Re: [seul-edu] Fanatical volunteers

[Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu>]

Tom,
    I am involved with NOLUG. Who is conradus@iname.com? Haven't seen him
post.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com
http://www.originsresource.org
http://www.prenticenet.com/home/dprentice
-----Original Message-----
From: tom poe <tompoe@renonevada.net>
To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>; Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu>
Cc: CommStudios <community_studios@lists.ibiblio.org>; Reno_Perl_Group
<renotahoe-pm@pm.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [seul-edu] Fanatical volunteers


>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)
>