Yaumun Nisa

Assalamu’alaikum wr. wb. Following our event Yaumun Nisa’ with the theme “Whoever th

Field Trip Information

Assalaamu’alaikum wr.wb.   Dear Muktamar 2011 Participants,  We have finalized our progr

Muktamar Suite Bidding

Assalamualaikum, my beloved brothers and dear sisters, Las Vegas-bound muktamirin: May Allah SWT mer

 

Yaumun Nisa

December 17, 2011 in Uncategorized

Assalamu’alaikum wr. wb.


Following our event Yaumun Nisa’ with the theme “Whoever the Heart Loves, She is the Beauty” Insya Allah will be held on December 25th, 2011(starting 8:30AM-finish).  

We expect the participant of this event to dress in brown/brick red/orange  color. 


The programs of this event will be arranged as follow lecture, skill demonstrations (parallel session), talkshow, game and performance show.

We will practice “Hijab Creation” and “Beautiful Parcel Creation” during skills demonstration.

For those who are interested to do a hands-on practice during the demonstration, please bring the following items:


Hijab Creation:

-  Underscarf, pashmina, square hijab

-  Accessories (necklace, brooch, headband, etc)

 

Beautiful Parcel Creation:

- Prayer outfit, prayer rug, sarong, hand towel

- Yarn, string, small needles (as needed)

 

Please check out : http://vimeo.com/33361463


Wassalamu’alaikum wr. wb.


Dewi Yulia

Muktamar 2011 Yaumun Nisa’ Coordinator

 

 

Pre-Yaumun Nisa’ A from Yaumun Nisa’ Muktamar 2011 on Vimeo.

Field Trip Information

December 17, 2011 in Uncategorized

Assalaamu’alaikum wr.wb.

 

Dear Muktamar 2011 Participants, 

We have finalized our program for the field trip during the Muktamar 2011 in Las Vegas. This outlines the rules for the field trip. The field trip main participants are children 8yrs old and above, but we also need the adults to volunteer as chaperons.
Note that the field trip time coincides with the Ladies Day in the Muktamar. On this day, the school for 8yrs old and above are closed because all the meeting rooms are allocated for the Ladies Day program. If you have children on this age group, and decide NOT to register for the field trip, you need to plan for baby-sitting your children during the day.Here are the rules for the field trip:
1. The field trip destination is the Valley of Fire (http://parks.nv.gov/vf.htm)
2. The time for the field trip is from 8am to 5pm on Sunday 25-Dec-2011.
3. Registration: all participants must register at the following link. Note: This is a separate registration for field trip, you have to do this registration even if you have registered for the Muktamar.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFFiMlJwOWlKVU94Y1FmcW0tbDBUZXc6MQ
4. The fee for the field trip is $20 per person.

5. We now have 168 children age 8yrs and above. Assuming that they all will participate in the field trip, we need at least 17 adult volunteer to be the chaperons to keep the ratio to 1:10.

6. We encourage adult participants to volunteer. At this point, we accept registration from adults regardless whether they are willing to volunteer or not. But we will prioritize the seats for those who are willing to volunteer in the field trip, at the very least, as a chaperon to the children.

7. The $20 fee also applies to volunteers. There is a discussion among the organizers whether or not to waive the fee for the volunteers. But with the change of the hotel and everything, which makes the budget even tighter, this is a remote possibility. In any case, we cannot make any decision unless we know how many people volunteer. As of now, please pay even if you are volunteering. Note, however, that fee payment should not refrain you from participating. Should you need the fee to be waived, we will try to be flexible on a case by case basis. Please do not hesitate to contact me personally.

8. The main activity throughout the field trip is photo hunting, and there will be a photo competition after the trip. Please plan for your children to have a camera for the trip. Any kinds of camera will do, and this includes cellphones with a camera. Note: having a camera is NOT a requirement for the trip. We will assign those without a camera to form a group that will hunt for photos together.

9. There will be a crash course in photography before the departure to make sure that the children know, at least, how to handle the camera.

10. Food:
10.a. Lunch: lunch is already included in the Muktamar registration fee. All the field trip participants will have their lunch packed to-go for that day.
10.b. Snack: organizer will not provide snack during the trip. Children may bring light snacks for the trip.
10.c. Water: drinks will not be provided. Children should bring their own water bottle. There will be water fountains in the park for them to fill up the water.

11. Attire: dress for the weather. The winter is mild in the location, with the temperature ranging from just freezing to 75 degrees. We will watch the weather forecast on the day before the departure and decide accordingly. Prepare your children for hiking: a sweat shirt, a outdoor jacket, warm socks, hiking shoes/boots, water bottle.

12. The organizer reserve the right to cancel the event.

Wa’alaikumsalam wr.wb.

Youth and Field Coordinator

Valley of Fire from guillaume garrigue on Vimeo.

