-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 16 May 2004 01:54, Alice wrote: > Hi. > > Since 1st May, we've had an autonomous social centre in Glasgow, > Printworks, 58 Albion St, G1 1LH www.glasgow-autonomy.org (please excuse > the website, it's being worked on) which is open to everyone for tea and > coffee 12 noon til 9pm every day. > "It's like usenet, but in meatspace." Sounds good > Today we had a tech day, collected some machines in various states of > disrepair and tried to get at least one in working order, in the process > teaching a couple of people a bit about gnu/linux. > > These machines will then be available for people to use, learn on and to > promote an altenative to microsoft. > > we don't have an internet connection, so couldn't apt-get and i don't have > access to (i) fast internet (ii) a cd burner (iii) piles of blank cds. Hmm city centre... wonder if there are any open wireless networks that these people could use? I could donate a SCSI 4x burner but I couldn't give a warranty on it.
> does anyone have: > * stuff they want to donate, play around with, or the time and enthusiasm > to help us get the stuff we do have into order? > * a pile of (recentish) installation cd's (debian PLEASE!) they are loking > for a good home for Still got a few OpenOffice CDs left from Bob Kerr, this sounds like a valid place to leave a couple. > * gnu/linux advocacy materials > * a presentation on the politics of free software and patents. > * experience of desk top publishing free software. > > Also, if people want to use the space for a meeting or to run a workshop, > they should get in touch. Basically the centre is a free space that, like > free software, benefits the more people who add to it and bring their own > individual eye and experience. We run as an open collective with weekly > meetings to make decisions every Tuesday at 7pm. Possible venue for installfests? Especially if we can rig up some wireless temporarily. > > Unfortunately I have very limited access to the internet, so the best way > to get in touch is either to drop in to the centre, or phone me on 07952 > 969102. If I'm not there, we have a "tech" file that stuff can be left in. What is security like at this place? > > Cheers > Alice > > ===== - -- Best Regards Willie Fleming -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAp0BmahQbszxW+gIRAtsHAKDjKM5fnVc9aLTiMaEk0gkmJCq7UACgk5Gc tS8k2DaY4DX/IO1CrMndCGQ= =a+vg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
