<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Mon 20 Mar 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:Meedan.net job</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 20 Mar 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:Loren Siebert <<a href="mailto:loren@siebert.org">loren@siebert.org</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Meedan.net job</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">A colleague of mine sent me this job posting from Meedan.net, which is a non-profit aiming to create an online community for dialogue between the West and the Arabic-speaking world:<br><br>::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br>Dear Friends,<br><br>We are pleased to announce that Meedan is in the process of searching for a talented Product Manager. Please find our position description below. Feel free to forward to any networks or persons that you feel would be a good fit for this position. We appreciate your support and thank you for your assistance!<br><br>Product Manager for Meedan<br><br>Meedan (pronounced "mee-DAN")-- <a href="http://www.meedan.net/">www.meedan.net</a> -- is a nonprofit social technology company. Our mission is to forward global understanding and tolerance by providing people and communities with advanced technologies to enable dialogue and the sharing of knowledge.<br><br>Enabling a global and linguistically diverse community of users to communicate and collaborate, Meedan is innovating social networking, social translation, and social media technologies. We are fortunate to have the support of IBM and their development team and a strong community of foundation funders. With an initial focus on Arabic and English speaking communities, Meedan will be opening a public beta in mid-April.<br><br>Meedan is looking for a Product Manager who is talented, motivated, and eager to participate in a 'live' Web 2.0 project. This is a unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial spirit to join a great team with a start up vibe and a vision for changing the world through 'code and community.'<br><br>Location: San Francisco, CA<br><br>Responsibilities:<br><br>Product Management:<br><br> * Work with program staff and tech staff to understand our user community or "market" and their needs, mapping to requirements.<br> * Maintains Product Requirements Doc (PRD) and Market Requirements Doc (MRD)<br> * Assists with technical architecture<br> * Assists with usability and user interface design<br> * Own and manage product schedule.<br> * Works closely with the distributed development teams from IBM (New York/UK), Carrot Search (Poland), and Meedan (Portland/San Francisco).<br> * Takes ownership and ensures proactive closure for problem reports that fall within or appear to fall within area of responsibility; works closely with internal customers to quickly and successfully closeout<br>problem reports.<br><br><br>Project Management:<br><br> * Create, Communicate and Manage product deliverables and timeline.<br> * Support and monitor schedule of iteration.<br> * Manage bug tracking. Address and assign new issues as they arise.<br> * Works closely and actively with other team members to ensure that interdependent deliverables are accomplished according to schedule.<br><br>Ability to work with global/virtual team:<br><br> * Works as a strong team player within the team, and where possible improves the knowledge and capabilities of all team members.<br> * Assists other team members with their tasks when necessary to make sure the team's success.<br> * Actively works with external teams to guide them in their adoption of Applications and ensure their success. (IBM, Contactors and distributed programming team)<br> * Other major areas of participation, dependent upon the candidate's experience and interests<br><br>Key Qualifications:<br>We are a fast-paced, small, nonprofit start-up that relies heavily on the unique skills of each team member. Our team-members are able to work flexibly and respond to challenges across a range of project areas.<br><br>We are looking for an individual who possesses the following:<br> * Excellent written and verbal communication skills<br> * Proven Project Management and Product Management skills<br> * Enjoys working in a entrepreneurial, collaborative environment and is a team player<br> * Experience working with a distributed team (We are an international organization with teams in the US, Europe and MENA)<br><br>Minimum Position Requirements:<br> * Bachelors Degree in a related area<br> * 3 to 5 years experience in software development in Product or Project Management<br> * 3 to 5 years experience in roles requiring excellent communication skills<br><br>Knowledge of the following technologies:<br> * PHP<br> * Ruby<br> * Flash<br> * JAVA<br> * XML<br> * Database design<br><br>Please send a cover letter and resume with salary requirements to <a href="mailto:afaur@meedan.net">afaur@meedan.net</a><br>For more information about our organization you can visit <a href="http://meedan.net/">http://meedan.net</a><br><br>Meedan is a 501 c 3 Charitable Organization<br><br>-- <br>Amber Faur<br>Operations Director, Meedan.net<br>1255 Post St. Suite 540, San Francisco 94109<br>phone. 415.885.9000<br>mobile. 707.364.4037<br>fax. 800.868.0069<br>email. <a href="mailto:afaur@meedan.net">afaur@meedan.net</a><br>skype. amber.faur<br><br>Connect With Your World<br><a href="http://www.meedan.net/">www.meedan.net</a><br>::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br><br>Loren Siebert<br>LinguaStep<br><a href="http://www.linguastep.com/">http://www.linguastep.com</a><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 20 Mar 2008</div></div></div></body></html>