hear not here and I noticed a couple other typos. Sorry its getting late. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jeff Zidek Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 9:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [luau] In Response to the TC new on the list.
Mr. Nakashima, First I would like to welcome you to the list. Even though every now and then a few people get enticed into a few flame fests we really are level headed individuals with a passion for open source. I at least am not trying to paint anyone with a single brush. I myself was a teacher in our public schools here for 2 years. I worked in Waianae and at Campbell. I think the teachers an kids are great. That is why I get so involved with HOSEF. The issue is that we constantly here about a lack of funding for computers from the DOE but when we offer donated computers and support for very reasonable capital inputs their always seems to be someone to point out how it can't be done, or make statements like "We are a Mac School" or just require that coordination be filtered through so many layers that real implementation doesn't happen. Most DOE schools just don't seem to be open and flexible to the possibilities. So we help who we can. That has turned out to be mostly private and charter schools (who really are still part of the DOE but have more control over their own affairs). We have a few test cases beginning and hope to have more. Once again I welcome you. Aloha Jeff Zidek -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nakashima Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 1:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [luau] Trolls win when people quit On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, al plant wrote: > The Hawaii DOE is useless in any case. ( But the new Gov. is trying to > change it.) We should stick to the private schools like Mid PAC and > renegades in the State System like Mililani that appreciate the Open > Source movement and the help HOSEF can provide. I'm the TC at a public school. Painting all public schools with one brush won't help your cause. There are many of us in the public school system who truely appreciate what HOSEF is trying to do. However, I am new to this list. I just recently found out about HOSEF. I'm trying to get a feel for what HOSEF is all about. Does everyone feel as Al does? _______________________________________________ LUAU mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau _______________________________________________ LUAU mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau
