do we have a community outreach program?

[Amy Nielsen]

Well enjoy Florida! Okay, I will do my best. I had my ankle fused in May
and next week will start physical therapy, and hopefully I will be good to
drive in a couple weeks. As soon as I am able to drive, I will go to the
next installfest. Is there anyone else you have been talking about this
with that I should talk to? Well good luck, Florida has to be better than
Arizona summertime!
Amy

On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Amy, you'll have to take the gauntlet as I am now in Florida.
>
> On 7/31/15, Amy Nielsen <amyjoan48 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Maybe bring up at an installfest meeting? For the record, I would
> volunteer
> >
> > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:56 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> If I was still in the Phoenixarea I would be most happy too.
> >> Unfortunately
> >> I am moving out of state  even in July.
> >>
> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> >>
> >> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com
> >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 2015-05-21 22:32, Eric Oyen wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> hmmm. thats not a bad idea. It might also be helpful to the disabled
> >>>> population (of which I am one, being totally blind). Since I use
> >>>> ubuntu with the orca screen reader here on an old toshiba laptop that
> >>>> was graciously donated to me by another member of plug over 7 years
> >>>> ago, it has been used a lot. Mostly, I use it to control the various
> >>>> pieces of ham radio gear I have (using the HamLib package) It also
> >>>> makes radio programming a bit easier when I have to use chirp (Linux
> >>>> is about the only environment where that program is even minimally
> >>>> accessible using a screen reader). btw, there is also an accessibility
> >>>> list over at Ubuntu where the various screen readers and how to use
> >>>> them are discussed. There is also the Vinux project which was
> >>>> specifically designed for blind computer users.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Very interesting.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Combine this with a community outreach program (say for big
> >>>> brothers/big sisters or the YMCA or the United way) and you might just
> >>>> start a whole new generation of Linux users (and programmers) who
> >>>> won't have to put up with the failing business model that is
> >>>> Microsoft.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Several members of the Tucson Free Unix Group converted a school to
> >>> Linux
> >>> about 15 years ago using used computers donated by one or more local
> >>> businesses.
> >>>
> >>> I worked in a business 17 years ago that had 650 employees.  Think
> about
> >>> that.  Over a 3 or 4 year period they would replace every one of those
> >>> computers.  Those used computers still have many years of life in them
> >>> and
> >>> by replacing M$ with Linux the old computer has a new life.  My
> >>> experience
> >>> is Linux needs less resources and old iron will perform decently
> >>> especially
> >>> if it is only 3 - 4 - 5 years old.  I have an 8 year old box that would
> >>> do
> >>> fine running Mint. And I suspect it could do so for 5 or more years.
> >>>
> >>> I think the real issue is finding the volunteers to do all this work.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -eric (the other eric :) ).
> >>>>
> >>>> On May 21, 2015, at 4:31 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> You know, thrift stores (other than goodwill) has used computers
> coming
> >>>>> out of their ears. I think we need to find a thrift store that wants
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> unload all of this used hardware for like 25 dollars apiece and put
> >>>>> Linux
> >>>>> on it and get these fully functional and modern computers out to the
> >>>>> people
> >>>>> who need them. If you buy a modern windows computer it isn't even
> >>>>> fully
> >>>>> functional unless you pay for a subscription to something. I'm
> partial
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> Linux Mint but that is up for debate.
> >>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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