Maybe you could do an old fashioned install fest :) you never really see any of them in the UK
_____ From: peterboro-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk [mailto:peterboro-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Richard Forth Sent: 10 December 2009 14:59 To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Meeting Venues, was Re: The use of Linux I love that "open" mind bit, classic. Seriously though yes I think it would be a good idea do we have any interested parties? Perhaps at the next meeting we can draft up a standard letter and bang a few out to local schools and colleges? The trouble with schooling today is that everything focuses on Microsoft. CLAIT and ECDL both focus on Office and Windows, it would be cool if we had similar Computer driving licences that covered Linux and OpenOffice, or even better, having modules introduced to these already established courses that cover the likes of Gnome, KDE, OOo and Koffice. 2009/12/10 Mark Rogers <m...@quarella.co.uk> This use of Linux thread ties in quite nicely with a chat I was having with Ben Hayes this morning. What would be the general opinion of trying to hold PLUG meetings in a school or college as a kind of "evening class"-cum-PLUG-meet? Ie making a specific attempt to try to educate people (not so much about the "why" they should use FOSS, more initially about they "how" to use FOSS). There must be people who would be keen to go beyond the IT skills of using Excel to other tasks and with other operating systems. If we can get them young we can try to send them out into the world with an open mind. I'm not sure if or how it would work, but as we're looking for a venue anyway I thought it might be somewhere we could try? -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro -- ***** Richard Forth For great natural health, nutrition, animal care and beauty products, visit my online store: http://www.aloevera-crowland.co.uk To change your life and circumstances: http://www.soaringteam.com/users/invite/MyVideoPage.php?Passcode=2118 <http://www.soaringteam.com/users/invite/MyVideoPage.php?Passcode=2118&src=3 8&v=3> &src=38&v=3 Text OPPORTUNITY and your name to: 07870 89 77 55 Want To Type Faster?: Save time and money with Breevy. Download Free 30-Day Trial Now! http://click.lavabit.com/?r=MTA2NjAwMg==
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