Muktamar Suite Bidding

December 17, 2011 in Uncategorized

Assalamualaikum, my beloved brothers and dear sisters, Las Vegas-bound muktamirin:

May Allah SWT mercy and bounty always shower you at the time you read this note.  I am Raditya Agarwalla (raditya.agarwalla@gmail.com, daytime: 281-647-7514), one of the fundraising coordinators for the 2011 IMSA-MISG Muktamar in Las Vegas, NV. I recently heard voices and concerns in regard to the Muktamar bidding process, and I thank you for bringing these to our attention.   First of all, please accept my apology if you have been inconvenienced due to unclear procedure and/or process for the bidding.  We are working to improve the situation with you, the participants, in our mind.

Next, please allow me to deliver the following points to clarify what I view as the root cause of all these confusions:

1). The 2011 IMSA-MISG Muktamar avenue was upgraded from The Alexis Park Resort to the The Renaissance Hotel.

2). There were 10 suites open for bidding in the old Alexis Park, and now there are only 5 suites for bidding in The Renaissance.

3). Prior to Dec 5,  2011, the link to bid for Alexis Park was never intended for public consumption.  It was intended for beta/trial version for the purpose of convention committee to evaluate software readiness. It was, however, mistakenly placed in a spot that public could see.  This is where participants, you might be included, think that the bidding is formally launched while that was not the case.

5). As we upgrade our hotel to The Renaissance, we are finally ready to launch the bidding process.  The previous bidding with Alexis is invalid.  If you have placed your bidding there before and felt you outbid everyone, please be informed that nobody won the bidding.  Bidding suite with Alexis Park was just simply not valid.

6). Now you can place your bidding in the IMSA website, just go to www.imsa.us –> look at the right side of the page where it says “Lelang Kamar Suites”.  Just click one of those links and you are on to bid.

Rest assured that our support team will be with you during the process all the way insya Allah.  Please feel free to write me email, or call me direct if you need further explanation on any particular subject in relation to suite bidding. Our goal nothing less than your satisfaction and feeling secure when you do the bidding.

We hope that you’d find the Muktamar this year to be a fabulous event – one which gives you a lifetime memory to treasure.  So, from us the committee behind this event, we greet you with “selamat jalan, hati-hati di jalan menuju Bait Al Muktamar, Las Vegas, NV”.  Insya Allah, we all will see you at the event!

Wassalam,

New Update !

December 17, 2011 in Uncategorized

Assalamu’alaikum wr.wb.
Dear Muktamar Registrants,
Please find below few important announcement from Muktamar 2011 Committee:
1. Final Rooming List will need to be submitted to Renaissance Hotel by this Friday (12/16) morning.  If you need to make any update to your hotel reservation (such as check-in date etc) please send your request to register@muktamar.imsa.us by Thursday (12/15) Noon time at the latest in order to allow ample time for the Committee to update the list before submitting it to the hotel in a timely manner.
2. If your family needs baby crib during your stay, please send your request to register@muktamar.imsa.us by Thursday (12/15) as well.
3. Committee does not provide transportation from airport to hotel or vice versa.  The hotel is about 5 miles from the airport. Taxi and shuttle are available from the airport.  Taxi fee average is about $15 each way.  Please refer to the attached info for Shuttle Information.   
4. Inclusive in your registration fee are meals provided by the Committee that will start Friday (12/23) dinner until Tuesday (12/27) breakfast.
5. For this year Muktamar, the Committee will not be able to provide cereals, milk, bread, jams, etc. for breakfast.   Participants with small children may want to take note of this issue.
6. Meals are provided only for registered attendants.  Please wear your name tag at all times, especially during meal times.
7. As we have informed previously, budget for food/beverages has increased significantly.  We will need your help to cover this cost. There will be NO official extra cost for participants.  But fundraisers may be conducted during/after meal times.  Any amount will help tremendously and will be greatly appreciated.
We thank you for your support and cooperation.
Wassalamu’alaikum wr.wb.
Muktamar 2011 Committee

Location Changed !

December 17, 2011 in Uncategorized

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh,

Dear Muktamar Registrants,

We hope that this email finds you in a sound and healthy condition.

 

We would like to inform you that there has been some unexpected development with regards to our deal with Alexis Park Resort and Hotel, the hotel that was planned to host this year Muktamar, particularly related to our need of food.  Regulation from the Clark County, Nevada combined with Alexis internal policies put very restrictive requirements making it impossible for us to have food like we have had for many long years of Muktamar (cooked by the committee, eating in the conference/dining room, etc).  Alexis does not even allow the committee to bring food purchased from outside vendor and distribute them to individual guest rooms. They only allow for individual guests to purchase food from outside (cannot be organized by committee) and bring them to their guest room.  We have done every which way possible to appeal to these policies to no avail.  Therefore, we came to a decision of not using Alexis Park Resort and Hotel.

 

The committee had been looking for other non-gaming hotels in Las Vegas for Alexis replacement, and Alhamdulillah, with the Grace of Allah SWT, we are now in agreement with a much better hotel, a four star non-gaming hotel:

Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel

http://www.renaissancelasvegas.com/

3400 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89169

 

 

 

Though we still cannot use their kitchen due to County’s regulation; Renaissance allows us to purchase food from outside vendor (a halal food vendor) and have them delivered to the hotel.  And yes, we can still eat in the dining hall… so we will not miss that silaturahim moments!!!

