[AktiviX-discuss] More daft questions from pseudo-troll

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another good forum to get ideas, create connections and exchange
experiences may be:

Freesw mailing list
Freesw at conecta.it
http://mail.conecta.it/mailman/listinfo/freesw
which is a mailing list dedicated to free software/libre software
discussion -

see also:
http://www.prelude-portal.org/3roses/

and

Community mailing list
Community at opensource.mit.edu
http://opensource.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/community

and

http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/


	



On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 16:53, carole wright wrote:
> hi dan et al
> 
> i am currently working on some pilot foss projects in southwark, south london.
> 
> the projects will be on two large housing estates and are targeted at
> the groups which are traditionally seen as being affected by the
> 'digital divide'. low-income households, BME groups, unemployed groups
> etc...
> 
> myself, and the partners involved in the project are currently
> compiling questionaires so that we can find out what knowledge the
> residents on both estates have of different operating systems,
> applications and the free alternatives to microsoft. many of the
> residents cannot afford microsoft licenses.
> 
> one of the projects is a computer recycler, so we will be able to
> offer project participants no to lowcost computer set-ups. the distro
> of choice will be mandrake community 10.1. the other project partner
> is a training centre which currently offers microsoft accredited
> courses, clait and clait +.
> 
> the aim of the pilot project is to work towards an accredited foss certificate. 
> 
> so this project is dealing with 'real' people, with real needs. the
> project aims to take users through the mandrake installation process
> and the various desktop applications. we'll be following the module
> set-up of clait and looking towards inGOT accreditation.
> 
> i'm happy to discuss this in  more detail once i have the launch out
> of the way this friday!
> 
> carole
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:17:29 +0000, Dan <dan at aktivix.org> wrote:
> > Hallo,
> > 
> > Sorry, but I've no-one else to go to!  One question to anyone, some to
> > the Sheffield contingent specifically -
> > 
> > 1. I'm designing an e-citizenship course for WEA.  (God knows how this
> > happened... it's a funny old world!)  In my usual way, I have the will,
> > but not the know-how, to try and make this as open source as possible.
> > Mostly we'll have to use Microsoft stuff, although I'll get Mozilla and
> > Thunderbird installed in the teaching room here.
> > 
> > This won't be so relevant in the short term, because the course is going
> > to be pretty basic - but WEA's longer term aims (and those of the Adult
> > Community Learning Unit (ACLU) of the Council) are pretty good.
> > 
> > Like me, however, they lack an understanding of the details of other
> > community options - particularly open source ones.
> > 
> > I was wondering, first, if anyone had any thoughts they might want to
> > share on ICT and empowering the community - genuinely doing so, rather
> > than just showing people how to fill in their tax return online.
> > 
> > And a question for Sheffield bods more specifically: the long term aims
> > include a whole range of things, including community radio, the use of
> > digital audio-visual media, etc.
> > 
> > I wonder - is there anyone willing to meet with me and WEA, to
> > brainstorm what might happen in the next year or two?  Some things that
> > cross my mind are -
> > 
> > *Getting WEA to either contribute to Aktivix, so that a section of it
> > could be used for e.g. setting up e-mail lists and websites.  (What I'm
> > going to try and do is work with asylum seekers, refugees and minority
> > communities to use the web to communicate with each other, as well as
> > find out about and share info with their countries of origin - if they
> > want to!) - or vice versa, aktivix advising WEA and the council on the
> > free provision of the internet, perhaps through a WEA-owned server.
> > 
> > *Finding out how to spread wireless (e.g. Shefnet, although I can't get
> > the link to work just now!) and getting open-source-ready PCs being used
> > in the community.
> > 
> > Someone would have to make the case to WEA, and it could be quite
> > difficult to convince 'em, but is anyone willing to give it a go?
> > 
> > Also: someone from the ACLU asked me to find someone willing to talk to
> > them about how to upload audio and audio-visual files - what's the best
> > format, etc.  (I was talking to them about the ease of uploading AV to
> > Indymedia... speaking of which, they're quite happy for me to promote
> > Indymedia in the classes...!)
> > 
> > They would pay for someone to do a presentation on this.  If anyone can
> > provisionally offer, I can find out how much they might pay.
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
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