Okay, at our "org meeting" last Thursday, Rob L brought up the "library project". It sounded like a good idea to me. I have created a Wiki page for it, here:
http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Organizational/SoftwareLibrary That page is pretty empty right now; feel free to add to it. It occurred to me the other day that this project needs two parts: The first part is the preparation of software. This means downloaded, testing, writing up a brief instruction sheet. This could be divided up to individual people, based on what they know/use. Geography does not matter for this step. The second part is distribution to the libraries themselves. It makes sense to divide this up based on where volunteers live. So, given the above, perhaps this would be a good game plan: - Somebody needs to be the Project Coordinator (PC). They would be responsible for maintaining lists of volunteers, software, and libraries, and who was doing what. They would also have to keep in touch with the volunteers and make sure things are happening. - Some number of people would be needed to contribute software and the instruction sheet content. We can ask for help on the main discuss list. - Somebody volunteered to make up labels. The PC should inform the label maker of what labels are needed, and how many. The PC should also provide a list of mailing addresses of people who have volunteered to make CDs. The labels can be mailed to them. - The PC should give each software contributor a list of volunteer distributors and their mailing addresses. Each software contributor would burn as many CDs as is needed, and mail the CDs to the distributors. - The distributors would receive the CDs from contributors, and then go around to their local libraries. Does the above sound good? We would, of course, need to approach libraries about this as well. Has that been done by anyone? I can see potential problems in that some library operators might not get the whole concept, or think that it's pirate software, or something. Comments? -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ Gnhlug-org mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
