[LUAU] Hello - My Name is HOSEF

[Dave Burns]

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:18 AM, Jim Thompson <jim at netgate.com> wrote:
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>  >>  I'd like to reach
>  >> out to the Apple community (Jordan Hubbard is an acqaintence, and he
>  >>   was spun up to speak at TPOSSCON/PFOSSCON this year, though that
>  >> didn't happen.)

There is a good local mac group, hmaus. Maybe we could get them
involved in TPOSSCON or some other way to promote FOSS to them.

>  The HOSEF board hasn't come to any such conclusion on the subject.
>  Why do you assume it has?

Because recent emails seemed to imply that Scott and ewaste (and
anything associated with that, such as computer guts) had been canned,
and recent email has not clarified what exactly the board has decided
to do and when.

The Kuokoa project got mentioned. I don't see that as competing with
e-waste much. If we had volunteers with the required skills and
motivation, it should have made more progress. Perhaps Jim is going to
take the lead and change that. It might be possible to get a grant
from the state or Bishop estate or some such and actually pay people
to work on it. There might be a professor at UH to team up with. There
is plenty of potential.

I liked e-waste because it gave me something I could actually do for
HOSEF. It was so clear and tangible, it made talking about HOSEF to an
outsider so easy - "HOSEF takes computers people don't want, fixes
them up with free and open source software, and donates them to
schools, parks, and clubs that can use them. It also uses those
computers to teach people about free and open source software."

Will the school labs and wireless park installs continue with donated
sponsored non-ewaste hardware, or will they be canned? Will computer
guts and other teaching initiatives continue or be canned? Do we have
a strong feeling that we can get non-ewaste hardware from sponsors? Is
Scott in or out? Which deals are done and which are not? Sorry if I am
being dense, but I am just really confused.

>  The more pressing matter is Scott's recent behavior.

To you maybe, to me the most pressing matter is, what is HOSEF about
now? Do I care any more?

Dave