This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_005A_01BF6E88.E3664040 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Starting on Friday, 25 February 2000 the Glendale Community College = Regional Information Technology Association along with two GCC = departments will be sponsoring an Open Lab for Social Computing. =20 The lab is only open to GCC faculty, staff, and students. However, any = Maricopa county resident can get computer privledges for a semester by = enrolling in NC-500. NC-500 costs $24.00. GCC (and other MCCCD = colleges) also offer an open-entry open-exit introductory course in UNIX = that might be interesting to those totally new to the *NIX world. (See = GCC's web site at http://www.gc.maricopa.edu) Planned activities include internet access through a sizable pipe, = access to MS Office 2000, Leggo robots, and multi-user recreational = programs. =20 We will also be renovating some old 486 computers. The hope is to load = Linux on the machines and build a thin-net LAN. RITA's web page is at: http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/clubs/rita/ (I hope to update it this weekend.) Sincerely, Trent Shipley RITA President P.S. RITA is a chartered Glendale Community College club. All donations are tax deductable. ------=_NextPart_000_005A_01BF6E88.E3664040 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable