On Mon, 2005-04-11 at 19:35, R Feria wrote: > Thanks everyone for the replies. However, I think what is crucial is > the availability of regional or even provincial resource person(s) who > are committed to help out schools that are interested in using FOSS. We > can advocate all we like but the thing is, once organizations take us > seriously, we often lack the warm bodies to provide training and > support.
In Davao and nearby provinces you can count on DabaweGNU, Inc. We already have an on going LTSP project with an elementary school and it is doing fine. We hope to be able to replicate what we did but funds are important. There are readily available CPUs that are waiting to be shipped but monitors are a problem and warm bodies need to be found. Funds are needed but not much are required. > I think PLUG can organize a program as well - to complement this CICT > initiative, if ever. A PLUG Adopt-A-School project will be a very nice > idea. One person can actually handle technical assistance to two or > three high school laboratories. They just need someone who can train > them and also someone they can call, just in case they have problems. > What do you say? Who can sign up for this project so we can match those > schools who are seriously considering FOSS as well? We need commitment > from both our PLUG volunteer and the schools, of course. PLUG > volunteers may or may not be compensated - again, this depends on the > CICT project, which I will help draft as well. :) >From my experience, you would only need one dedicated volunteer to make it work but if you want the project to succeed in the long run volunteers need to be paid. Volunteers who are in for the long haul are rare. Being paid a modest fee for working on what one enjoys doing would be great. Holden -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
