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
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Maile,
We spoke briefly at a past Berkeley LUG meeting where I mentioned my
thin client-based system that I believe would be perfect for the
University Village. Setting up a Ubuntu-based Linux Terminal Server
Project (LTSP) lab would provide several benefits: 1) An open lab
where people without their own computers would have access to the
technology; 2) A training facility for the proposed tutorial sessions;
3) Reduced maintenance and down-time due to the LTSP architecture. I
believe you'll have a greater success with Ubuntu adoption if the
residents can get some hands-on experience and practice in the lab
before committing to an installfest (which can be done in parallel but
as a separate project from the lab). I have an LTSP demo system (using
ZaReason equipment, of course :) I'd be more than happy to bring to
Berkeley to show you and the residents. Let me know how I can help.
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