From dmuthoni at gmail.com  Mon Sep  5 08:08:26 2011
From: dmuthoni at gmail.com (Dorcas Muthoni)
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:08:26 +0300
Subject: [afren] Unix System Administration Workshop For Malawi Women
 Engineers (Track SA-E), Blantyre, Malawi (17th - 21st October, 2011)
Message-ID: <CACFhaS4_d=fshgs3AatQfSdyK-w6Z9sZ_yu0jFw6aVTA4+mEmQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Colleagues,

*Unix System Administration Workshop For Malawi Women Engineers (Track
SA-E), Blantyre, Malawi (17**th** - 21**st **October, 2011)*

*Background*

The African Network Operators Group (AfNOG, http://www.afnog.org ) invites
women engineers from  from *Malawi *and the following close neighboring
countries: *Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, South Africa and Botswana * to
participate in an intensive Unix System Administration workshop.

*Workshop goals and outline*

Overall objective: After attending this track, students will be able to
install, upgrade, secure and competently manage the Unix operating system on
standard PC hardware, and use it to provide essential Internet services on a
network. It is aimed at students who are technically competent but may have
had little or no prior exposure to the Unix environment.

In addition they will be taught concepts such as:

# Basic Internet Protocols and how they work

# Some basic Internet services and how they function, including DNS, Web,
SSH and E-mail

# Designing installations for long-term scalability of services

*Who should apply:*

All Malawi women engineers, software developers and systems administrators
with a desire to get Unix Administration skills. Due to funding
availability, priority will be given to applicants from *Malawi *and the
following close neighboring countries: *Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, South
Africa and Botswana *

*Prerequisites:*

Experience in managing PCs and installing software (such as installing the
'Windows' operating system), but not necessarily Unix. Some prior Unix/Linux
experience would be of great benefit.

*Language*

Language of instruction will be English.

*Application procedure*

Complete the application GoogleForm here:
http://goo.gl/FdBng*<afnogchix2010 at afnog.org>
*

Please ensure that you submit your application in time and fully completed.
Selections will be on a competitive basis. Only shortlisted applicants will
be contacted.

*Application deadline*

The applications close on *22**nd* *September 2011*. Applications received
after this date will not be considered.

*For more information:*

Email: afnogchix2011 at afnog.org
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From chris at aptivate.org  Mon Sep  5 09:26:02 2011
From: chris at aptivate.org (Chris Wilson)
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 11:26:02 +0200 (CAT)
Subject: [afren] Unix System Administration Workshop For Malawi Women
 Engineers (Track SA-E), Blantyre, Malawi (17th - 21st October, 2011)
In-Reply-To: <CACFhaS4_d=fshgs3AatQfSdyK-w6Z9sZ_yu0jFw6aVTA4+mEmQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CACFhaS4_d=fshgs3AatQfSdyK-w6Z9sZ_yu0jFw6aVTA4+mEmQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1109051123090.25876@lap-x201>

Hi Dorcas,

On Mon, 5 Sep 2011, Dorcas Muthoni wrote:

> Unix System Administration Workshop For Malawi Women Engineers (Track 
> SA-E), Blantyre, Malawi (17th - 21st October, 2011)

Thank you for the announcement. Please would you consider posting these 
(a) on the web and (b) on Facebook for wider distribution to encourage 
people to apply?

The announcement is too long to fit into a Facebook post and there's 
nothing to link it to, so I had to abbreviate it myself.

Cheers, Chris.

[PS. before I start a flamewar: I don't support Facebook per se, but it's 
a fact of life (especially in Africa) and it's just a tool, no more evil 
than the Internet. The result depends on how we use it.]
-- 
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The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's, Gresham Road, Cambridge CB1 2ES

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with company number 04980791.



