Sounds good
Wire
this looks like it's up your street, count on my support if we need to do
somthing like that.
Sorry for the nomination but any seconders ??
PS Steve
I think I speak for all when I say the more the merrier. I personally still
leave in the winblows world using microsoft exploder etc but I'm slowly being
swayed.
----- Original Message ---------------
Subject: [LUG] Penguin Day
From: Steve Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:45:37 -0500
To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Greetings LUG'ers,
>
>I hope you will forgive this posting by a lurker in your community. My
>name is Steve Song and I work for the International Development Research
>Centre (IDRC). Some of you I know have come across our organisation
>before.
>
>I would like to start by saying how much I appreciate this list. More
>often than not the latest Linux news reaches via Uganda long before
>anywhere else. I also appreciate the debate and discussion that goes on
>here.
>
>The reason I am writing is because I recognise (I think), from time to
>time, an inclination of group members to do more as a collective entity
>to promote open source and Linux. I have been reluctant to say anything
>as I am truly a lurker and not a member of your community.
>
>However, I had an idea today that I thought I would share. Have any of
>you come across Penguin Day (http://www.penguinday.org/)? I quote
>briefly from their website
>
>"At local Penguin Days non-profit organizations explore the range of
>issues and options involved using Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS).
>Penguin Day started in Philadelphia in March 2004 by a working group of
>nonprofit technology organizations: Aspiration (www.aspirationtech.org)
>NOSI (www.nosi.net) and the LINC Project (www.lincproject.org)
>Established with the intent to bring together open source developers and
>technology support staff for nonprofits, the event began an important
>conversation about the challenges and opportunities we face."
>
>Any interest in a Ugandan Penguin Day?
>
>
>Regards... Steve
>
>
>--
>Steve Song <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Manager ICT4D Africa Programs
>http://www.connectivityafrica.org
>http://www.idrc.ca/acacia
>International Development Research Centre
>Tel. +1 613 236 6163 x2268 Mobile: +1 613 799 1152
>Email to SMS address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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