Hello, As a newcomer, I wanted to introduce myself and briefly summarize a project that Grant Bowman, Jack Deslippe, and I have been planning.
I work with Cathy Malmrose to run Partimus, a non-profit that uses FOSS and repurposed hardware to provide technology to disadvantaged children and schools. I have a background in mathematics and programming, but I am still learning my way around Ubuntu; my more valuable skill set lies in organizational planning. I currently live in and work closely with University Village, Albany, the main campus for UC Berkeley's student family housing. I am deeply involved in affordable housing issues and in building programs beneficial to student families. Grant, Jack, I have been working to plan an installfest / Ubuntu tutorial in the University Village computer lab. The demographics of University Village make it a prime population for potential new Ubuntu users. We have nearly 2,000 highly-educated, financially impoverished, widely international adults in the Village--many of whom are likely to be interested in Ubuntu, but nervous about making the jump on their own. Our tentative plan is to create an Introduction to Ubuntu tutorial extending over two or three sessions, where students install Ubuntu the first week and learn basic skills, then come back again for the next class to resolve issues, ask questions, learn slightly more complicated skills, and learn where to go in the future when they have problems. We are planning to hold it in late January or early February, after UCB's spring semester begins. Thank you for your enthusiasm and support, Maile Urbanic [email protected]
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