[luau] Looking for school LTSP project

[R. Scott Belford]

Once we have some hardware, I am in favor of trying to help any school's 
computer club or any other group.  I am in favor of contributing 
computers to churches, community groups, elderly groups, anyone to whom 
we can spread our enthusiasm for Linux.  We need the hardware, though.  
If it does not come with requirements, we should put it wherever we can.

We were close to having our first install next week.  Charlie AhSing 
called me back today.  We will meet this weekend.  The thing is, we are 
not sure that Cody will be able to get Air Force hardware for us to 
dedicate to a non-public school entity like his.  This is fair and 
should be respected.  Within the military is a ton of volunteer labor 
for cabling and a ton of hardware.  Because the military is a function 
of our government, they are under some regulations to ensure fair 
treatment with dedicated hardware.  I would imagine that there is room 
for misunderstanding if, for instance, too much hardware ended up in the 
hands of Christian denominations.  These limits are worth working with.  
I like Warren's suggestion that the hardware be accepted and labeled for 
our first public school.  I would guess, though, that the kind custodian 
Cody is dealing with has paperwork to complete that requires some 
approvable detail about where the hardware is going.  Once we work this 
out, I think there is a wealth of hardware from our military friends, we 
just have to work within their regulations.  Cody says that there are 
many hardware custodians who would pass their old stuff to us.  They 
need recognition, volunteer hours, and an approved institution to give 
it to.  When they get that, the floodgates may just open.

scott


On Friday, May 24, 2002, at 05:18 PM, Jimen Ching wrote:

> On 24 May 2002, Warren Togami wrote:
>> Unfortunately none of the public schools are anywhere near a point 
>> where
>> we can deploy Linux workstations or thin clients, so I need to continue
>> working on convincing them.
>
> Are you only donating these machines to schools that are willing to put
> them in the curriculum or in the administrative offices?  Do computer
> clubs and other non-curriculum based uses qualify?
>
> --jc
> --
> Jimen Ching (WH6BRR)      jching at flex.com     wh6brr at uhm.ampr.org
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