How About an HR Meet-Up in Dubai to Share Experiences and Strengthen Our Community?

Hi all,
We are getting to know our fellow HR frnz through this fraternity and it's really nice to see many new members located in UAE addressing their issues...
Why don't we have a small HR meet here in Dubai city limits...:confused: which can help us to strengthen our HR bond...Why not share our experiences and have a small get to gather before the summer arrives....:neutral:
Do let me know your feedback…. :icon4:

Yes, Pinto! It's a very good idea which I was also looking forward to. Do we need to wait for more members to join the HR meeting? Let's see the response to participate in the meeting.

Regards,

Hi, I am working for a reputed company in Dubai as an HR in charge. It's really a great idea to have a meeting here so we can share all information and the latest trends in HR with each other.

Regards, H. Nazneen

Hi there,

Could someone please explain the Dubai Forum to me? I'm in Abu Dhabi and very interested in sharing ideas and solutions relevant to our market.

Cheers

I'm happy to see the response... Well!! For a moment I too had the same thought running thru'... that we need to have more participants...
But, then if we have a hand full why not start the first meet... we can have many such meets in future n invite the new comers too... what say
Keeping my fingers crossed, hope to have more participants....
Further to my understanding ppl interested are:

• Mujeeba
• Nasar
• H.Nazneen
• Mildred

Wake up… folks lets meet up… kindly add ur names to the list above and I'm sure we will make a good number….
Till then take care :icon4:

Hi,

Dubai Forum is just named in continuation of Cite HR Dubai members. It will be really nice to have HR professionals from the rest of the emirates joining in for the Dubai meet.

Thank you.

Hi,

It's a good idea to organize an HR meet in Dubai so we can share important information that may not be readily available on websites. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Haddi, and I am an HR Manager at a multinational Engineering Company in Dubai.

My email is: alhaddi_m@hotmail.com

Regards,
Haddi

Hi Mildred,

Great idea about a gathering; I'm thinking maybe if we get it scheduled, more people will show interest in this - what do you all think?

In the meantime, let me introduce myself: I'm the business manager for a consulting company called VectorEurope Business Consultants. Among other responsibilities, my job entails being the HR expert consultant for my company in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. I have been a member of the HR network on Cite for more than a year now.

I'm really looking forward to meeting you all, so let's not drop this idea, shall we?

Warm regards,
Cristina

Hi Mildred!

I suggest HR meetings should be scheduled sometime in June 08 as most of the members will be planning for their vacations. We have sufficient time for more members to be added to the list.

Regards

Hi all,

June is a good idea... Can you guys suggest some places to arrange the meet?

Anyone interested in joining me in organizing this event?

Welcome, Cristina. I'm sure we will have a meeting. Let's invite our other HR colleagues to attend as well. I will create a form to be filled out and sent back to me to keep track of the participants who are interested.

Hi!

HR Meet should be followed with some refreshments, and we also need to know the number of members in order to suggest a place. The meet should be for at least 50 members.

Common members, please put in your opinions and suggestions!

Regards

Hi,

I appreciate the initiative to meet. I vote 'yes' for this... :) Let's please fix up a date for this... How does June 12th (Saturday) sound?

Geetha

Hi dear forum members,

What a brilliant idea! I am anxiously waiting to meet HR professionals to exchange notes. Dear fraternity members, let us all decide and fix the date to meet. We can at least start with a few members, and I am sure friends from other emirates will also join us gradually.

Let me introduce myself, I am Dr. Bharti, an HR Manager of a Multinational Facade specialist company with over 2500 employees.

Guys, I suggest the date of 27th June, Friday, 2008 :)

Best Regards,
Dr. Bharti

Hi all,

I am Sajid Rasheed, a Training Specialist working in Jebel Ali, Dubai. I am new to Dubai and will be completing one year next month. For the past 6 years, I was in Bahrain.

I wish to commend all of you for showing such zeal and enthusiasm in arranging an HR meet. It is truly commendable.

I would like to be a part of this event as well. Please let me know the venue and other related information.

It would be best to circulate a Word document with some rows and columns where people can start adding their contact details and then forward it back to one key person. How about Mujeeba or Mildfred?

This way, we can determine the total headcount and who will be attending, etc.

What do you say, folks?

Hello to all Cite HR Dubai Members,

I am Sameer Soni, working as an HR Manager with Eros Group in Dubai. It's a very good idea to have a meeting like this. I am already a member of the Dubai HR Forum, and now it's an opportunity to be with you all. Many new ideas and pieces of information will flow in, which will be of great use to all of us in HR.

