elomi you're welcome.

Creating a collaboration platform from scratch will take extra time, we can just install a forum software(e.g SMF used by NL on any available domain/subdomain for the purpose of building the community portal. We make the forum private, which means membership will be given to trusted members/developers/designers helping on the project and General discussion will continue on NL.

How it works: New members account on the collaboration platform will be created from the inside and the password/username will be sent to their desired E-mail address and the forum will be configured for the purpose of discussing/sharing/designing/developing the community portal.

@BOLAJIAJANI. Thanks. I agree with you. I think this sounds ok. Let's see if the other guys have a different opinion or approach and we'll look at the options.

Say by Thursday if no other option then we'll go with this. We'll also look at project managers, features of the portal etc.

rgds

Ok.

Ok.

Still we are expecting more contributions on this from our esteemed colleagues.

rgds

I think the people can't see this topic, they only see it when we make a new reply and it goes bck up, but if we can get the board moderator, fayimora to help us sticky the topic to make it stay at the top position on the programming board, i think more people would be able to see it that way.

Thatz a good idea. It will give more exposure and show our works to the outer world!

chillaz:

Thatz a good idea. It will give more exposure and show our works to the outer world!

Yeah.

Thanks BOLAJIAJANI. Does anyone know how to reach the guy(fayimora)? May be we can call him or somehow get in touch with him. Any phone numbers, email etc.?

Should we go ahead as scheduled based on the suggestion by BOLAJIAJANI or should we wait and see if other guys can contribute? Most especially as there are suggestions to give this thread prominence on the Programming page and better still home page.

May be we can extend the take-off date by say 2 days.

rgds

elomi:

Thanks BOLAJIAJANI. Does anyone know how to reach the guy(fayimora)? May be we can call him or somehow get in touch with him. Any phone numbers, email etc.?

Should we go ahead as scheduled based on the suggestion by BOLAJIAJANI or should we wait and see if other guys can contribute? Most especially as there are suggestions to give this thread prominence on the Programming page and better still home page.

May be we can extend the take-off date by say 2 days.

rgds

I saw fayimora on a thread, Lets Start an Open Source Project(https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=741302.msg9061633#msg9061633) we can contact him on the thread or by sending him a pm. We can extend the take-off till monday like you've said.

Ok. I have already sent him a mail. I also put you in copy. I hope he obliges us and at least make this thread appear on the front page.

When we take off hopefully next week, we would harmonize email addresses, contacts for effective communication and identification.

rgds.

Ok.

Alrighty, i have read everything on this thread with care and deleted a couple of off topic posts! I must say I have ignored it for a while because I knew it was gonna turn into a chat zone. . .

Just a few questions . . .

--> For starters, what happened to the first meeting y'all were supposed to hold in January?
--> Aside from just registering a domain name, what else has been achieved?
--> Who is in control here cause everyone seems to be the leader
--> Wats with all the ideas floating around? What gonna be the sole purpose of the conference. I mean what is gonna happen during the conference
--> I saw a few posts about topics to be presented(even Design Patterns). Hmmm ok so who are the speakers?

Alrighty, i have read everything on this thread with care and deleted a couple of off topic posts! I must say I have ignored it for a while because I knew it was gonna turn into a chat zone. . .

why are u talking like a downer? Coz With wat you stated above, it reflects u do not believe in change. . . Anyway, i will give answers to your questions.

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For starters, what happened to the first meeting y'all were supposed to hold in January?

I wasn't at the first meeting cos i live in Ibadan, if u were part of this then, u wouldn't have been dere either coz u reside in the UK, but i believe u will get answer from someone who was dere.
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Aside from just registering a domain name, what else has been achieved?

if u rily went through this topic, u should have noticed that not only d domain name was registered, but software Developers Association was also registered as stated by elomi, and i believe that more can be achieved by others like u joining in this which is what we're aiming at by contacting u.
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Who is in control here cause everyone seems to be the leader

In order to make this happen we need opinions from every one, but as we all know that without someone in control, things won't be in order, even though this might not go well with everyone but the person in control here is elomi.
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Wats with all the ideas floating around? What gonna be the sole purpose of the conference. I mean  what is gonna happen during the conference

If u hav rily gone through this topic, u should know that this has gone past just a conference alone. . .but about the conference, i believe some of the factors to make it possible is what we're working on presently. Wondering where the others at, well most Nigerians don't wanna start things from scratch, they like to join when its alredi working out, but isn't that why we contacted u?

Thanks BOLAJIAJANI for the spirited defense.

First of all I wish to thank Fayimora for his contribution. Sincerely if we do not know how people look at issues, we would never know how to address them and that is one of the reasons we want other guys to contribute.

This started as an idea sometime ago and we discussed about having a "programmers' Conference" In Nigeria - you know get together, share ideas, collaborate, empower ourselves etc.

We called for a meeting and asked people to declare intentions but only a handful declared their intention to participate. On meeting day nobody showed up except me. One person meeting with himself alone? I was not discouraged in fact that encouraged me. In appreciation to Seun, this thread made NL front page at the time.

I had 1million reasons to forget about it like everybody else but I said to myself, if I don't do this who will?

