Thank you all for your responses. So far we have 6 people who would like to learn Chinese and two people who can help.

Instructors:
aucklander: Can teach Chinese but arriving in doha in about 2 weeks
la Jolla: Can teach Chinese on Fridays.

Learners:
miz4ever
Angelo
ageepee
novita77
jasmine
hungrybear

Lets discuss the format. I would suggest that we all use the same material such as http://www.melnyks.com/ podcast. You can download written material and audio from the site. Every week, we meet once with our chinese friends here in Doha and get their guidance in listening speaking and so on. If we later agree to increase the number of meeting or accelerate that OK too.

Let me know what you guys think in terms of format or meeting times ... etc.

Regards,