I am fine with the 27th of June 2008 meeting. Kindly confirm the venue once decided.

Cheers...

Hi,

I am very interested in this HR meet. Has the date June 27th been confirmed? If so, I am sorry I will not be able to make it. If it is before the 25th, please do take my participation as confirmed.

Geetha

Hi Sajid! Welcome to the Forum! Let Mildred add up the names as he has the list with a few names before. The venue has not yet been decided. Please suggest a place if you have something! Cheers!!

Hi again, Mildred et al,

I have some late today to coordinate the list. It's hard to circulate an XLS file here, so if you send me the information to my email in the format requested, I will take the time to review the list, inform everyone where most people are, and then perhaps we can decide on a coffee shop or restaurant in which to meet and what time. Please note that I will attend, but I am coming from AUH, so it would be great not to make it too early or too late.

Comments, please? If you don't want me to do this, that's okay too. I won't be offended. I just wanted to offer the effort to move this forward from talk to "do." If there is someone else who is able and willing, that's wonderful.

Regards,
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Dear Bruncha,

Thanks, I appreciate your effort to initiate the activity by taking the lead. To progress further, I have added my details and kindly request all other fellow participants who are interested to fill in their details and upload the file on the forum. I am confident that this approach will be effective.

Cheers,
Sajid

Common Members!!

Go on adding your names and other details for the meet! Let's hurry up! We need to choose a place for the meet as well.

Regards

Hi Mujeeba,

Thanks for the initiative. I was tied up at work and was really busy the whole week.

Firstly, I would suggest that we have all interested participants email their information to a specific email address instead of displaying contacts on the internet. This way, we can ensure that the contacts are safe and it's easier to track the number of participants. If you agree, I can collect the information on my email.

Secondly, why not set an end date for the participants? If you agree with me, let's make the deadline the 10th of June '08.

What do you think? If everyone agrees, let's move forward.

Hi Sajid,

Bruncha, thank you for your endeavor. New members are coming out since the meeting in Dubai. I am not able to attend; let's see if anybody is interested in making an Abu Dhabi HR meeting.

Hi friends, I am working in Abu Dhabi.

Regards,
Nasar

Dear Mr. Pinto,

Greetings to you and other members.

I am Vijaya, recently shifted to the UAE. I reside in Sharjah. I am from Bangalore, India. I am unable to get access to the Citehr website and also unable to post. It has been a long time since I last visited this website. Additionally, I would like some information about UAE Labour laws.

Kindly guide me.

Regards,
Vijaya

Dear Pinto,

Your initiative is very much appreciated. Congratulations in advance for the Dubai HR Meet; may it be a great success.

With love,
K. Ram

Dear All,

What I can understand is that we want to meet. Let's agree on:

1. Date - 27th June, Friday, Off for everyone.
2. Venue - Any fast food restaurant - say Burger King on Sheikh Zayed Road (accessible to other emirates members also).
3. Time - let's say 2:30 p.m. so we can all meet and finish it in 2 hours and spend the rest of the weekend evening with family and friends. So, it won't affect your other commitments.

If this is acceptable to most of the members, then let's not circulate names and contact details. Instead, reach the designated venue on the mentioned date and time.

What do you say? Can we meet now?

Best Regards,
Dr. Bharti

Date: 27th June, Friday
Time: 2:30 pm (as suggested by Bharti)
Venue: Sh. Zayed - Exact location to be finalized
Suggestion: Contact details not to be circulated on the net (ACCEPTED)
Point of contact - Mildred's Email ID.

Mildred, can you please supply your email ID to the members? So they can nominate their names. We should have a list by the 10th as the final list, so that we can work out the other requirements of arrangement at the location, etc. What say Mujeeba?

Thanks,
Sajid

Woohoo... great!

OK, so everyone will send their contact info to Mildred. I think that is great. Looking forward to it.

Nasar, be happy to work with you on an AUH Meet. When?

Regards

Good morning,

I wasn't clear that the group decided to move forward with the meeting today. If you did, I missed it somehow. Please let me know when you meet again.

Best regards,
Bruncha

Good morning.

No, we did not meet on Friday. How did you conclude that? We are still trying to gather ourselves for the 27th, and now it's with only one contact point, which is MILDRED.

Cheers,
Sajid

Hi Sajid,

I understood that. How do I contact Mildred? Perhaps I missed something, but I don't know how to do so unless it's by a private message here.

Good Morning! No, we did not meet on Friday. How did you conclude that? We are still trying to gather ourselves for the 27th, and now it's with only one contact point, Mildred.