From barry at aau.org  Mon Sep  5 09:58:37 2011
From: barry at aau.org (Boubakar Barry)
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 09:58:37 +0000
Subject: [afren] Fwd: Call for Participation: e-AGE 2011-Integrating Arab
 eInfrastructure in a Global Environment
In-Reply-To: <867EBFAFA71983439FBB7D18D5426FD8B8B9572E4E@MBX.tago.org>
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	<BANLkTi=FVD5VhK9W4EN6h4ACKGpsXfksMQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAGrBSShgiBvPZK+Y0ctMyeGfdOr3zm7X7iw=J2AR2gF0gWYVLw@mail.gmail.com>

FYI

---------- Forwarded message ----------

*e-AGE 2011* Call for Participation

**

*Under the Patronage of His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan*****

*1st  International Platform on Integrating Arab e-infrastructure in a
Global Environment
*12-14 December 2011, Amman, Jordan****

http://eage2011.ASRENOrg.net/ ****

*Objective:*
To promote opportunities for cooperation between networks of research and
education in the Arab countries, Europe and North America; to launch the
third phase of the EUMEDCONNECT project; and to expand the framework of
effective participation of e- infrastructure linking the Arab Organizations
for research and education to the world. ****

 ****

*Main events:*****

-          The fourth Event on Euro-Mediterranean  e-Infrastructure ****

-          The annual meeting of the US Internet2 Special Interest Group,
Middle East ****

-          The first annual meeting of ASREN ****

Moreover special sessions will be dedicated to specific domains such as
Digital Cultural Heritage, Global Warming, Economic Crisis, Climate Change,
and Energy.****

 ****

*Submission deadline: *****

   - *November 15 , 2011 (full papers, short papers, demonstrations, special
   sessions)* ****

 ****

With the following keynotes and panel discussions on the e-AGE 2011platform:
****

 ****

*Inauguration:*****

-       Royal Statement****

 ****

*Opening:*****

*                **Welcoming remarks*****

-       HE Mr. Atef Tell, Minister of Information and Communications
Technology****

-           Director Mario Campolargo, Directorate of Emerging Technologies
and Infrastructures, DG Information Society and Media-European Commission***
*

-           HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of ASREN****

* *

*Invited Lecture*****

-       HE Dr. Khaled Toukan, ?e-Infrastructure based research: SESAME Case
Study?, Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources, Jordan****

 ****

*Opening Address*****

-       Director Dr. Faeqa AlSaleh, Directorate of Education and Research,
League of Arab States****

-       Secretary General Dr. Sultan Abu-Orabi, Association of Arab
Universities****

-     Deputy Director Najat Rochdi, ?e-Infrastructure: the backbone for
local development?, Policy, Communication & Operation, UNDP, Geneva****

-          President and CEO Dave Lambert,  ?Highlights on the US Internet 2
advanced networking consortium?, Internet2, USA ****

-       General Manager Niels Hersoug, ?Overview of Experiences: Delivery of
Advanced Network Technology to Europe?, Dante, UK****

-       Chair of e-Development, Ms. Samia Melhem, ?Best practice cases of
eGovernment projects?, ICT Sector Unit, World Bank ****

-       Chief of ICT Policies, Mr. Ayman El-Sherbiny,?Regional Backbone
Initiatives?, United Nations - ESCWA, Lebanon****

-       UNESCO****

 ****

*Keynotes:*****

-      Professor Federico Ruggieri, ?e-Infrastructure as means for advancing
research and education?, INFN, Italy****

-      Professor Paul Lefrere, ?Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures -
anticipating user needs?, Open University, UK****

-      Professor Salwa Nassar, ?Grid and High Performance Computing
Technologies in Egypt: Opportunities?, National Research Center, Egypt****

-      Professor Dae Young KIM, ?Highlights on APAN and its community in
this Asia-Pacific region?, APAN, South Korea ****

-      HE Professor Isam Zabalawi, ?The Role of e-Infrastructure in
Reshaping Higher Education?, Arab Academy for Banking & Financial Sciences,
Jordan****

-      Dr. Antonella Fresa, DC-NET and INDICATE Technical Coordinator,
?Towards a Digital Cultural Heritage e-Infrastructure?, Italy ****

-      Professor Yves Poppe, Canadian Research and Education Networking:
CANAREI, Canada****

-      Professor Hanan Malkawi, ?e-Infrastructure based Science Applications
? Case Study?, Yarmouk University, Jordan****

-      Professor Tapio Varis, ?Global eLearning and cultural literacy?,
University of Tempera, Finland****

-      Director Florencio Utreras,?RedCLARA2: An Advanced Collaboration Tool
for Latin America?, CLARA, Chile****

-    Professor Rainer Herpers, ?Visualization through e-Infrastructure?,
Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany         ****

