[GRLUG] Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination
Szymon Machajewski
SMachaje at grcc.edu
Mon Oct 23 08:37:30 EDT 2006
I think such details would be a consequence of a mission statement, and
well defined tactical goals.
I think in cool projects like this one the devil is in the detail ...
it has to be done smartly.
So what would be the long range goals for this organization, would it
be just to facilitate hardware distribution, install software, or
support it?
I am sure that there are other orgs who already figured out the first
steps. Maybe we can borrow a blueprint from someone ....
Thank you.
Szymon Machajewski
Solutions Engineer / DBA
Red Hat Certified Engineer
Oracle Certified Associate
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
www.grcc.edu/smachaje
>>> "Jared Upton" <jared77 at gmail.com> 10/22/2006 4:05:42 pm >>>
1. Where would we get the used PCs?
Was thinking local companys might do it for good PR or places like
Craigslist.
2. What kind of scale are we looking at 10 machines a month, 100 a
month?
3. Where would we work out of?
4. What would be the most cost effective method to allow these
machines
access to the internet.
5. Where would we look to distribute them?
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> 4. Re: Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination (eah)
> 5. Re: Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination
> (Luke McReynolds)
> 6. Re: Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination (eah)
> 7. Re: Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination (Tim
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> 8. Re: Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination (Bob Kline)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:16:13 -0400
> From: "Michael Mol" <mikemol at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Automatix update
> To: grlug at grlug.org
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> On 10/20/06, Topher <topher at wcsg.org> wrote:
> > > It uses dpkg and apt for package management, so it would be like
> > > installing Firefox manually, and then installing the Firefox
package.
> > >
> > > As long as your manual installation put the binaries in
/usr/local/*,
> > > there should be no worries. You can even choose which binaries
to use
> > > by modifitying your $PATH, or by writing out the full path to
the
> opera
> > > binary.
> >
> > This is stuff I installed with apt. I put the opera source in my
> sources
> > file and just did
> > apt-get install opera
>
> Ah. In that case, yeah, it'll cause issues. You can either not
> bother with the Opera package in Automatix, or you can remove your
> current package before installing the Opera package. Either way
> should be fine; your personal settings are of course stored in your
> home directory.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:41:31 -0400
> From: "Bill Creswell" <billcreswell at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Automatix update
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> Warning for Ubuntu users
> - Automatix2 is for "Edgy" Ubuntu 6.10, to be released October 26.
> http://getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Automatix_Testing
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> On 10/20/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Ubuntu users might want to upgrade to Automatix2...it's
significantly
> > updated from the old Automatix.
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> > http://www.getautomatix.com/
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> From: "Bill Creswell" <billcreswell at gmail.com>
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> If someone was clever enought to setup free juno dial-up accounts on
> linux......
> Kids could still use pc's for educational purposes, but there again,
the
> cost is another $40 for a printer.
>
> On 10/20/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Isn't the bigger cost Internet access?
> >
> > I bought a $50 junker at VC Tech Source.
> > 1GHz processor. 512MB of RAM. Plenty
> > good for surfing and e-mail. So the cost
> > of a machine is not too much of an issue.
> >
> > -Bob
> >
> >
> > On 10/20/06, Jared Upton <jared77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I was thinking of the possibilty of creating a non profit
> > organization to
> > > collect and redistribute used PCs to the less forunate school
childen,
> > > familys, etc. To avoid costs we could install Eubuntu on all
the
> > machines.
> > > This would also address the nasty spyware problems. I have been
> > conisdering
> > > this awhile and then came across this article today on digg.com
> > > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280193
> > > Any comments on the feasibilty of this would be greatly
> appreciated. I
> > am
> > > also new to the area so something similar may in place that I am
not
> > aware
> > > of.
> > >
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> From: eah <darth_linux at ameritech.net>
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> On Friday 20 October 2006 15:34, Jared Upton wrote:
> > I was thinking of the possibilty of creating a non profit
> organization to
> > collect and redistribute used PCs to the less forunate school
childen,
> > familys, etc. To avoid costs we could install Eubuntu on all the
> machines.
> > This would also address the nasty spyware problems. I have been
> > conisdering this awhile and then came across this article today on
> digg.com
> > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280193
> > Any comments on the feasibilty of this would be greatly
appreciated. I
> am
> > also new to the area so something similar may in place that I am
not
> aware
> > of.
>
> GRLUG used to be a non-profit. We never sold anything, but we did
have
> non-profit status.
>
> eah
>
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> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:30:52 -0400
> From: "Luke McReynolds" <luke at davidlagrand.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination
> To: grlug at grlug.org
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> GRLUG used to be a non-profit. We never sold anything, but we did
have
> non-profit status.
>
> Really? What happened?
>
> On 10/21/06, eah <darth_linux at ameritech.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Friday 20 October 2006 15:34, Jared Upton wrote:
> > > I was thinking of the possibilty of creating a non profit
> > organization to
> > > collect and redistribute used PCs to the less forunate school
childen,
> > > familys, etc. To avoid costs we could install Eubuntu on all
the
> > machines.
> > > This would also address the nasty spyware problems. I have been
> > > conisdering this awhile and then came across this article today
on
> > digg.com
> > > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280193
> > > Any comments on the feasibilty of this would be greatly
> appreciated. I
> > am
> > > also new to the area so something similar may in place that I am
not
> > aware
> > > of.
> >
> > GRLUG used to be a non-profit. We never sold anything, but we did
have
> > non-profit status.
> >
> > eah
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> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 19:50:39 -0400
> From: eah <darth_linux at ameritech.net>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination
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> On Saturday 21 October 2006 10:30, Luke McReynolds wrote:
> > GRLUG used to be a non-profit. We never sold anything, but we did
have
> > non-profit status.
> >
> > Really? What happened?
> >
> we just didn't renew the paperwork one year. i suppose we could do
it
> again...
>
>
> eah
>
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> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:16:41 -0400
> From: "Tim Schmidt" <timschmidt at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination
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> I in fact own geekcycle.org, but haven't had enough time recently to
> do anything with it. I'll certainly loan some web space /
bandwidth,
> the domain, and whatever time I can muster...
>
> --tim
>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:08:26 -0400
> From: "Bob Kline" <bob.kline at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Possibilty of creating a nonprofit orgination
> To: grlug at grlug.org
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> I don't know anything about the nonprofit issue,
> but nursing homes are another candidate for
> Internet access. e-mail is particularly beneficial
> for those basically locked up, giving people some
> contact with their families if they have any. Low
> lever surfing is probably a helpful diversion too.
>
> -Bob
>
>
> On 10/20/06, Jared Upton <jared77 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was thinking of the possibilty of creating a non profit
> organization to
> > collect and redistribute used PCs to the less forunate school
childen,
> > familys, etc. To avoid costs we could install Eubuntu on all the
> machines.
> > This would also address the nasty spyware problems. I have been
> conisdering
> > this awhile and then came across this article today on digg.com
> > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=280193
> > Any comments on the feasibilty of this would be greatly
appreciated. I
> am
> > also new to the area so something similar may in place that I am
not
> aware
> > of.
> >
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