Cheers,
Sajid

Dear,

This is a small problem. I think Mildred is too busy as I had already made a request asking to post the email ID. Let's see, maybe due to the weekend, she could not. We will see tomorrow; otherwise, we will resort to mine or Mujeeba's ID for this purpose.

Regards,
Sajid

Hi Bruncha,

I think in Abu Dhabi it's only you and me. Let's see if any other members are coming out.

Hi guys, anybody from Abu Dhabi on Cite HR?

Regards,
Nasar

Hi Bruncha, I received your email. I forgot to mail you. I will reply to you for that. Thanks, Nasar.

Hi Sajid,

Let the last date to submit their names/details for the meeting participation be 15 June 2008. Is it okay with you and the other members?

Regards

Hi, guys,

I'm back. I was really tied up with work. I am on leave for 6 days this June. I will be back on the 11th. Let me not confuse you all. Mujeeba can take the nominations further.

Thanks.

Done! The cutoff date for registrations is 15th June. Mujeeb, please update us on the count of members on the list as well.

Hi Mildred, welcome.

Cheers all fellow members.

Sajid

Dear Mujeeb,

I have forwarded you all the registration details required to your email ID, along with CC to Mildred through Pvt Msg. Here, I would like to suggest the distribution of responsibilities among the participants for the HR meet.

Regards,

Yes, Tushar, I have received your details. Let's coordinate with Sajid and other members for the arrangement of the meeting.

Regards

Hey HR folks,

Finally, the count is getting better. Please let me know if any help is required.

Best Regards,
Dr. Bharti

Dear Dr. Bharti,

Haven't you given your details to Mujeeba? Please email her.

We have the following people on board as of now:

Mujeeba Javeed
Sandeep Gupta
Mohammed A. Alhaddi
Mildred Reem Pinto
Feras Zeidan
Reji Vijayan S
Tashar Dave

Thank you.

Dear Sajid/Mujeeba,

I sent my details to Mujeeba's email ID. I am 100% in. We have the following people on board as of now:

Mujeeba Javeed
Sandeep Gupta
Mohammed A. Alhaddi
Mildred Reem Pinto
Feras Zeidan
Reji Vijayan S
Tashar Dave
Bruncha
Bipin
Dr. Bharti

Best Regards,
Dr. Bharti

Good morning, all fellow HR pros. How is your day today? Thanks, Dr. Bharti, we are glad to have you with us. Come on, people, shoot an email to Mujeeba, and let's meet up. The cut-off date is June 15th.

Cheers,
Sajid

Hi All,

I will be in Dubai between 22-27 June 2008.

If you permit, I will join the forum meet.

Dear Peer Mohammed,

No need for permissions. You are most welcome. We would be glad to have you with us. I could see that you are one of the most active participants on CiteHR, and I am sure we will have a lot to learn from you. Just send your details to Mujeeba, and we will do the rest.

Cheers,
Sajid Rasheed

Dear All,

Even though I am from Dubai, I won't be able to meet up with you all as I will be going to Australia for a month's vacation. I will catch up with you all in the next meeting.

Thank you all for your initiatives.

Liz

Hi Nasar,

Welcome back!

You are correct, we are at 15 and growing. Why don't you join us too? Though you are in Abu Dhabi, the timing at 2:30 pm on 27th June, with a venue on Sh Zayed (odd timing) we kept for the first meet was mainly due to you and Bruncha, as it will be closer, and you can leave early as well. Remember?

So try if you can make it; this will motivate us to keep the next meet in AUH, I guess.

Cheers,
Sajid

Dear Mujeeba,

What's the count now, my dear? Have we decided on the venue yet? Kindly keep us updated as one week is left for the meet. Feel free to contact me if any help is required to make arrangements.

Kind Regards,
Dr. Bharti

Is there any formal invitation for this meeting? In my viewpoint, we should have one. What's your opinion, guys?

Hi all,

The total number of HR members for the meet on June 27, 2008, is 12. I have checked out some fast-food restaurants, but none seem suitable for a corporate meeting of 12 members. I believe Mr. Sajid is making arrangements for the venue.

Regards

Hi all,

Excitement is building up for the upcoming meet, and I'm delighted to see that. The venue is going to be a surprise and will only be shared with members who have registered with Mujeeba. After our first meet, we will post the details on the citeHR site too. So, please hold your excitement for a day or two and keep an eye on your email.

