محضر:Ahmed Gharbeia meeting

div dir="ltr">This was one of a series of meetings with ADEF board members to discuss Deca and explore ideas of different stakeholders

Jan 22nd 2012

• does open source work and translating software into Arabic
• will give us tour of Moqattam area
• important to have signs in the space
• medical student at Ain Shams called Hala who does origami and community library work
• on library: needs to always be staffed. perhaps there can be shifts and a mentorship scheme for this
• the older young people in their 20s etc would give the space its culture
• not have time or ideas at the moment but type of thing would do is training etc
• ?on payment: no charge for workshops. have a donations box but perhaps some workshops would pay a nominal fee 
• computer staff should always be present and on-hand
• places young people hang out: by awlad ragab supermarket on street 9 - is a garden and kiosk. also Lo'lo'a garden near hezb wasat been there for years, are computers etc
• Moqattam increase in population in recent years and increase in building. used to have more empty space and more of a 'village feel'. most people work outside Moqattam. zilzal is sh3bi does not mean everyone there is poor
• nadine shams moqattam based filmmaker