>2. Rural Workforce Enablement >I'd love to see a project that encourages and enables >those living in rural >locations to become computer professionals. I'm >envisioning a large rural >computer resource network. This body of computer >professionals would allow >organizations and specifically the Canadian government >to provide employment >to rural areas in which there would otherwise be limited >employment >opportunities. There are many, many other aspects to >this idea that could >be explored.
Hi.... I've been lurking for the last few days. Time now to jump in with a comment or two about the above subject which doesn't seem to be getting a lot of attention. To start with, a lot of Rural Canada doesn't seem to know about Linux ... period. I've lived in Greater Metropolitan Miramichi for a number of years. The schools and the much touted computer dept of NBCC Miramichi campus use "that other OS". The local hospital network was on Sun workstations, etc. This story repeats itself for countless other communities, including my present location at Bowmanville, Ont (the extreme Eastern part of the GTA, not rural by any means). Any suggestions as to how I (we) can conduct a rural outreach program? Can we show them there is a way to get useful software without travelling hundreds of miles? People in Sachigo, Metapetagiaq, Madawaska, Port Hastings, etc. could stand to gain from the use of OSS and GNU/Linux *IF* they only knew about it. -jim __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
