Re: [seul-edu] Call for help

["tompoe@renonevada.net" <tompoe@renonevada.net>]

Hi, Jeff:  Can the zip code thing be done on an as-needed basis?

Our project is directly related in one aspect to the zip code setup you 
refer to.  So, will help with that, if you want.  Are time zones a part 
of it?

Anyway, if you want to have a volunteer help with the volunteer database 
or anything, let me know.
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Open Studios
Reno, NV

Jeff Knox wrote:
> Out of the woodwork I come. The company I work for (consolidated
> freightways) is going out of business, so I should be finding my
> self with some time in the near future to help with things. I feel
> bad that the only time I really find to devote to working on seul
> and litc is when I find my self out of a job.
>         I am going to really start working on the whole LUG support
> material project that we talked about so many LinuxWorld's ago. I
> want to get a material package going for schools as well, with some
> cds, instructions, some articles, etc. The problem in the past with
> that has been getting a sponsor to front a bunch of linux cds and
> other related material cost. cough cough redhat fork over some bucks
> cough cough.
>         I also want to get going on the volunteer database that I
> have failed to start so many times. Im going to need some way to
> find all people within a certain mile range of a zipcode, so
> basically a zip to zip distance matrix, anyone know where I can get
> that. The rest will be simple php and mysql stuff. I want to
> integrate it with a list of LUGs, so it returns LUGs and Individuals
> when a school puts in a query for help. It would be nice if
> companies like LinuxCare would offer perhaps some free help, or
> seriously reduced help for emergency situations where a lug member
> could not be reached.
>         I have proposed this in the past, but I think we should
> maintain a weblog of Linux in Education events, instead of a
> singularly maintained weekly report. This would allow mulitple
> people to maintain it, and it would be fresh, updated as often as
> their is news. I already created one, but I never had anyone
> volunteer to help post. I have it setup using Blogger.com, using my
> hosting services. It could always move to seul.org though. See
> http://www.thestuph.com/litc/blog/ for an example of what im talking
> about.
>         I will help out with what I can (I can handle Phorum, at
> least set it up). When i get these various applications built, I
> could help on any other development (web or otherwise) projects. I
> know how you feel doug, Its hard to balance working full time, with
> running an organization like Seul. Throw in having personal and
> family obligations, it takes a great person to keep it all up. I
> appreciate all the hard work you do, as I am sure most people on
> this list do. Your constribution has made a big impact , I can
> assure you that. Now relax a bit..
> 
> Jeff Knox
> Linux In The Classroom
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Doug Loss wrote:
> 
> 
>>Folks, I need your help.  I've been managing SEUL/edu for almost
>>four years now.  Lately I've been noticing some signs of incipient
> 
> 
>>"burnout" in myself (for you non-native English speakers,
> 
> "burnout"
> 
>>means a feeling of being overwhelmed and in need of a change).
> 
> You
> 
>>may have noticed that for the past few weeks I've made little
>>contribution beyond the minimum needed to keep the site running.
>>I'd like to forestall my burnout and at the same time reduce the
>>likelihood that such burnout (if it were to happen) would
> 
> seriously
> 
>>affect SEUL/edu.
>>
>>I think the best way to do that would be to hand off some of the
>>responsibilities I've taken on myself for SEUL/edu.  I've already
>>done a bit of that, with Les Richardson maintaining the databases
> 
> we
> 
>>use for the Application Index and case studies, and Karl Peņa
>>maintaining the case studies themselves.  But there are still a
>>number of things I'm doing that I think it would be best to share
>>around.  I'll list them below:
>>
>>* Check Freshmeat, LinuxApps, and other sites (as they occur to
> 
> me)
> 
>>every day for newly announced educational applications and add
> 
> those
> 
>>apps to our Application Index
>>
>>* Maintain this mailing list, forwarding appropriate messages to
> 
> it
> 
>>that come in from non-subscribers and adding and removing
> 
> addresses
> 
>>to keep the list up to date
>>
>>* Write the Linux in education report every other Monday
>>
>>* Work to get the ISO project off the ground
>>
>>Those four are the major things.  I'd like to have some volunteers
> 
> 
>>to take responsibility for some of these.  The first one, checking
> 
> 
>>for new apps and adding them to the Index, could be done by more
>>than one person; it's important that it gets done every day
> 
> though,
> 
>>I think.  The second one is a one-person job, but not really all
>>that tedious if it's the only mailing list you're adminning.  I
>>don't mind doing the third one, but it wouldn't hurt to have
> 
> others
> 
>>willing to fill in when I occasionally am overwhelmed at work.  Up
> 
> 
>>until now Karl has done so when I'm on vacation, but otherwise
> 
> I've
> 
>>written them all myself.  The fourth one is where I'd like to put
> 
> my
> 
>>own major effort.
>>
>>In addition to these tasks there are some that aren't currently
>>getting done that really need doing.  Our App Index has a number
> 
> of
> 
>>records that are incomplete (lacking author's names and email
>>addresses, for example) or out of date (bad URLs, etc.).  Les can
>>generate reports of which records need updating, but we need help
> 
> in
> 
>>making those updates.
>>
>>Our case studies submission form has a field where we ask if the
>>submitter would like assistance.  I don't think _anyone_ has said
>>"No" to that question, but we have never done anything with that
>>information.  We need to come up with some idea and personnel
>>committment to do something about that.
>>
>>We made long-term plans a while ago to create LUG support
> 
> materials
> 
>>to help LUGs in working with schools.  That would be a nice
> 
> project
> 
>>to get started, but I know I won't have the time or energy to lead
> 
> 
>>it.
>>
>>I'd like to get FUDForum or Phorum installed on a SEUL server so
>>both SEUL/edu and Schoolforge could use it.  That would give us a
>>web forum interface to these discussions in addition to this
> 
> mailing
> 
>>list.  Again, that's something I don't have the time to install or
> 
> 
>>maintain.
>>
>>There you have it.  I'll be happy to give details on what I do for
> 
> 
>>those things I'm already doing to anyone interested it taking some
> 
> 
>>of them on.  I think it's important that we spread the
>>responsibilities around so that if any one of us has to bow out
>>temporarily or permanently the work will continue.  Let me hear
> 
> from
> 
>>you!
>>
>>--
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>>
>>Doug Loss                 All I want is a warm bed
>>Data Network Coordinator  and a kind word and
>>Bloomsburg University     unlimited power.
>>dloss@bloomu.edu                Ashleigh Brilliant
>>
>>
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