James, doesn't WEC have a boatload of WYSE terminals sitting around? John, if we can get a few working WYSE terminals you can hook them up to the Linux servers and increase the number of available workstations. We may have to find a multiport serial card though.
We may need to consider incorporating BRLUG as a non-profit at some point to make donations easier for both individuals and businesses that are interested in helping the group. Regards, Dustin At 03:22 PM 4/3/2002 -0600, you wrote: >John, >I may have a resource to obtain quite a few used monitors within the next >couple of months if that would help out with the CCCC Linux SIG or the >Introducing Linux to the Computers for Louisiana Kids projects.....just let >me know. >Cleve > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:34 PM >Subject: [brluglist] Notes from 4/1/02 BRLUG meeting, plans for Linux >advocacy > > > > Just wanted to let everyone know what happened at the > > last BRLUG meeting. > > > > We meet at 7pm at Coffee Star near Denham springs. > > Very nice little place, conducive to tech geek > > conversation. The coffee was _excellent_. If you are > > looking for a non-chain type of neighborhood coffee > > shop, try it out. > > > > There was about a dozen BRLUGers there. We started the > > meeting by swapping a few anecdotes of triumphs and > > setbacks with our various Linux setups. Then we > > started speaking about the Consumer Broadband > > Protection and Television Promotion Act. The latest > > news is that Sen. Patrick Leahy, head of the Senate > > Judiciary Committee, basically killed the bill in its > > current form during a recent committee meeting. This > > is good news for geeks. More info: > > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51425,00.html > > > > So, we all agreed that we have a little breathing > > room. We then discussed ways of contacting our elected > > representatives and how to effect change. > > > > This led into my description of what is happening at > > the Cajun Clickers Computer Club. A few of us in BRLUG > > and the CCCC have started a Linux SIG. It will be > > aimed primarily at newbies and in fact will be aimed > > at helping Microsoft user realize that Linux is not > > what Microsoft says it is ("un-American"). I briefly > > described my plans for the CCCC Linux SIG, which I > > will be providing in HTML form soon. Basically, we are > > combining the BRLUG Newbies meetings with the Linux > > SIG, as the CCCC has a permanent location with > > Internet connectivity, AV equipment, lots of old > > computer hardware, and chairs. Very nice setup. > > > > I also described my vision of a Linux Lab there built > > with old PCs deemed "junk" as they are not suitable > > for running M$ operating systems. I have been given 4 > > machines from the CCCC, which will become a server or > > two, and two workstations. Eventually, I hope to have > > a few more servers and about a dozen workstations. > > This may not happen until the CCCC moves to its new > > location in July, at which time we will have lots of > > space. > > > > I also described a couple more projects that I've been > > working on: > > > > Introducing Linux to the Computers for Louisiana Kids > > project (http://www.cacrc.com/CLK.htm), which is > > basically a program that receives old PCs from the > > Corporate Recycling Council, teaches school kids to > > fix them up, and then donates them to Louisiana > > Schools. Now, think about the possibilities if we > > helped them learn about Linux and helped them to > > develop Linux networks. > > > > Related to that idea is starting a project using the > > resources of the CCCC Linux SIG to acquire old PCs > > from cacrc.com, fix them up, install various Linux > > software configurations on them, and donate them to LA > > schools, along with training and support. This will of > > course be a much bigger project, and I am writing up > > the project plans now. The CCCC Linux SIG will be > > directing this project. > > > > And another idea I had: A project that organizes LUGs > > everywhere to burn Linux distributions and other > > free|open source software to CD, slaps a pre-defined > > label on them, and then donates the CDs to public > > libraries. I see the mission of free|open source > > software to be in parallel with that of public > > libraries: intellectual freedom. Again, the CCCC Linux > > SIG will be directing that project. > > > > We closed the meeting by agreeing that having BRLUG > > meetings in various places around the Baton Rouge area > > is a good thing to do. Shannon Roddy offered to have > > the next meeting at LIGO, which is being discussed in > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I believe it was suggested that > > when we do meet at LIGO that we should invite all > > other Linux groups and SIGS in the area to that > > meeting as well. Could someone please volunteer to > > organize that? Contact me for more details. > > > > If you have any feedback, please be sure to reply to > > either [EMAIL PROTECTED], > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], or the newly created > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. And don't > > forget, there are usually BRLUG geeks hanging out in > > #brlug on irc.openprojects.net. > > > > John Hebert > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! 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