Tushar has returned from India and will be joining us. I am not certain about the exact day Mr. Peer Mohammed will arrive in Dubai, but I will ensure that you receive the venue details shortly. I am currently considering a few options and will finalize one soon. Thank you for your patience.

Cheers!
Sajid

Dear friends,

I am happy to see that there is a meeting organized. I missed out on actions here during the last few weeks while I was away. Mujeeba, if the meeting is not over yet, please count me in. I am from Abu Dhabi but have no problem participating.

Best wishes and regards. Please let me know if you need any further assistance regarding the venue or planning of such a wonderful event. I would also like to express my excitement about meeting all like-minded members and especially one special guest, Mr. Peer (THE NAME DENOTES HIS CAPABILITIES), who has expressed interest in being part of such an initiative during his visit to the UAE.

Sincere regards,
Ramesh Menon
050 4438306

Dear All,

Greetings!

It's my pleasure to announce to all of you the venue details for our first CiteHR Dubai Forum meet. The invitations have been sent out to your email addresses for all those who have registered themselves with Mujeeba.

As this meet is scheduled in a month when most of the fellow members are on holiday, we hope to accommodate as many members as possible in our next meet.

Cheers,

Sajid Rasheed

Dear All,

Thank you so much for extending your support and contributions towards making our first meeting a success. Hats off to Mujeeba for such wonderful support and follow-up.

Tushar, thanks for offering to take care of the banner.

Dr. Bharti and Tushar have offered to pick up fellow participants if they have any difficulties in transportation from Al Nahda to Deira. (VIDYA - This should solve your problem. What do you say?)

Thanks, Geeta, for calling. I know you will be missing this gathering, but soon we will have the next one where you can join.

Stay in touch. Cheers!

Sajid

Dear Mujeeba,

I'm Rajeshwari, working as an Admin Manager in Dubai with a contracting LLC company. I have emailed you the details. If the cutoff date for inclusions has not passed, please let me know the venue and timings. I look forward to meeting you all at the site HR meet.

Regards,
Rajeshwari

Dear Rajeswari,

I have emailed you all the details of the meeting and await your confirmation soon.

Regards

Dear all!

I really appreciate the efforts of Mr. Sajid in making the meeting 100% final, and I also want to acknowledge the contributions of other members. See you all soon.

Regards

Dear All,

Greetings. As the week is ending, and we are all set to meet, I just wanted to share a few things with you all. We have received confirmations for the meet from almost all the members who had shown interest in our first meet. Here is the list:

1. Mujeeba
2. Sajid
3. Dr. Bharti
4. Mr. Tushar Dave
5. Mr. Sandeep Gupta
6. Ms. Mildred Pinto
7. Ms. Bruncha
8. Mr. Bipin
9. Mr. Suresh
10. Mr. Ramesh
11. Mr. Feras
12. Mr. Reji Vijyan
13. Mr. Mohd. Al Haddi (Confirmation awaited)
14. Ms. Rajeshwari

Please do let me know if there are any special arrangements to be made at the venue. You can send me a text or call me directly.

Cheers,
Sajid

Dear all,

If there are any members on this forum who are still interested in being a part of this first meeting scheduled for Friday, 27th June 2008, from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm, please feel free to write to Mujeeba. We can accommodate 3 to 4 more members in this first meeting.

As we are waiting for many forum members to join in after holidays, our next meeting will be a grand one, and we will regularly update it.

Cheers,
Sajid

Sajid and Mujeeba - excellent efforts. But first and foremost, Mildred, for initiating the thoughts. Quite eager to attend such a meet organized for the first time. Let us all work together and help the world around to spread the word that HR activities are happening here too.

If any member from Abu Dhabi wishes to have transportation, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best wishes,
Ramesh Menon

Dear all,

To make our first meet a memorable event, I will arrange to bring a camera to have a photo session at the end. Hope everybody would like to have their pictures taken.

Regards

Hi Guys,

All the very best for the 1st meet. I am sure I can attend the next meet. Thanks, guys, for your endeavor, especially Sajid, Mujeeba, Mildred, Dr. Bharti, Ramesh.

Bruncha invited me to go with him from AUH. I am not in a situation to attend tomorrow because of month-end payroll. Best wishes to all members.

Hope the meet will be memorable!

Dear Forum Members,

A BIG thank you to all of you for taking the time out and making this meet a success. Just bear with me as I am compiling the whole episode in a brief along with photographs which will be posted by tonight.

Thanks again.

Cheers,
Sajid

I congratulate and thank all the members on the grand success of our first meet. I especially congratulate Sajid and Mujeeba for such fantastic arrangements.

