[seul-edu] Fanatical volunteers

[Leon Brooks <leon@brooks.fdns.net>]

On Wednesday 24 April 2002 02:41, paul Sutton wrote:

>> How many fanatical volunteers can we
>> put on the ground in Portland? How many of you are willing to go there
>> for a week or two and help with the conversion? If we can mobilize 1000
>> volunteers from across the country, the job would be done in a couple of
>> weeks!

>> I think we can pull off a miracle here. I think one school district
>> should draw a line in the sand and tell Microsoft to go pound it. And if
>> their conversion is a success, it will live on as a testament to
>> democratic power, and as a wonderful test-bed for further educational
>> free software development.

>> --William

> I'd love to help but I am from England, and funds don't permit, but best of
> luck,  perhaps something similar could happen in the UK,  if any other Uk
> subscribers are interested.

Ditto for Oz.

If corporations can offer `fanatical' support, so can we. The kernel of such a 
team is being thrown together here in WA, our first target being to do as 
much undermining as possible of the WA EdDept's blanket Microsoft Enterprise 
Agreement.

Cheers; Leon (from Perth, Western Australia)