-      Director Margaret Ngwira, ?Enabling Researchers and Research
Collaboration in Africa?, Ubuntu Net Alliance, Malawi****

-      Dr. Yousef Nusseir, ?Regional Integration for Building the
Information Society?, Director Information and Communication Technology
Division, UN-ESCWA****

-      Professor Roberto Barbera, ?Trends in Grid Computing?, University of
Catania, Italy****

-      Professor Johnathon Chapman, "Scientific Research, Internet2 -
Special Interest Group in the Middle East", Qatar ****

-      Director John Dyer, Trans-European Research and Education Networking
Association ? TERENA, Netherlands****

-      Dr. Salem Al-Agtash, ?Towards an Integrated Arab e-Infrastructure?,
ASREN, Jordan****

-      Dr. Mohamad Saraireh, ?Center of Excellence for Library Services:
Experiences?, Yarmouk University, Jordan  ****

-      Professor Mohamad Rafet, ?e-Library project at the Association of
Arab Universities?, Egypt****

-      Professor Christos Nicolaou, ?LinkSCEEM-2: HPC infrastructure for the
Eastern Mediterranean?, LinkSCEEM, Cyprus****

 ****

*Panel Discussion:*****

-         Federica Tanlongo, GARR ? Italian Research and Education Network**
**

-      Ayman Bahaa,  Egypt University Network****

-         Serkan Orcan, Perspectives on the Turkish Research and Education
Network, ULAKBIM Experience****

-      David West, Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe****

-      Sa?ed Awienat, Qatar Foundation****

-      Redouane Merrouch,  Moroccan Research and Education Network, CNRS
experiences****

-      Ahmad Dabbagh, ANKABOUT experiences in the United Arab Emirates****

-      ( ), Experiences of Saudi Arabia in developing Research and Education
Network****

-          Dahir Hassan, Perspectives on the Somalian Research and Education
Network****

            -      Yousef Torman, the Jordanian University Network -
JUNET                  ****

 ****

*Conference venue* ****

           Four Seasons, Amman ? Jordan ****

 ****

*Topics of interest* ****

    -  e-Infrastructures in the fields of: ****

- Storage and hosting of content delivery ****

- Network communication tools ****

- Network computing resources, including GRID computing and coordination
within NREN community for CPU use ****

     - Research and Education in the fields of:
                - Educational challenges in the 21st Century ****

- Education for all in the digital age ****

- Schools ? eLearning, eContent, distance education ****

- E-Learning / Tele-teaching /e-research ****

- Virtual Learning Environments ****

- Digital Repositories ****

    - Innovative Applications and technologies ****

                - Energy conservation ****

- Resource protection ****

- Food and water production and distribution ****

- Waste management
- Information sharing and knowledge ****

- Weather prediction and control ****

- Natural resource management ****

- Climate change ****


and presentations of practical experiences in e-Infrastructure and grid
context****

 ****

*Language*
            English

*Travel*
           Royal Jordanian Airlines <http://www.rj.com/> (RJ) is the
official carrier of e-AGE 2011, as a participant you will get up to 35%
discount on your RJ air ticket

*Organizers and sponsors*
The Platform will be organized by *Arab States Research and Education
Network GmbH** * in cooperation with: ****

-          Jordanian Ministry of Information and Communications Technology**
**

-      Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research****

-      Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization ****

-          Association of Arab Universities****

-       Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Ltd (DANTE) ****

-       European Euro-Mediterranean Connect project (EumedConnect3), ****

-       US Internet2 Special Interest Group Middle East, ****

-       Jordanian University Networks****

-       Yarmouk University****

-       European Euro-Mediterranean Grid support project (EMEDGRID-Support)*
***

-       Coordination and Harmonization of Advanced e-Infrastructure (CHAIN)*
***

  ****

*Program Committee*****

-          Salem Al-Agtash, Yarmouk University, Arab States Research and
Education Network, Germany****

-       Federico Ruggieri, The Italian National Institute of Nuclear
Physics, Italy****

-       Ralf Danzer, Saarland University of Applied Sciences, Germany****

-       Roberto Barbera, University of Catania, Italy****

-       Paul Lefrere, Open University, UK****

-       Tapio Varis, University of Tempera, Finland****

-       Rainer Herpers, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences,
Germany         ****

