Would someone mind going back a pace or two and telling the country cousins just what this tender meeting is supposed to be about.
On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 06:03, Pia Smith wrote: > Hi all, > > I was thinking that it would be a good idea to have an open discussion > about this tender. I know a few people have already been taling about > it. All that has come out thus far is essentially a call to participate, > referencing what skillsets the government are looking for, and trying to > put together a panel of who would be appropriate. It might be a good > time to get together, look at all the requirements and put together a > matrix of skills in NSW. We already have a few directories online: > > www.osia.net.au > www.linux.org.au/ausvendors.php > www.auug.org.au/directory/ > > but it would be useful to see exactly who can do what, to what capacity > and so forth. As far as I'm concerned this is a really big pie, and many > slices to go around :) We should try to find out where any gaps are as a > community of skills and expertise, so we can ensure as a solution open > source is quite covered by experts according to the governments need. > > I think Bruce Badger was able to secure a room at the ACS building for > Thursday 2pm next week. Anyone interested is welcome to come along. I'm > sure he'll post a follow up with the address :) > > This is a great opportunity for open source, and for the Australia open > source community. Rock on Australia! > > Cheers all, > Pia > -- > Pia Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Linux Australia -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates; Your Linux people <http://www.lannetlinux.com> ------------------------------------------ "When you just want a system that works, you choose Linux; when you want a system that just works, you choose Microsoft." ------------------------------------------ "Flatter government, not fatter government; Get rid of the Australian states." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
