Good logical thinking, Hans. PLUG can help Brian. I wonder if Brian wants any help. Brian? On Monday 20 August 2001 15:10, you wrote: > Am 20. Aug, 2001 schwäzte m@netpro.to so: > > Here's an article that talks about a Colorado school switching > > to Linux: > > > > http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,45862,00.html > > > > I think it would be a very, very good project for this LUG > > to get involved with the local school systems and encourage > > them to use Linux. Many of us could probably even volunteer > > our time to help set things up and train people to administer > > the systems. Or, people could volunteer to remotely adminster > > the systems for free. > > Helping a school is actually one of the first projects we're hoping to get > going with AZOTO[1]. It should really be a PLUG project with support from > AZOTO where necessary. > > I keep thinking we have an edge because Sequoia ( they host the west side > meetings ) is moving to Linux. Brian can help us a lot due to the > experience he has. Thinking about it, however, causes me to do the Homer ( > "d-oh" ). Rather than having Brian help us, we should help him. That would > make it an easier project. It would give us a success to stick under our > belts when we go looking for other schools or non-profits. > > I have been waiting for our paperwork to get done because AZOTO doesn't yet > have 501c3 status. Helping Sequoia probably won't take any money, and if it > did donations could go directly to the school. > > For the devel group, we might pick up educational programs the school needs > for our learning projects. > > ciao, > > der.hans > > [1] The other project being the Open Source/Free Software conference in > Mar.