-       Jomana Amara, Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Post
Graduate School, USA****

-       Amjed Al-Fahoum, Yarmouk University, Jordan****

** **

*Organizing committee*****

-          Salem Al-Agtash, Yarmouk University, Arab States Research and
Education Network****

-       Yousef Torman, The Jordanian University Network****

-       David West, Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Ltd  *
***

-       Sara Al-Eisawi, Arab States Research and Education Network****

-       Jonathon Chapman, US Internet2 Special Interest Group Middle East, *
***

-       Federico Ruggieri, The Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics
****

-       Haithem Qaisi, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology*
***

-       Mustafa Nassereddin, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization****

-       Karam Abdullatif, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization****

-       Khaled Jayossi,  Association of Arab Universities****

-       Kamal Freig, Association of Arab Universities****

-       Natalie Keuroghlian, European Euro-Mediterranean Connect project ***
*

-       Federica Tanlongo, GARR, Italy****

-       Valentino Cavalli, Trans-European Research and Education Networking
Association****

 ****

*Important dates *****

   November 15, 2011                        Submission deadline  ****

   November 25, 2011                        Notification of acceptance ****

   December 5, 2011                           Camera ready due****

   December 12-14, 2011                   Conference****

 ****

*Registration fees *****

Authors                                                              150
     Euro****

ASREN Members                                            200      Euro****

ASREN non-members                                    250      Euro****

Special arrangements are made for sponsors, partners, keynote speakers,
panelists, and EUMED/Internet2 group members****

 ****

*For more information and paper submission, please contact*               **
**

Paper submission - send email to one of the following members:****

        -     Salem Al-Agtash -  alagtash at yu.edu.jo; alagtash at ASRENOrg.net,
        -     Federico Ruggieri ? federico.ruggieri at roma3.infn.it

Registration, payment, reservations and others
        -          Sara Al-Eisawi, office at ASRENOrg.net
                Phone: +962 6 5509222 ext. 2403****

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From barry at aau.org  Mon Sep  5 10:01:10 2011
From: barry at aau.org (Boubakar Barry)
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 10:01:10 +0000
Subject: [afren] Fwd: [AfriNIC-announce] Registration now Open for
 AfriNIC/6Deploy INRM + IPv6 Workshop in Gaborone - Botswana | 26 - 28
 September 2011
In-Reply-To: <4E648ADB.7000104@afrinic.net>
References: <4E648ADB.7000104@afrinic.net>
Message-ID: <CAGrBSShCGZp_4eeDm5_qc2gK1zXrC6rz6pixX3wix1D6YB1CUw@mail.gmail.com>

FYI

---------- Forwarded message ----------


*With apologies for cross-posting*

Dear Colleagues,


We would like to inform you that registration is now open for the
upcoming AfriNIC/6Deploy workshop which will take place in  Gaborone -
Botswana  as follows:


[Date==]  26 - 28 September  2011
[Venue==]  To be announced to selected candidates
[Fees====]  FREE of charge with priority given to participants from
AfriNIC members
[Registration=]  http://www.afrinic.net/training/registration.htm


This workshop is being hosted by the Botswana Information Technology
Society and the Botswana Post.


Course Deliverables | Internet Number Resources Management Fundamentals
Workshop | 1 Day
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to

+ Describe the issues surrounding IPv4 depletion and the risks they pose
for the continued evolution of the Internet.

+ Make a good case for why NAT is bad and not a sustainable solution to
the problem of IPv4 address depletion.

+ Plan their IP addressing needs and apply for the resources from AfriNIC.

+ Describe the policy development process, its importance and how to
take part it it.


Course Deliverables | Local Internet Registry (LIR) Workshop | 1 Day
------------------------------------------------------

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

+ Describe the structure of the Whois database and its importance.

+ Identify the key objects of the Whois database and their attributes.

+ Create and manipulate objects in the Whois database.

+ Effect Whois database changes for allocations to customers.

+ Test their new IP address allocations



Course Deliverables | Understanding and Deploying IPv6 | 2 Days
----------------------------------------------------

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

+ Design an IPv6 address scheme for their organisations.

+ Configure IPv6 on Windows/Mac and Linux desktop operating systems.

+ Build a routed IPv6 network using both static routing and OSPFv3.

