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Date:      18 Nov 2002 21:15:04 +0800
From:      Khairil Yusof <kaeru@pd.jaring.my>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org, "Ahmad Faisal M. Nor" <faisal@MyBSD.org.my>
Subject:   Re: Link to Malaysian user group on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <1037625224.423.8.camel@daemon.home>
In-Reply-To: <20021118034400.GD4534@gothmog.gr>
References:  <20021117174718.H13274-100000@WWW.MIDFCCS.COM.MY> <20021118034400.GD4534@gothmog.gr>

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On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 11:44, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:

As a Malaysian, I strongly prefer that the reference to girls and
smoking be removed from the only Malaysian user group listing for
FreeBSD. 

A few people might feel like doing the above, but it does not need to be
mentioned. It also might put off women from joining by portraying it as
a male centric group.

I think the following lines should be omitted:

  + where you can smoke or drink if you like or maybe see "kanchi
  +	(girls).


> - -      <li><strong>New Zealand</strong> The <a
> - -	  href="http://www.nzfug.nz.FreeBSD.org">New Zealand FreeBSD User's
> - -	  group</a> is located in Wellington.  No meetings have been scheduled
> - -	yet.
> +      <li><strong>Malaysia</strong>
> +	The <a href="http://www.MyBSD.org.my">MyBSD Malaysia Project</a> is a
> +	usergroup for BSD users and open-source in general, promoting and
> +	supporting FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and open source usage.  We meet
> +	once a month, usually at Universiti Malaya or Restaurant Bahadur Shah
> +	where you can smoke or drink if you like or maybe see "kanchik"
> +	(girls). One of our projects is to develop a UNIX file manager (see
> +	<ulink URL="http://staff.mybsd.org.my/skywizard/bsd-explorer"></ulink>).
> +	Visit our website or contact
> +	<a href="mailto:info@MyBSD.org.my">info@MyBSD.org.my</a>
> +	for more information. Our location is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

-- 
Khairil Yusof <kaeru@pd.jaring.my>

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