[luau] HOSEF<-->BILUG outreach

[LinuxDan]

Eric
         I was just approached by a software company to setup a gaming lab.
The company wants to invest In an Opensource gaming lab here in Hawaii due
to restrictions it has on their contract in their state on the mainland.
I am not sure of all the details at this time but I thought it was a joke at
first until I read parts of their contract.
I thought also another mainland company wants to setup a business in some
resort area so that they could come here for "business meetings" and use it
for a tax write-off.  But as far as I can tell they somehow want to find out
if they can run a franchise of hardcore computer gaming locations.  That
would include Hilo, Maui and Oahu.  Another possibility would be to
"superconnect" all three islands.  This would be our profit side services
end. But the profit side would be able to make donations to non-profit
organizations involved in the project.

Dan
Aloha

I visited the HOSEF web site and did not find any information about a
mailing list; apologies in advance if this list is not the appropriate
venue.

We had our BILUG meeting last Saturday and discussed the possibility (as
discussed in the group IRC chat the other night) of getting some of your
donated machines for educational LTSP installations over here on the Big
Island.

The short summary of it is 1) everyone present seemed interested and
enthusiastic about the idea;  2) we identified only some limited space
for storing machines at the present time; 3) it is unclear how much
human resources we have at our disposal; and 4) we only have one
firm LTSP commitment and a couple of additional interested schools at
the present time.

My feeling is that we should probably try initially for a limited
rollout of about 40-50 machines.  We have an adult education center here
in Hilo that definitely will take 20 boxes (it is an old Linux lab that
is in bad shape now with about 6 feeble machines left working, but room
for many more).  We have 2-3 other schools that have expressed interest,
but no firm committment.  If we can get the other machines into a couple
of other schools, then with the two or three labs it might provide a way
to demo the idea to yet other schools and get them on board.  I'd
estimate that we have about 6 people that we can count on as far as
effort; all are quite capable technically in both Linux and harware in
general.  Some others might get involved once we demonstrate that we
have something rolling.  Starting small will also make sure we don't
bite off more than we can chew.

We also were agreeable to try out a Gnomemeeting conference with your
group there; the problem will be finding a decent time; during a regular
meeting would be best, from the standpoint of having as many people
around to participate.

Let us know how you want to proceed.

Mahalo,
--Eric (BILUG coordinator)

Eric Jeschke
http://redskiesatnight.com/


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