[seul-edu] Re: Summing up our discussion so far]

[Paul Nelson <pnelson@riverdale.k12.or.us>]

Hello Folks,

Michael Williams and I have been working on bringing together our two 
K12Linux projects. We'll be working during the next week on a new site 
called K12OS.org. Our initial plans are to run Post-Nuke and have info 
on installing and administering Linux and Open Source software in schools.

Our bent is more along the lines of putting to use OS software as 
opposed to actual development. We are working hard to package things for 
end users though. The K12LTSP distribution that Eric Harrison has worked 
so hard on is a good example of this.

We're excited that the different K12 groups are consolidating their 
efforts. I do think this will help us reduce duplication of efforts and 
direct users to sites with the resources they need.

SchoolForge.net is a great domain name. A forge is where things get 
hammered out and tempered with heat to withstand usage. That's a good 
picture of what needs to happen with OSS in schools. ;-^)

We'd like to keep a links section pointing to SchoolForge and the other 
projects. Please take a look a the graphic we're using at the top and 
bottom of our K12OS.org site. http://k12os.org If you want to suggest 
changes to the graphics and descriptions of your site or if we ever come 
up with a common Open Source in Schools logo we can change and adjust 
this as needed. This site is just up and running but without content. 
(You can do only so much in a 15 recess break!) We're also planning on 
moving this box to a different location so it will be up and down for a 
few days. ;-^)

We'll be migrating our other pages and content over soon. I can't 
remember who was doing a presentation and needed info by Dec. 6th. Maybe 
you can steal the graphic at the bottom of the page as it has a good 
sampling of the different players in K12OS.

Best regards,

;-) Paul
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Riverdale School..............11733 SW Breyman Ave. Portland, OR 97219
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