Somebody told me that "people do not like a static train but a moving one". There is an iota of truth in that but somebody has to start the train in the first place.

A lot of  things happened, some minor setbacks but today Software Developers Association Nigeria has been registered with CAC - (CACIT/NO 46155)

We can not overemphasize the need to come together and move our ailing industry forward. There are lots of benefits but it's not what we can discuss here. We would like to have people of like minds but I must stress that membership is voluntary.

For more info see https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-718632.0.html and a few other related posts here on NL.

Remember we MUST have "genuine intentions" to join as the road is not an easy one but there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Let me know if you need further clarifications.

rgds

@BOLa. . . . seems you ddnt see what exactly i was trying to point out! However, i can see that elomi did. Firstly, am not a downer and if thers one person that believes in change its me. You should try to understand what someone is doing before making judgement. Now back to ur answers in order. . .

Don't tell me why I wouldn't have attended the conference or not. The fact is, a conference was planned which nobody went for and nothing was said about it! You are saying you didn't go because you were at Ibadan. Thats no excuse bro. Absolutely no excuse!!! Do you expect everything to be done where you stay? Now how does that show commitment?

Yes I know an association was registered but confirmed by who? Am not saying you should doubt anyone but just read what you wrote and i quote "but software Developers Association was also registered as stated by elomi". Now does that sound right? At least elomi has posted a CAC(whatever is is) which i think people can now use to be sure the association was registered. 

Well yeah i know you need people to make it work but not withstanding, you still need someone in control. If there is a disagreement, who makes the final call?

Lastly, more than a conference? Doesn't seem like that to me.

@elomi my pleasure. thanks for understanding what I was trying to point out.


@ALL
What i did was point out what exactly you guys weren't making clear enough. I talked from a very straight point of view. Also, if there is something I hav learnt about Nigerians, its that they LOVE free things. Well am sorry to say but this is NEVER gonna work out if you still have that mentality in head. You guys need to stop fliping ideas for now and concentrate on what you have.

Finally, i dnt think there is a need to stick this topic, I mean it has always been on top. Assuming you guys have taken my advice and allowed elomi to head this thing. This is my next advice and it goes to elomi. Don't wait for anything before you make a decision. All you need do is plan all you can, write all you can and then post it here for approval/opinions. Waiting for everyone to contribute something is a waste of time. Its faster and better if you just do ya thing and then bring it here for everyone to see what you have and make amendments. However, thats just my idea as thats how i work so you can also choose to ignore me and go on the way you currently are. Your choice!

Thanks Fayimora for your contribution. We would appreciate and be grateful to get more feedback from others.

Again thanks.


rgds

Elomi u're welcome
@fayimora I did see what you were trying to point out, I wasn't passing judgement on you, my post was like dat due to the sarcasm in your previous post.
You're right, I shouldn't tell you what u can't do, but then again you're wrong 'cause I didn't expect everything to be done in my city, if I didn't know better I could say the same thing to anyone that they're pointless. . . It wasn't that I was busy, no, not at all and not that Lagos is too far from Ibadan, but anyone who knows the root of it would understand. . . I'll say it again if i reside in Lagos, I would have attended.

Yes I know an association
was registered but
confirmed by who?

Maybe this is one of the areas we're missing it, why should I doubt elomi on the registration thing? We need to start having trust in each other, I know it will solve part of the problems and about the leader thing, I don't know about others but as for me the leader is elomi.
Well it is not false that we Nigerians love free things, but I don't belong to that class.
Your last opinion is true but part of the things we're trying to achieve is working together, but then again we could both go on arguing on what it is/what is not which won't solve any problem.
Thanks for your support.

When i asked who confirmed it, what i meant was he ddnt post something that could show that he registerer that company which he later did and that was actually indirectly directed towards elomi himself.lol! Dunno wat the CAC is but seeing it alone made me believe ur making progress

@elomi what's next?

@fayimora i think we're cool now and don't mind me i was posting when you posted ur reply.

Thanks BOLAJIAJANI.
I think in the absence of different ideas, we should go ahead with your suggestion which is

Creating a collaboration platform from scratch will take extra time, we can just install a forum software(e.g SMF used by NL on any available domain/subdomain for the purpose of building the community portal. We make the forum private, which means membership will be given to trusted  members/developers/designers helping on the project and General discussion will continue on NL.

How it works: New members account on the collaboration platform will be created from the inside and the password/username will be sent to dere desired E-mail address and the forum will be configured for the purpose of discussing/sharing/designing/developing the community portal.

Further discussions with regards to the association itself will be via email and on the communication platform. Expect my email ASAP.

Any interested developer who wish to join this association and contribute to our ailing industry can do so by sending an email to join@sda.com.ng

I wish to use this opportunity to thank everybody for their contributions and support.

rgds

Ok, i will be expecting ur mail.

Email sent to your hotmail account.

rgds

@elomi, I have replied your mail.

In addition to what elomi has said, the temporary portal has been set up and you can join by sending an e-mail to join@sda.com.ng, and please remember to send ur desired username with it.

Url of the temporary portal is www.team.sda.com.ng

Software developers, designers, architects etc. are welcome to join Software Developers Association Nigeria