Attendees COMMENTS!!! (some comments were repeated by several people)

 ·        “Jazakum Allahu Khairan!”

·        “Speakers were excellent!”

·        “I’m so proud of the fact that the youth were so involved this time and took so much responsibility!”

·        “Lectures were excellent!”

·        “Excellent job!”

·        “Good job, keep up the good work MAS.”

·        “The program was very good!”

·        “I hope next year you will do this again.”

·        “Overall: Good Job and many thanks to all of you.”

·        “Thank you.”

·        “Br. Mahdi Bray… I’ll have to say what an outstanding performance. And of course to all speakers that participated.”

·        “I like the speaker Abdel Jawad Kansouah.”

·        “All the lectures were good.”

·        “The convention was very good.”

·        “Very good communication and publicity this year, much better than last year.”

·        “May Allah accept all your good work.”

·        “Masha’Allah the youth did a good job. They were very responsible. May Allah protect them and keep them on the right track.”

·        “Baraka Allahu feekum.”

·        “Keep up the great job.”

·        "I really enjoyed this years conference and learned a great deal too. I was
pleased to see the dedication you all young youths had and the effort you all
put into this conference.I really enjoyed the entertainment part.  I got a
chance to visit with Madhi Bray and he cleared up a few questions that I had. 
The girls in daycare were very sweet, especially one girl my son was pleased
with. We had one incident, Alhumdulliah it was not serious, I spoke to the
girls about it and I am sure they understood and next year, they will do
better."

·        “I loved everything.”

·        “The speakers are so inspiring!”

·        “I loved the entertainment session!”

·        “I loved the DVD in the entertainment!”

·        “Br. Zulfiqar is awesome!”

·        “Theme choice was excellent.”

·        “This is my first community gathering apart from the Masjid. I became a Muslim sister 1 month ago, loving everyday of it!”

·        “Br. Noureddin’s youth interactive discussion session ‘Why am I a Muslim’ was very good. I would like to go to more discussions and lectures with that speaker.”

·        “Very good Masha’Allah!”

·        “Islam and World Peace lecture was very good, especially the part of inner peace leads to family peace, leading to community peace.”

·        “May Allah (swt) bless all of you for your efforts and accept your deeds.”

·        “The youth lectures were great!”

·        “I most enjoyed the Participation vs Isolation lecture.”

·        “Mahdi Bray is always an attractive choice.”

·        “Mahdi Bray and especially Raed Tayeh were GREAT speakers.”

·        Get to entertainment faster

·        Make speeches shorter during the dinner

·        Don’t have speeches while we’re eating, have them after

·        Have only one lecture in the morning, since there are less people in the morning

·        Get more speakers

o       Keep the current speakers, but add more to them

o       Have more “new faces”

o       Have a bigger variety of speakers

o       Have some female speakers

·        Improve bazaar

·        Have more and shorter sessions instead of a few long ones

·        Allow more time for Q & A

·        Should have a dedicated microphone for Q & A

·        Make some sessions combined for adults and youth

·        Make onsite registration more efficient

·        Solve the overuse of Arabic in lectures and entertainment

·        Lower the cost

·        Have a student discount

·        Have lectures about parenting issues, legal issues

·        Have a lecture about the sahaba and the wives of the Prophet

·        Provide a workshop geared to generate peace & mediate differences so the Ummah can unite.

·        Start publicity earlier

·        Have more lectures with Br. Noureddin Gayash

·        Have better decorations in accordance to the theme

·        Have more shops in bazaar

·        Need more training for child care people

·        MAS should consider the following theme for the next convention:
“Unity & Tolerance: Foundation of a Strong Muslim Community.”

·        Put the time information on the flyers

·        Everybody should be on time, so that the Q & A session will not be cut short.

·        Should be more prompt in some areas

·        Train youth to be speakers in the future, they’re doing a good job.

·        Have something about how to bridge the gap b/w different groups and backgrounds

·        Have Fiqh sessions in English.

·        Have lunch after Asr instead of dinner, dinner’s not at a convenient time.

·        Other events in the adjacent halls during dinner were kind of noisy.