CHAOS geek brethren, please review forwarded message below. :) On 4/14/06, Daniel Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fellow Georgia Linux enthusiasts, > > My name is Daniel Howard, I'm an Atlanta Linux Enthusiast, and I'm > looking to start an activity oriented towards getting open source > software into Georgia K-12 schools. You might think this would be > inconceivable, but believe it or not, I and another parent volunteer > have done it at Morris Brandon Elementary School in the Atlanta Public > Schools district. APS is even listing Linux certification as one of > their criteria for outsourcing PC support services, and here is the > blurb they put in their last Request for Proposal for support services: > > "Linux Computers: A version of Red Hat Linux has been successfully > deployed in one APS school. A 1:1 ratio of PC to student is anticipated > at this school within the next school term. This technology is > growing and is viewed as an alternative for extending the life of > certain hardware within the Atlanta Public Schools." > > That's our school, and the fact that they're even considering Linux is > no less than a seachange for them. At one point, we were nearly at war > with them over it. But now we've been meeting with them and they've > classified our effort as a Proof of Concept project. Using the K12LTSP > package (based on Fedora), we've gone from only 1-2 working PCs per > class (and working slowly), to now 5-6, with some classes have 8-9. We > did this by soliciting donated PCs from businesses; a PII 300 MHz PC > works fine as a thin client. > > I believe it is now time to take this story to the state level: using > Open Source Linux software and a thin client architecture, old computers > are brought back to life and no longer require any moving parts (no disk > drives), and total cost of ownership is *drastically* reduced. Entire > countries (like Norway and Korea) have switched their educational > technology to Linux, so why not Georgia next? > > So now the request: could you post this info to your respective groups > with my solicitation for volunteers who might like to help evangelize > Linux/thin clients to their respective K-12 school systems? I offer to > give them ammo, a tour of our school, and whatever else I can afford > time to do to help them pitch Linux to nearby schools. > > Also, there is an upcoming Georgia Educational Technology Conference in > Atlanta Nov 15-17, where many educators and administrators from Georgia > will meet to learn about new technology. I'd like to have a major Linux > presence this year, with a K12LTSP demo/workshop, some papers, and maybe > even an LTSP based cybercafe. Anyone interested in participating in > that should also contact me, coordinates below. Thanks! > > Daniel Howard > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 404.264.9123 (office) >
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