Regards,
Tushar Dave

Dear All UAE Forum members,

It was my honor to be part of the first meet. Thank you all for taking HR in the UAE to the next level. Keep up the high spirits; we will meet very soon.

Sajid - Setup was excellent.
Tushar - Banner was fantastic.
Mujeeba - Efforts were brilliant.
Mildred - You are the culprit :)
Rest of the members, thanks for your contribution.

Regards,
Dr. Bharti

Dear All,

It was really a great gathering with potential HR experts like Dr. Bharti, Mr. Sajid, and Mr. Tushar, along with other members. The discussions were informative, and I thank all the members for their compliments.

Kind regards

Hi,

Wow! That's a good approach, Ramesh. I pray we all support each other as you do. I am sure our HR Fraternity will learn a lot from each other. Thanks again.

Common guys, give a warm welcome to Afshaan and Rekha. We are growing, and so will grow our horizons of knowledge sharing with each member bringing in more rich experience and expertise to share.

Cheers,
Sajid

Sajid, it will not be a bad idea to post the minutes of the meeting as a PDF or Word attachment for new members to have a look. Please also include the names of attendees for the first meeting. Please post it as a new thread with the title "Minutes of Meeting No. Cite HR Forum UAE" so that it does not get mixed up in between this thread which is growing fast. It will also give all members an idea about our next meeting date, venue, and also the way forward discussed and expected.

Regards, Ramesh Menon

Dear Friends,

I have been in Dubai for the last two months, working with one of the retail companies here. Previously, I was working with Alcatel Lucent in India. I would like to become a member of this group.

Regards, Ankur

Dear Friends,

I have been in Dubai for the last two months, working with one of the retail companies here. Previously, I was working with Alcatel Lucent in India. I would like to become a member of this group.

Regards,
Ankur

Welcome aboard, Ankur.

You are already a member by virtue of joining the Cite HR forum. Now, what you need to do is write to the following members who keep records of our UAE members to include them in our regular off-forum mail updates. The email addresses are:

sajid.rasheed@gmail.com
mujeeba1@hotmail.com
mildred@ti-films.com

Other than this, please visit regularly, contribute your ideas within the forum so that all members can discuss and learn from them.

Regards,
Ramesh Menon

Hi all,

Good to see Dubai HR Forum having so many members. Let's meet sometime to get to know each other better!

Regards,
Sunil

Dear All,

We have concluded on this thread. Mildred initiated this thread as well as the concept to meet periodically and share knowledge and expertise with fellow HR fraternity.

We summed up on this thread by having our first meet on 27th June. For those members who missed the first meet and for the new joiners, please refer to the new thread opened for registrations for our next meet. Venue and schedule will be notified via emails.

(Important Note: This is a voluntary self-help support group of HR fraternity with no commercial angle to it. There are no registration fees, no membership fees, and no sort of sale, purchase, or any dealings made in this group. This group is strictly for knowledge sharing and supporting upcoming fellow HR professionals.)

Hi,

Hope all is well. I was curious to know, do you also hire people from India for any jobs in the Middle East?

Dear Kevy,

Yes, hiring from India is done through outsourcing with the help of recruitment agents in various cities.

Why don't you start a new thread on "Recruitment Procedures in the Middle East"? As this thread was meant for a purpose: "DUBAI FORUM MEET," which has concluded.

Dear All,

We have concluded on this thread. Mildred had initiated this thread as well as the concept to meet periodically and share knowledge and expertise with fellow HR fraternity.

We summed up on this thread by having our first meet on 27th June. For those members who missed the first meet and for new joiners, please refer to the new thread opened for registrations for our next meet. Venue and schedule will be notified via emails.

Important Note: This is a voluntary self-help support group of HR fraternity with no commercial angle to it. There are no registration fees, no membership fees, and no sort of sale, purchase, or any dealings made in this group. This group is strictly for knowledge sharing and supporting upcoming fellow HR professionals.

Thanks

Dear Mr. Akbar,

Greetings.

After a successful first meet, which took place on 27th June, we have collectively agreed to hold our next gathering (CiteHR UAR FORUM MEET - 2) on 29th August at 3 pm in Abu Dhabi. The venue will be communicated through emails.

Please register by sending your details to either of the email addresses below or by providing your contact information (email address only) in this thread. We will promptly respond to your registration.

Please submit your details (company/title, email/phone contacts, etc.) to the email addresses provided above, and you will be added to the mailing list for activities, discussions, and more.

Welcome aboard! Feel free to share your ideas, experiences, and expertise.

Regards,
Ramesh Menon