype
- Arabic language tools , arabic keyboard
Non-tech
Tags for flickr, delicious, Twitter, etc: #ArabiCamp
Please use the tag (#ArabiCamp) for content related to this event and the following shortened URL to link to this page : http://rawab.it/ArabiCamp
Who's blogging or tweeting?
Resources, Ideas, Things to Check Out
http://sourceforge.net/projects/translate/files/Pootle/2.1.3/
http://news.meedan.net/
http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/index
... and more!