Re: getting new people

[Yasser Chaddad <chaddadun at bluewin dot ch>]

I spoke with my friend from WATA and he said that they are open to any
idea providing that their webmaster accepts it. So he suggested that
Arabeyes makes a few advertising propositions to choose one of them and
post it on their site. A banner could be one of them or a sort of
blinking link (as the blinking image on their site) saying something
like "العمل التطوعي". Of course they would much appreciate it if the
adds are in Arabic. I am sure that any commitment from their part will
be very solid. They are people of genuine good faith. I will convey to
them any proposition from Arabeyes and they will choose what suites them
best.

Salaam,
Yasser

On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 01:41, Nadim Shaikli wrote:
> --- Yasser Chaddad <chaddadun at bluewin dot ch> wrote:
> > I recently discussed this issue with a member of the WORLD ARABIC
> > TRANSLATORS ASSOCIATION (WATA): 
> > 
> >   http://www.arabicwata.org/Arabic/index.html.
> > 
> > Some members are willing to volunteer in translation work and they
> > already did for other purposes. However, I do not know any of them
> > who uses Linux (yet). They offered to post on their website (still
> > in trial phase) a few words in Arabic about joining Arabeyes, with
> > the necessary links. A volunteering banner that links to Arabeyes
> > could be possible. Any ideas?
> 
> We are open to all of the above ideas.  If people aren't familiar with
> Linux but are adamant about helping (as they should be :-), then that
> is fine as well - I'm sure we can work something out and get them going.
> 
> The point is to get a firm commitment from them and a genuine good-faith
> effort and we'll see what we can do on our end to bridge the gap.
> 
> > I am not quite sure yet that they will defenitely accept a banner.
> > I am still waiting to know from them how would they like to post
> > this on their site. As soon as I get a reply, I will let you know.
> 
> Let us know what they say or decide for us to know what to do next.
> You should also encourage as many of them as possible to join the
> 'doc' mailing-list as they would be of immediate help there.
> 
> Thanks Yasser and keep us posted.
> 
> Salam.
> 
>  - Nadim
> 
> 
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