GTALUG talk in June

[Colin McGregor]

Sounds great, I have updated the wiki, I will make sure there is a
projector available and I will look forward to seeing you in June.

Colin McGregor

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Ori Idan <ori-RdxWQVHs3mjDN57Tih+YPw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 1:14 AM, Ori Idan <ori-RdxWQVHs3mjDN57Tih+YPw at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> > I sent this mail to the general mailing list before I knew about this
>> > address so I am sending here also (sorry for the cross posting)
>> >
>> > I am a Linux user and activist from Israel.
>> > Me and my wife are in the process of immigrating to Canada.
>> > I would like to get to know Linux users from Canada.
>> > We will be visiting family in Canada in June and I will be happy to come
>> > to
>> > your meeting in June 14th.
>> > From the wiki it seems that no speaker has come up yet for this meeting,
>> > therefore I would like to offer a talk about Linux users groups in
>> > Israel
>> > and Linux translation to Hebrew.
>> > The Hebrew language in addition to using a different character set, is
>> > written from right to left. All these impose few problems to users who
>> > hardly speak English.
>> > I will also try to demonstrate common Linux software working in Hebrew.
>> > Would you be interested in hearing such a talk?
>>
>> This sounds great, we would love to hear your talk. So, two questions for
>> you:
>>
>> - How would you like your talk described on the gtalug.org wiki (which
>> will be used as the basis for the meeting announcement)?
>> - Do you want/need a video projector for your talk (we can arrange for
>> one very easily but need to know in advance)?
>>
>> Again thanks.
>>
>> Colin McGregor
>>
>
> Thank you,
> I will be happy to have a video projector as I will prepare a presentation
> (LibreOffice presentation) and probably show some examples of Linux software
> in Hebrew.
> I will bring my netbook (running Ubuntu 11.04) I guess it would not be a
> problem to connect it to the projector.
> As for the description in the wiki I would like something like:
> ‎Topic: Linux Development and Linux groups in Israel
> Description:
> Israel as a leading in HiTech industry includes evolving groups of Linux
> Users.
> These groups have to deal with exceptional and unique needs which are
> relevant to this area.
> In this talk I will speak about LUG's in Israel and their activities.
> A little bit about the history of Linux in Israel.
> I will also explain about the Hebrew language and the challenge it
> introduces to both software and websites.
> --
> Ori Idan
>
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