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PCFair 2006 August Kuala Lumpur: Shifts!

Volunteers,

Thank you spending your time at the PCFair next weekend.

We have put up the shifts list for the PCFair. So can you please edit which shifts you would like.

Thank You,
Aizat

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Fixed my broken engrish.

PCFair 2006 August Kuala Lumpur: Update

We have some people volunteering, but we need more! Please help. I will finish the flyers soon (today|tomorrow).

For the moment, have a look at the wiki

http://aizatto.com/wiki/index.php/PCFAIR-2006-August-KL

What I witnessed at the last Software Freedom Day is that there were many volunteers who came in the end, but many of them did not put down their names in the Wiki. You can volunteer either time or resources. You can help by photocopying the flyers (still in the making), or by burning CDs. You do not have to be at the event, but if you can it is encouraged.

I regret using a <h2> tag to display the link, but I want to get the attention of the community. Please help, if we can make this event a success, we have chances of getting booths at future PCFairs in KL and around the country.

Thank You,
Aizat

PCFair 2006 August Kuala Lumpur: FOSS making a stand!

Dear members of the Free and Open Source community in Malaysia,

With the help of Pikom and the Pikom PC Fair Organizer, I have been able to procure a booth for use in the upcoming KL PCFair 2006 on August 11th to the 13th. I would like to ask the help of the community in promoting the awareness of FOSS, and making it a success.

As you can see, there isn’t much time till the PCFair. So lets be hasty.

I have a list of ideas for what to do at the PCFair, but if you could help generate some ideas and share it with us, I would be more than grateful.

The main goal of the PCFair is to promote FOSS awareness in Malaysia. It has come to my understanding that there are a significant number of FOSS users, but they are in little secluded pockets, or they don’t know about the larger community. I hope to be able to reach out to them, and any interested people.

The simplest goal is to distribute flyers, all flyers will be A4 double sided. The flyers will contain information about the benefits of using FOSS, and whom to contact for further help. I hope that these flyers to be translated into another language besides English, and would need the help of volunteers in helping assist the translation to other languages.

I would like to distribute GNU/Linux CDs. With the short amount of time available, I do not believe we can procure Ubuntu CDs. Thus I would like to know if anyone would be willing to help in preparing CDs for distribution. The CDs do not have to be given away at a loss, but can be sold at a very minimal cost. With the GNU/Linux CDs, I would like to include a simple page, on replacement applications (ie: Microsoft Office => Open Office, iTunes => Rhythmbox, Internet Explorer => Firefox) and getting comfortable using GNU/Linux, just to get people started. The flyer will also include links and contact details on where to get more help.

Though not highlighted much, I would like to demonstrate the efforts of the Malaysian FOSS Translators, ie: Kedidi Emas. This would be a great opportunity for the Malaysian Translators to demonstrate your work to the public.

I would also like to showcase other local FOSS projects. Projects do not have to be Software oriented, such as the Monthly MyOSS Meetups, the LPI Certifications, etc. If you are involved in any FOSS events (local and community oriented such as the MyOSS meetups), then if you can provide the flyers, and perhaps the man power I would be more than happy to distribute them.

Alot of the ideas I want to implement require hardware. If people could help lend hardware for a short period of time, that would be most grateful.

In order for these ideas to happen we need volunteers to man the booth during the three day event. If you would like to volunteer, then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Other ideas are to include flyers targetting and could be related specific sectors:

• Education
• Business
• Benefits to the nation (bridging the digital divide)
• etc…

I hope this to be the breaking out of FOSS in Malaysia. Remember people we have just under three weeks to make this happen. If you have any further questions, or would like to help assist me, then please do not hesitate to contact me.

If this event is a success, look forward to seeing us at the other PCFair events around the country.

If you can please forward this email to any interested parties, I would be more than grateful.

Thank You,
Aizat Faiz
+6 017 690 8783