Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Race Online Official Partner Confirmation
On 19 May 2011 10:05, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: ick, sorry about the epic long URLS, I started a wiki page for RaceOnline and uploaded the certificate there if people want to see it https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/RaceOnline Alan. Ok... so now we're a partner, what (can/do we want) to do? I'm a bit confused as to what this actually is, and their website confused me a fair amount more. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Race Online Official Partner Confirmation
On 19/05/11 13:24, Matthew Daubney wrote: Ok... so now we're a partner, what (can/do we want) to do? I'm a bit confused as to what this actually is, and their website confused me a fair amount more. -Matt Daubney well so far it seemed to be a bandwagon we should be on, and I read the terms and conditions and asked here and couldn't see a reason not to be on board, so we are. Quite what we can make of it is an interesting question, however it appears to be a mainstream effort to spread computing in general, we should be taking full advantage of it. Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Race Online Official Partner Confirmation
On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 13:24 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: On 19 May 2011 10:05, Alan Bell alanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: ick, sorry about the epic long URLS, I started a wiki page for RaceOnline and uploaded the certificate there if people want to see it https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/RaceOnline Alan. Ok... so now we're a partner, what (can/do we want) to do? I'm a bit confused as to what this actually is, and their website confused me a fair amount more. -Matt Daubney I have signed up as a Digital Champ. I don't quite know where I am going with it yet, but I am kinda thinking that if one of the local contact points have a problem with someone that has bought one of the Ubuntu computers and needs help, then I will be available. But I haven't joined up all the dots on this idea yet. I certainly cannot put myself forward as a Windows expert! I have other things to do as well like my 'job' as a volunteer with the local Citizens Advice Bureau, where we are well aware of digital exclusion. We have a lot of good stuff on-line to help people (see www.adviceguide.org.uk) but very few of our clients have the means or skills to access it. I'll let you know what, if anything, crops up. Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Race Online Official Partner Confirmation
On 19/05/11 18:22, Tony Pursell wrote: On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 13:24 +0100, Matthew Daubney wrote: On 19 May 2011 10:05, Alan Bellalanb...@ubuntu.com wrote: ick, sorry about the epic long URLS, I started a wiki page for RaceOnline and uploaded the certificate there if people want to see it https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/RaceOnline Alan. Ok... so now we're a partner, what (can/do we want) to do? I'm a bit confused as to what this actually is, and their website confused me a fair amount more. -Matt Daubney I have signed up as a Digital Champ. I don't quite know where I am going with it yet, but I am kinda thinking that if one of the local contact points have a problem with someone that has bought one of the Ubuntu computers and needs help, then I will be available. But I haven't joined up all the dots on this idea yet. I certainly cannot put myself forward as a Windows expert! I have other things to do as well like my 'job' as a volunteer with the local Citizens Advice Bureau, where we are well aware of digital exclusion. We have a lot of good stuff on-line to help people (see www.adviceguide.org.uk) but very few of our clients have the means or skills to access it. I'll let you know what, if anything, crops up. Tony I have also signed up as a digital champ. I am happy to learn that my local centre is 0.5 miles away and is where I know the boss and have incidentally just spent all afternoon with a (Computing Libre) table exhibition of Ubuntu in a club open day event (U3A Bracknell). The particular centre has been resistant to my FLOSS solicitations for years but I persist. Interestingly, the boss recently conceded that they were now being pressed to use open standards etc for cloud stuff. I am not sure but a guess for the reason for this might be the recent Government Cabinet Office strategy requiring mandatory open standards. :-) I also have agreement in principle (Yay!) to actually install Ubuntu on some of their old (beyond hope) laptops which have XP and are only wheeled out in emergencies. I must follow that up asap. Will report back . -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
