Re: [seul-edu] Fanatical volunteers

[tom poe <tompoe@renonevada.net>]

Hi:  Dave, the head of networking for your city's school district needs a 
demo to play with.  Contact:

conradus@iname.com
http://nolug.dhs.org

Tell him about the head of networking contact, and see if they can round up a 
two or three computer demo for him to play with.  By working with the local 
linux users' group, he'll find out just how much talent and enthusiasm there 
is to "get the show on the road".  Remember, he can run parallel setups 
across without disrupting the present situation if he wants.

If for some reason, the reception is lukewarm, let me know, and we'll 
coordinate something really good.  If they say that it's a good idea, the 
folks on this list are sure to recommend some software and apps that might be 
interesting.  Keep us posted!
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Reno, NV
http://www.studioforrecording.org/
http://www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
http://renotahoe.pm.org/

On Tuesday 23 April 2002 20:07, Dave Prentice wrote:
> Here's one bright note, guys: I have been corresponding with the head of
> networking for my city's school district concerning the MS audits. He is
> getting disgusted with them and says he is now beginning to entertain the
> possibility to migrate to Linux because of MS's licensing prices. So let's
> keep that army of 1,000 fanatical volunteers on standby -- maybe someday
> all of y'all can come do your thing here in New Orleans! (The free/open
> source thing, not whatever else you may associate with my fair city.)
> Dave Prentice
> prentice@instruction.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leon Brooks <leon@brooks.fdns.net>
> To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
> Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 8:22 PM
> Subject: [seul-edu] Fanatical volunteers
>
> >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)