Priority populations: "Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), seniors, LGBTQIA+, immigrants and refugees, houseless or housing insecure, foster youth, domestic violence survivors, people impacted by incarceration, people with disabilities, and those living in poverty"
On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 3:40 PM Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: > > I'm involved with a grant funded project in which Personal Telco Project is > to indoctrinate a few people in Community Networking serving a target > population. We want people who are members of the target population, but in > order to meet the project goals we feel like they need to start with a basic > familiarity with Linux command line, since basically every part of the > network management will require it. Our partners are concerned they won't be > able to find anyone with the starting skills we have asked for. As someone > for whom the Year of the Linux Desktop has been every year since 1993, I have > trouble understanding their concern. We are only looking for a few people in > the Portland metro area, and there are certainly a few such people here, it > is just a matter of finding them and funneling them towards the entrance > gate. We aren't in charge of selecting people, but given our partners > concerns it seems appropriate to help them recruit potential candidates, and > PLUG seems like a good place to start looking. > > I have thought about asking local community colleges that teach Linux skills. > > Any other thoughts? > > -- > Russell Senior, President > russ...@personaltelco.net
