Tariq,

 

Men when ALLAH Jabak ilna! that is a great idea! i agree on this! Let me know if u nee any help in drafting the letter with ya! remmebr when we send it in it needs to be on letter head and through regular male not through e-mail, which makes it look professional!

 

Sofian Mossallam

 

On 2/21/06, Tariq Al-Muhtasib <tariq_almuhtasib@...> wrote:

Team,

 

First impressions are lasting impressions.  I will begin drafting a letter of introduction about GIFTA and congratulation Intel on their efforts.  I will not send it out unitl it's reviewed internally.

 

This is exciting but It's important not just to rush into this.  We need to have a point of contact who will manage this relationship in a consistent manner.  

 

 

Thanks,

 

Tariq

Jihan Andoni <jandoni@...> wrote:

I agree with Zaid. Let us at least introduce gifta and offer our help.
Tareq, would you like to do that?
Jihan

-----Original Message-----
From: GIFTA@yahoogroups.com [mailto:GIFTA@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
zaid
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 11:17 AM
To: GIFTA@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [GIFTA] Intel to Open Technology Center in Gaza


if one can contact Chuck Mulloy
and ask how gifta can help intel
with this effort. i think this
will be a huge start.

best
zaid

--- Feras Qumseya < feras@...> wrote:

> I think we should. What in your opinion is the
> recommended course of action?
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From:  zaid < zaid3k@...>
> Subj:  Re: [GIFTA] Intel to Open Technology Center
> in Gaza
> Date:  Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:47 am
> Size:  2K
> To:  GIFTA@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>  hello,
>
>  this is great news. are we doing anything
>  to get involved with this effort?
>
>  best
>  zaid
>
>  --- tariq_almuhtasib < tariq_almuhtasib@...>
>  wrote:
>
>  >
>  > FYI...
>  >
>  >
>
>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_on_hi_te/intel_gaza
>  >
>  > MESA, Ariz. - Intel, the world's largest
>  > semiconductor company, is
>  > planning to build the first information
> technology
>  > education center
>  > in the volatile Gaza Strip.
>  >
>  > The Intel Information Technology Center of
>  > Excellence is intended to
>  > provide IT training to Palestinians and stimulate
>  > development of
>  > high-tech industry in an area where half the
> labor
>  > force is
>  > unemployed. The center is being developed in
>  > conjunction with
>  > Washington, D.C.-based American Near East Refugee
>  > Aid and the
>  > Islamic University of Gaza.
>  >
>  > "We don't want to discount the tension in the
> area
>  > ... but from our
>  > perspective, we view it as something that can
> have a
>  > positive
>  > impact," said Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy. "If
> you
>  > talk to the
>  > leaders of the Palestinian Authority, this is
>  > exactly the kind
>  > of thing they want. They want education, they
> want
>  > paths to improve
>  > the economic well-being of their citizens."
>  >
>  > Intel has had a presence in Israel for more than
>  > three decades,
>  > but over the past few years has launched an
>  > initiative to also
>  > expand its investments in the Arab world.
>  >
>  > The center is the company's first large project
> in
>  > the Palestinian
>  > territories, an area where American corporate
>  > involvement is rare.
>  >
>  > It will be staffed primarily by Palestinians and
>  > will be located a
>  > couple of miles outside Gaza City in an area
> staked
>  > out to become a
>  > technology park with the Intel center as its
> anchor,
>  > said Peter
>  > Gubser, president of ANERA. Construction is
> expected
>  > to begin in
>  > about two months, with completion a year later.
>  >
>  > The cost to build and equip the center will only
> be
>  > about $1
>  > million, Gubser said, because a dollar goes a lot
>  > farther in the
>  > Middle East.
>  >
>  > Though the security situation in Gaza is not
> good,
>  > Gubser believes
>  > the willingness of Intel to be an American
> corporate
>  > pioneer in the
>  > Gaza Strip may encourage other American
> corporations
>  > to follow.
>   --- message truncated ---
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