Thank you Chris I will contact Jane Wyngaard and see if ee can get it going. The is no doubt a need here for it.
Kind regards Frans Badenhorst On 22 May 2016 19:45, "Mattmann, Chris A (3980)" < chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > Thank Frans. You may want to contact Jane Wyngaard about this. > She is my Postdoc, from South Africa, and has been contributing > to Apache projects (OODT, Kafka, for example). > > She also is interested in doing an ApacheCon in SA and sent some > email to the dev@community list about that before. > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. > Chief Architect > Instrument Software and Science Data Systems Section (398) > NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA > Office: 168-519, Mailstop: 168-527 > Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov > WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Director, Information Retrieval and Data Science Group (IRDS) > Adjunct Associate Professor, Computer Science Department > University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA > WWW: http://irds.usc.edu/ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > > > > > On 5/22/16, 9:59 AM, "Frans Badenhorst" <endpollut...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Hi > > > >In South Africa youth unemployment is as high as 50%. Many have tried to > >even apply for a job, because the education is so poor that they are > >effectively unemployable. > > > >The only option women have who want to make a living for them selves is to > >start their own business. Thousands do. They run in to all kinds of > >problems which is entirely predictable. > > > >My idea was to start a Apache program that will teach users to use the > >system to run their small business. Talented individuals will be trained > >further to do various tasks that match their interests and skills. Some > >will concentrate on procurement, marketing, HR and so on and a few will > >look at installation, customization and even development of the system. > > > >I needed to establish a broadband connection ($200 and a mi=onthly fee of > >less than $20 to keep it going), plus some PC's workstation and furniture > >(desk and chair) totalling ($15 000) and could not get any funding. > >Investors here are not interested in start-up businesses, > > > >I think there is huge potential for women to start all kinds of businesses > >in services (catering, clothes making, hair and nail care,etc,) but also > in > >agriculture (organic fruit, wine and vegetables) and manufacturing (e.g. > >arts and crafts) and various health related services and education. > > > >To succeed in business you need to have a good (accounting, procurement, > >HR and marketing) systems. A till and catalogue, web site and so on can > >all be provided by OfBiz at a very affordable rate. We need help to get > >this off the ground. > > > >If you have any ideas I will really appreciate it. > > > > > >Regards > > > > > >Frans Badenhost > > > > > > > > > >Frans Badenhorst > > > >On 19 May 2016 at 17:17, Sharan Foga <sharan.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi All > >> > >> I'm interested in finding out how we could encourage more women to > >> participate on Apache projects. It's a discussion topic that came up > last > >> week while I was at Apachecon. My understanding is that we don't have > any > >> current strategies in place so I think it could be good to look at > >> gathering some ideas about how to tackle the problem and also hear about > >> any lessons learned from any previous or similar strategies. > >> > >> What do people think? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Sharan > >> > >> > >> >
