Potential Venue for AlMaghrib Seminar!

[Amar Razali]

As Salaamu'Alaykum,

Do you have any good suggestion for our seminar venue in KL/Selangor area? Put some names here, and tell us why?

Here are some criteria:
1. Can accommodate in range 200 - 400 seats
2. Easily accessible via public transportation (LRT, Putra, etc)
3. Reasonable price

[Amar Razali]

InshaAllah I will post some photos of potential venues that we have in our list.

And for those of you who are interested to be part of Seminar Logistic Task Group, here are the details:

Among roles and responsibilities of this task group are:

1. Identify details of potential seminar venues;
2. Preparing the seminar hall/auditorium in regard to cleanliness, readiness & safety.
3. Providing logistics plan, support and sustainability prior/during the actual seminar.

If you are interested to be part of this task group, please email me (amar.razali@gmail.com) / Sr. Faradila (addanaim@gmail.com)

[nazyra]

Assalamu'alaykum wrm,

I did some tour at UIA last Sunday, and alhamdulillah there are a lot of lecture rooms that I think are good for Al-Maghrib course inshaAllah.

1. Kulliyyah of Engineering - Main Auditorium
- quite big, about 400-500 max.
- Block 3, 3rd floor

2. Kulliyyah of Engineering - Auditorium A
- couldn't get it, but I guess it accommodates about 200-300 people
- Block 2, Ground floor
- wide space outside the auditorium
- bathrooms next to the auditorium.

3. Kulliyyah of HR (I forgot the name, sorry)- Lecture theater
- could accommodate aorund 200-300 (my guess only)
- Ground floor
- wide space outside
- bathroom close to the lecture theater

4. Main Auditorium IIUM
- could accommodate more than 500
- wide space outside
- close bathrooms

* Sorry, I couldn't get the pictures as they are either locked or had events when I came. But my family and I have been to most of the halls, and they are all good!

I am strongly propose to have the course at IIUM, besides it can be easily reached by public transportation (LRT & RapidKL). It can also attract the foreign students there too inshaALlah.

My 2 cents. Allahua'lam.

[bintNaim]

Sis Nazyra,

InshaAllah, we are highly considering IIUM. I love the architecture of the buildings and the overall area of the university.


Would you like to volunteer in our Logistic Team?
Please email me: addanaim@gmail.com if you would like to volunteer. =)
InshaAllah, your inputs about IIUM will be very much useful us.

[nazyra]

Sis bintNaim,

InshaAllah will email you. =)

[Amar Razali]

As Salaamu'Alaykum,

@nazyra: I heard some good remarks on coliseum of UIA Engineering School. Is that the Kulliyyah of Engineering - Main Auditorium?

I also want to share some info from Br. Anuar of BanuMalizi GGroups:

All price quoted are per day.

Taylor's University Lakeside, Jalan PJS7

Contact Person - Ms. Mala (03-56295000 ext. 5223)
300 pax - Auditorium LT 1 - RM4700
200 pax - Auditorium LT 2 - RM3500

Inclusive parking, PA system (2 microphone only), surau, projector, 1 technician

8am-8pm

Can go anytime to Taylor's and ask security guard to view LT1 and LT2.
Price Can be discussed further if we engage for 4 days.

***


UIAM, Gombak

Contact Person - Mr. Suhaimi (03-61964000 ext. 4782)

144 pax - MiniAuditorium (above Babusha) - RM1200
280 pax - Experimental Hall (level 3 Admin Building) - RM2100 (the condition is not that nice according to Mr. Suhaimi)
8am - 7pm

Price are still negotiable. Inclusive of projector, 4 microphone, 1 clip type microphone, mosque, parking.

JAWI / JAIS letter is required. Either one is fine.

During office Hour, go to Facilities Department, meet Mr. Suhaimi to view both Vanue. For UIA students, sometimes the vanue are unlocked, so they can just view, no permission required.

[nazyra]

Think so, the Main Auditorium of Engineering is the largest Hall in K. of Engineering. It looks comfortable, just that it's on the 3rd floor (stage door is on the 2nd).

