[ossig] Re: MYOSS/REDHAT Meetup

[Jason Lim <jasonlimcm@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

I'm glad to announce we have total donation RM 1070 up to yesterday night.

Special Thanks to:
 David & Rebecca RM 100
 Chin Hui Chee      RM 50
 Jason Lim              RM 50
 Ang Kian Meng     RM 50
 Yeak                        RM 50
 Chan Min Wai        RM 50
 Tan Chee Keong   RM 50
 Khing Kok Seong  RM 10
 CS YEOW              RM 50
 Lee Poh Boon        RM 50
 Silvia Tham            RM 50
 Aizat Faiz                RM 50
 Davis Tan               RM 30 
 Peggy Wong          RM 10
 Chong Tsewai       RM 50
 Kharil                       RM 50
 Ditesh                      RM 50
 Gan Chee Wah      RM 50
 Ow Mun Heng        RM 50
 Linus KT Lai           RM 50

 Yoon Kit                  RM 50           *not paid yet
 Fion                         RM 50           *not paid yet

TOTAL                      RM 1070

Any donation are still welcome. 

Kindly send your cheque specifying "For Meetup Group" at the back of
your cheque,
 to:
 
 Mr Yeak Nai Siew
 My Directory Sdn Bhd
 #34-03,Menara Dion,
 27 Jalan Sultan Ismail
 50250 Kuala Lumpur.
 Tel: 03- 2070 4278

Or email me at jasonlimcm dot gmail dot com

Again, THANKS for your support!

Cheers,
Meetup team

PS:  Sorry if wrong spell your name.

On 4/25/05, Jason Lim <jasonlimcm@gmail.com> wrote:
> The MYOSS + Red Hat Meetup Group
> 
> We can still vividly remember our first RedHat meetup on 1 April 2004,
> with a group of people consists of  10 turn ups at the Coffee Bean!
> 
> A small group of people that has no specific direction, we simply chat
> around with all kinds of topic. There was a time when our attendance
> of meetup group has hit a super low season of only 3 turn-ups! After
> much discussion and reasoning, we realize that we need a change in
> running this meetup group.
> 
> We have come to realize that the cause of our low attendance is due to
> a lack of proper channel in promoting, networking, and sharing our
> knowledge and ideas in Open Source!
> 
> And thanks to Mr Hew, the former Channel Manager for Red Hat Asia
> Pacific, he introduced Training Choice to us. Our proposal has gained
> trust and commitment from Training Choice in offering a free venue for
> us to meet up and run this group in an extraordinary way. With a
> combination of technical knowledge presentation and networking
> elements by fellowship and ice-breaking, our meet up group has
> expanded to 30 members within 3 months' time!
> 
> It attracts people from all walks of life in joining the group,
> ranging from students, IT professionals, professors to overseas
> delegates, people is coming to know more about Open Source and how it
> could benefit the Malaysian community. To date, the meetup group has
> combined both MYOSS and Red Hat members,  and we are still growing
> healthily.
> 
> The new combined meetup at Training Choice has been a beneficial
> effort for the community. The objective of this group is to encourage
> sharing of information, as in the spirit of Open Source. We encourage
> our members to present their topics and their findings. If you have
> something to show concerning open source, but not sure how to do it,
> you are most welcome to approach us for guidance. We believe that as
> we generously and freely share on what we could give, it is in return
> a blessing to us to see the community benefiting out of our sharing,
> and bring it forward the seed of knowledge on Open Source to the
> public. With time, we hope that it will grow and flourish abundantly.
> 
> However, during the meetup on 3 April 2005, someone has come to take
> and break... it is much regretful to know that a rotten fruit has
> mixed into our group, he has come to spoil two units of our LCD panel
> (HP1502 LCD) and steal two USB mouse away(HP M-169 USB Scroll Mouse)
> from Training Choice. It was an evening that nobody should ever
> forget, that we have heartless people who come to pay back evil for
> good. While we believe sooner or later we will track down the culprit,
> we still have immediate work to do in replacing the LCD panel and
> mouse.
> 
> As the organizer of this event, it hurts us greatly. The cost of
> replacement is about RM1,500. Since we do not demand money for the
> education that we offer, we therefore urge the community to help us in
> recovering the cost of replacement via donation. Kindly support us by
> donating to "My Directory Sdn Bhd" if you are issuing a cheque, or, if
> it is by cash, we will have a cash donation campaign on our next
> meetup on 5 May 2005 at Training Choice. You may send your cheque
> donation, specifying "For Meetup Group" at the back of your cheque,
> to:
> 
> Mr Yeak Nai Siew
> My Directory Sdn Bhd
> #34-03,Menara Dion,
>   27 Jalan Sultan Ismail
>   50250 Kuala Lumpur.
>  Tel: 03- 2070 4278
> 
> This incident serves as an important lesson to all of us that, we need
> to set up some guidelines in protecting ourselves from being sabotaged
> by irresponsible people. We shall improve on our structure and I ask
> all members to volunteer and contribute your ideas and skills in
> making this meetup group a success.
> 
> Success is achieved via bit-by-bit learning from experience and
> perseverance to carry on. We need YOU to be involved in the
> fine-tuning process of how we should run this meetup group in better
> ways.
> 
> We long to see the community growing as members learn to respect,
> appreciate and support each other in making this community a special
> one. To you and to me.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Best regards,
> The Meetup Organizing Committee
> 
> 
>


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