Hello Maile, Thanks for introducing the list to this project. I look forward to working out how best to proceed within the well established Village community. When Jack and I visited it gave us a good idea of what is possible and what isn't. We will be relying on you to guide what will be most effective and coordinate as you mentioned. If anyone else knows of resources that might be applicable, please let us know
A wiki page such as https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UniversityVillage will be helpful in coordinating efforts and give some visibility for others that might have ideas to share. Distributing some discs will be helpful as we discussed briefly, some combination of pressed and burned. Perhaps the Ubuntu Learning materials will be of use. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Learning We are lucky that one of the founders of the Learning project is moving to San Francisco in a few months. Feedback encouraged. Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Maile Urbancic <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael, > Your LTSP lab sounds interesting. Unfortunately, the University Village > computer center is pretty tightly run by UC Berkeley's Residential Computing > department (we have 30 Windows machines and 4 Macs). We can't even get them > to agree to having a non-networked staff computer in the center to allow > staff members to install their own programs. I doubt they would even > consider the type of setup you propose. Nonetheless, I will inquire. I > completely agree that having several Ubuntu machines in the computer lab > would aid adoption by letting residents experiment with Ubuntu in a > low-stakes way. If nothing else, perhaps ResComp could replace a few of our > many Windows machines with Ubuntu... I'll look into it. > *Maile* > > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Michael Paric <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> 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] >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> >> 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. >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> Michael Paric >> [email protected] -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