[Amar Razali]

Top Choices for Potential Venue

1. Taylors University Lake Side

Google Maps (http://maps.google.com.my/maps?q=Taylor%27s+University+College,+Lakeside+Cam pus+No.+1+Jalan+Taylor%27s,+47500+Subang+Jaya,+Sel angor+Darul+Ehsan&hl=en&cd=5&ei=YqnDTKjSA8mHkQWW56SyCA&sll=3.73819,101.398315&sspn=3.129526,5.817261&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=6182956530534168287&ved=0CBUQpQY&hq=Taylor%27s+University+College,+Lakeside+Campus+ No.+1+Jalan+Taylor%27s,+47500+Subang+Jaya,+Selango r+Darul+Ehsan&hnear=&ll=3.064699,101.616175&spn=0.006385,0.011362&z=17&iwloc=A)

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[Amar Razali]

1. Taylors University Lake Side (Amenities)

Prayer Room (~50m from lecture theater)

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Cafe Area (~70m from lecture theater)


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Lake side view (~80m from lecture theater)


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[Basem Amin Talha]

salam alikom wr. I agree with sis nazyra(forgive the spelling) UIA is a really good location for class to attract the foreigners and even staff to get interested and to learn more about the deen in a different light and perspective. Now in terms of what halls venue to use in UIA, there is of course Kulliyah Engineering and Main Auditorium however as i UIA i know of other places like Kulliyah Economics and places in IRK and HS that have good enough space and easy access to alot of things. Inshallah these can be looked at if anyone plans to visit UIA. jk allah khair.

[sudarti]

assalamualaikum

Taylor's looks good & their price is not bad either, mashaAllaah.

I have asked UPM(Fac of Med), as for now they dont have enough staffs to work on the weekend.

As for MAEPS(next to Mardi&UPM), its quite expensive. They quoted RM70/person/day.
This includes meals:morning, lunch, & afternoon tea.

[nazyra]

Taylor's not a bad choice. Just include Sh. Waleed's consideration on our choice requirements. =)

*I'll put this here so everyone can revise.*
Walaikum Assalam. Wonderful work masha'Allah. I will give you a very important tip. The best choice is always a university that has as many different sizes of venues as possible, that ranges from small (150), middle size (300), and big size rooms (500 and up). Why? Some courses will attract only 150 students, other courses may attract 500. You want to make sure that regardless of the number that registers for the course, you would have the flexibility to upgrade or downgrade. The room has to be not too small and not too big. 150 people in a 400 room would make Almaghrib look weak and unprofessional. At the same time, if you get a room for 250 but end up having 400 (150 on the waiting list) that would also make a big loss, both spiritually (people who could not learn) and financially. When you have a university, you would easily be able to switch between room sizes up to 2 days before the class (and if they don't have that policy, you could force them to accept it with proper negotiation. Remember, in the real world, the one who is paying is the BOSS, not the university :) If you have to change the venue sizes between different places because of the registration numbers, first you will confuse the students, and second you will most likely loose the down payment, but this would not happen if you switch room sizes between the same university or location. Usually when Almaghrib advertises about a course in any city, they put only the name of the city or university on the flyer, but they never put the room number. The number gets emailed only a few days before the course for those who registered. This keeps the room size flexible up to the last minute. My suggestion is to make an excel sheet with every single room in town, with size, price, location, and phone. That way things are flexible until the last minute based on registration. You could also make a column to give the "Ruuh" a score, since you care about it that much :) I pray this has helped. Jazakum Allah Khair!

[Amar Razali]

Wa'alaykum salaam wa rahmatullah,

@sudarti - Besides technician that will be in charged with PA system & AV, what else we will need the staff for?

I am not very familiar with facilities at UPM, but do you really recommend UPM as potential location for our seminar?

[Amar Razali]

Jazak Allah Khayr Shaykh Waleed for the advice!

[MizaMumtaz]

jazakillahu khayran kathiran sis nazyra for posting that! brilliant advice as usual from our shaykh Waleed, mashaAllah!

[ThanveerHamza]

yea...what a timely n much needed advice from shaikh.subhanAllah.




“And whoever fears Allah - He will make a way out (of the problem ) for him. And will provide for him (Rizq) from where he does not expect.” [At-Talaq: 2-3]

[bintNaim]

MashaAllah... Jazakallahu khair Sh Waleed for the advice! =)