During the event, Ambassador Fletcher thanked the team for their great work and the success of the conference and expressed his eagerness to collaborate with them on projects in the future. The second speaker was Mrs. Leila Khauli Hanna, Online Collaborative's adviser, who also thanked the team and the speakers who made this event possible and expression her admiration for "the hard-working and professional Online Collaborative members who constitute the best club on campus."
Hanna also announced that Ms. Loulwa Kalache will president of AUB's Online Collaborative for the spring semester succeeding the founder Mr. Mohammad Hijazi, who is graduating (more info here). Kalache spoke about the previous events of Online Collaborative and the anticipated projects and plans to come.
The last speech for the night was by Mr. Mohammad Hijazi who thanked the team immensely for their incredible work and announced the creation of a local Online Collaborative NGO that aims to expand the work of Online Collaborative to a national level (more info here).
The event was generously sponsored by Amarres French Bistro and Cafe at Zaitunay Bay and The Alleyway Group. The team would like to greatly thank Mr. Ziad Kamel for his continuous support for Online Collaborative and the staff of Amarres for the delicious and mouth-watering meal.
You can check the photos from the event on AUB's Online Collaborative's and Amarres's Facebook pages (two albums).
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Members of the Online Collaborative team who attended the dinner with Dr. Nizameddine and Mrs. Hanna. |