 

Purchasing food instead of cooking by ourselves will of course increase Muktamar budget significantly.  We are at a point that we may be subjected to deficit budget (notice that registration fee has been lowered this year).  For this reason, the committee may need to hold fundraisings during Muktamar to collect your generous donations in order to cover or lower this deficit.

 

Group rate for extended stay at Renaissance remains $55+tax per night for up to 3 days prior and 3 days after the event.  Those who would like to make extended stay reservation directly to Renaissance will need to mention IMSA group during reservation.  With this hotel change from Alexis to Renaissance, for those who already made extended stay reservation directly with Alexis, there are two options:

(1)    Cancel with Alexis Hotel and make new reservation with Renaissance, or

(2)    Stay with Alexis Hotel with the rate they gave during reservation.

 

We thank you for your support and understanding.  We will also appreciate if you could help spreading this news to other participants that may not frequently check their emails.

 

Please send any questions to the committee by replying to this email or to register@muktamar.imsa.us.

 

Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

 

Muktamar Las Vegas ’11

December 7, 2011 in Uncategorized

 

Seperti tahun-tahun yang sebelumnya, Muslim Islamic Student Group atau lebih dikenali sebagai MISG, bersama-sama Indonesia Muslim Society in America (IMSA) berganding bahu menganjurkan program Muktamar bagi tahun 2011. Program yang menjadi salah satu aktiviti tahunan MISG ini diadakan pada setiap penghujung tahun di tempat yang berbeza-beza. Tahun ini, Las Vegas menjadi lokasi pilihan majoriti sebagai lokasi Muktamar 2011.

Muktamar kali ini diwujudkan bagi memenuhi tuntutan Allah di dalam surah Al-Taubah ayat 122 yang menyeru kita sebagai hambaNya untuk menuntut ilmu.

“Dan tidak sepatutnya orang-orang mukmin itu semuanya pergi (ke medan perang). Mengapa sebagian dari setiap golongan di antara mereka tidak pergi untuk memperdalamkan pengetahuan agama mereka dan untuk memberi peringatan kepada kaumnya apabila mereka telah kembali agar mereka dapat menjaga dirinya.” 

Program Muktamar yang berlangsung selama 5 hari ini bakal diisi dengan perlbagai program ilmiah seperti Yaumunnisa, Madrasah and Youth Program dan perkongsian ilmu dari penceramah-penceramah yang berpengalaman dan disegani sama ada di Malaysia, Indonesia mahupun di United States sendiri.

Muktamar bukan sahaja menggabungkan dua organisasi dari dua buah negara (MISG dan IMSA), malah turut menjadi medium bagi mengeratkan ukhwah persaudaraan sesama muslim sama ada ukhuwah sesama pelajar Malaysia, sesama warga Indonesia mahupun ukhuwah antara warga Malaysia dan warga Indonesia di United States. Ini selari dengan firman Allah SWT:

“Wahai manusia! Sungguh, Kami telah menciptakan kamu dari seorang laki-laki dan seorang perempuan, kemudian Kami jadikan kamu berbangsa-bangsa dan bersuku-suku agar kamu saling mengenal. Sungguh, yang paling mulia di antara kamu di sisi Allah ialah orang yang paling bertakwa. Sungguh, Allah Maha Mengetahui, Mahateliti. (Al-Hujurat: 13)

Allah turut berfirman di dalam surah Al-Baqarah, ayat 30:

“Dan (ingatlah) ketika Tuhanmu berfirman kepada malaikat. “Aku hendak menjadikan khalifah di bumi.” Mereka berkata, “Apakah Engkau hendak menjadikan orang yang merosak dan menumpahkan darah di sana, sedangkan kami bertasbih memujiMu dan mnyucikan namaMu? “Dia berfirman, “Sungguh, Aku mengetahui apa yang tidak kamu ketahui”.”

Sungguh, Allah menjadikan manusia ini sebagai khalifah yang diamanahkan untuk menjaga keamanan dan kententeraman bumi dari amalan-amalan thaghut dengan menyebar-luaskan agamaNya. Justeru, program ilmiah seperti Muktamar ini dianjurkan bagi melahirkan individu muslim yang memahami al-Quran dan Sunnah serta mewujudkan generasi yang sentiasa bersiap siaga dalam menghadapi zaman yang tamadun islamnya kian runcing.

Bertepatan dengan objektif muktamar, “LEVERAGING OUR BEST ABILITY TO BEST SERVE HUMANITY” menjadi tema muktamar kali ini dengan harapan, muktamar kali ini akan menghasilkan daie yang lebih produktif dalam menyebarkan islam kepada masyarakat sekeliling. InsyaAllah.

Tema:

  “Leveraging Our Ability to Best Serve Humanity”

Tempat:

Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel

http://www.renaissancelasvegas.com/

3400 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89169

Tarikh:

23-27 Disember 2011

 

Jadi jangan ketinggalan! InsyaAllah, mari kita memperbaik diri dengan menyertai Muktamar tahun ini :)

Trailer Youth Got Talent

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The Trailer !

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Selamat Datang !

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Bismillahirrahmanirrohim, inshaAllah, saksikan video Muktamar ’11