I'm involved with a grant funded project in which Personal Telco Project is to indoctrinate a few people in Community Networking serving a target population. We want people who are members of the target population, but in order to meet the project goals we feel like they need to start with a basic familiarity with Linux command line, since basically every part of the network management will require it. Our partners are concerned they won't be able to find anyone with the starting skills we have asked for. As someone for whom the Year of the Linux Desktop has been every year since 1993, I have trouble understanding their concern. We are only looking for a few people in the Portland metro area, and there are certainly a few such people here, it is just a matter of finding them and funneling them towards the entrance gate. We aren't in charge of selecting people, but given our partners concerns it seems appropriate to help them recruit potential candidates, and PLUG seems like a good place to start looking.
I have thought about asking local community colleges that teach Linux skills. Any other thoughts? -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net