+ Configure tunnelling techniques to allow v6-capable sites talk to
other v6 sites across a v4-only network.

+ Brainstorm solutions to issues holding back IPv6 in their organisations.



Target Audience:
????????

Network engineers and systems administrators who understand how to
design and build IPv4 networks. Participants must already understand
topics like:

+ The OSI model and the various protocols that operate at each layer.

+ IPv4 addressing and subnetting.

+ Intra-domain routing and OSPF.

+ Fundamentals of Inter-domain routing with BGP

+ Basic network services like DHCP and DNS.

+ How to use the command line interfaces of key routing platforms (e.g
Cisco IOS)


Participants are expected to bring their own laptops which must have the
following utilities installed:

[a] Virtualbox - a virtualisation software available freely from
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

[b]  A telnet and/or SSH client to use to log into remote equipment. If
your operating system does not have these installed, you can download
and install the following free ones:

     + Putty -
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

     + Terraterm - http://en.sourceforge.jp/projects/ttssh2/releases/


Fees and Charges
________________

Participation in this training workshop is FREE of charge and open to
our members and network operators in that priority as well as anyone
interested in understanding how to design and build IPv6 networks.

Tea and lunch will be served during the days of the workshop. However,
please note that AfriNIC will not bear any transportation and/or
accommodation costs for the participants and we also do not provide
sponsorship for the training events.


Seats
----

Please note that there are only 35 seats available.


Registration:
____________

http://www.afrinic.net/training/registration.htm

Short-listed candidates will be contacted directly and must confirm
their attendance at the workshop with 48 hours or else forfeit their
seats. Registrations shall close on the 26 - 28 September  2011

For additional information, please do not hesitate to us contact by
emailing training [at] afrinic [dot] net

Regards.





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From dmuthoni at gmail.com  Fri Sep 16 09:22:10 2011
From: dmuthoni at gmail.com (Dorcas Muthoni)
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:22:10 +0300
Subject: [afren] Reminder: Unix System Administration Workshop For Malawi
 Women Engineers (Track SA-E), Blantyre, Malawi (17th - 21st October, 2011)
Message-ID: <CACFhaS6svE4Pzu3ygn1KDM59Hd0xquUJJqoTHJpPQ39-z8F_XA@mail.gmail.com>

FYI

Dear Colleagues,
>
> *Unix System Administration Workshop For Malawi Women Engineers (Track
> SA-E), Blantyre, Malawi (17**th** - 21**st **October, 2011)*
>
> *Background*
>
> The African Network Operators Group (AfNOG, http://www.afnog.org ) invites
> women engineers from  from *Malawi *and the following close neighboring
> countries: *Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, South Africa and Botswana * to
> participate in an intensive Unix System Administration workshop.
>
> *Workshop goals and outline*
>
> Overall objective: After attending this track, students will be able to
> install, upgrade, secure and competently manage the Unix operating system on
> standard PC hardware, and use it to provide essential Internet services on a
> network. It is aimed at students who are technically competent but may have
> had little or no prior exposure to the Unix environment.
>
> In addition they will be taught concepts such as:
>
> # Basic Internet Protocols and how they work
>
> # Some basic Internet services and how they function, including DNS, Web,
> SSH and E-mail
>
> # Designing installations for long-term scalability of services
>
> *Who should apply:*
>
> All Malawi women engineers, software developers and systems administrators
> with a desire to get Unix Administration skills. Due to funding
> availability, priority will be given to applicants from *Malawi *and the
> following close neighboring countries: *Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, South
> Africa and Botswana *
>
> *Prerequisites:*
>
> Experience in managing PCs and installing software (such as installing the
> 'Windows' operating system), but not necessarily Unix. Some prior Unix/Linux
> experience would be of great benefit.
>
> *Language*
>
> Language of instruction will be English.
>
> *Application procedure*
>
> Complete the application GoogleForm here: http://goo.gl/FdBng
>
> Please ensure that you submit your application in time and fully completed.
> Selections will be on a competitive basis. Only shortlisted applicants will
> be contacted.
>
> *Application deadline*
>
> The applications close on *22**nd* *September 2011*. Applications received
> after this date will not be considered.
>
> *For more information:*
>
> Email: afnogchix2011 at afnog.org
>
>
>
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