Comments on: Death by PowerPoint night!

By: قسام

قسام — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:59:41 +0000

Count me in man

Cheers!

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By: Blogging Responsibly « هذيان الحروف

Blogging Responsibly « هذيان الحروف — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:18:30 +0000

[...] أخرى طرحها البعض من خلال التعليقات التي وردت في التدوينة الأخيرة لمحمود هي التي دفعتني للبحث عن كل ما يتصل بهذا الموضوع من [...]

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By: Hisham

Hisham — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:14:12 +0000

I wanted to attend, but I got tickets to last night’s Spring Festival event (the Sengalese singer–was really good.)

Thanks for the wrap up of the meet though, mahmood, very informative.

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By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Bahrain: Bloggers Consider Starting Official Society

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:01:12 +0000

[...] restarted their monthly gatherings after a break of some months. This get-together was organised by Mahmood Al Yousif as usual, but with more structure than previous sessions: It was a good turnout in the end. We had [...]

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:28:10 +0000

Abu Arron, the file is actually there to download now, I mistakenly put it in the wrong directory!

BB, yes I agree and noted.

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By: bint battuta

bint battuta — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:32:08 +0000

Thanks for organising it, Mahmood. I would agree that there were too many presentations – we need to include some structured discussion as well as a bit of time for just chatting. And we must try to do some proper introductions – not just of names but blogs too! Anyway, thanks again.

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By: Abu Arron

Abu Arron — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:05:39 +0000

Greetings oh wise one. Please note the link to the presentations (gathering26.zip) is coughing up a 404!! :blush:

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:58:00 +0000

Excellent! Thanks Amy!

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By: Bahrainiac

Bahrainiac — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 07:58:33 +0000

The segment was well put togeather albeit short (2 minutes I believe) and followed the “GrapeVine” segment. Reporter Amy Kellogg was addressing the sectarian strife in the region and how it could affect Bahrain due to it’s Sunni Monarchy and Shia Majority. It did lean more towards the democratic movement and Shia marginalization. I’m trying to see if it will broadcast again today but no luck on their website. I thought it was a very good report, and her interview with you went very well and pushed the “Just Bahraini” theme quite a bit.

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:27:04 +0000

Thanks all. And kudos to you all who made the gathering happen. This is the first of many in the future and suggestions are appreciated to make the gathering even more successful.

Rancher: you can start here to find out why the gag is still on.

binShehab: if you use cheap rubbish, don’t expect that to automatically run when connected to top of the line equipment. Things break at the weakest link in the chain. The MacBook identified and listed all the resolutions your projector is supposed to have reported to the computer through the cable, but it refused to display the signal it did get. So fix your crap before the next meeting!

Noted on the other points.

CWT: those were some of the very concerns raised. The intention; however, with over 700 Bahrain-based blogs (see presentation) there will always be that little schmuck who will be made example of, and no national nor international press will come to his rescue. The idea to have a society is that we would have a legal entity which will legally take up the issues and defend its members if need be. We – as bloggers – generally cannot be accepted as bona fide journalists, hence will be excluded from their trade organisations. We can certainly be taken under their wings and offered “honourary memberships” if the case demands it, but that will not happen to each and every one of us.

Still, the points you raise and those that have been discussed last night are very real concerns that we need to discuss in depth.

The “deal killer” for this whole thing is that none of us expressed an interest in (1) register our sites with the MoI, (2) declare our membership’s real names should there be members who would want to maintain their anonymity.

What we ultimately decided is that we need to consult a lawyer to know the pros and cons and find any loopholes which we might take advantage of.

Early days yet, and it’s only an idea.

Bahrainiac: thanks for letting me know. I’ll see if I can get that footage and put it up here… Was the segment good?

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