I'm unsure of club policy regarding these things (since I've been away for so long), so I suppose this might get a vote at a meeting? Perhaps someone more recently involved might know.
In researching this question, I noticed the club constitution mentions UMCP affiliation as a condition for membership - bummer, since I'm UMUC :-) Eoin On Sun, 2007-01-28 at 23:30 -0500, Michael Hughes wrote: > If someone is tallying votes, I too would be interested in helping > with this project. > -Mike > > On 1/26/07, Eoin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm a big fan of the nominal-pay service. > > > > On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 10:29 -0500, J. Milgram wrote: > > > > > > Eoin - > > > > > > Clueless isn't a problem. What got you through was the "willing" and the > > > right attitude. But I've run into one too many users who just want > > > everything to work without having to do any work themselves. Sometimes > > > accompanied by an attitude that they're doing you a favor by trying > > > Linux. Unfortunately it's our own enthusiasm that helps this happen. > > > > > > All that said I don't want to be the damp towel here so by all means why > > > not give it a try. I see a number of people interested so why not "adopt" > > > a local school and arrange a group of UMLUG-ers to support them. If the > > > maintenance burden is spread out over a few people it might work better. > > > And I would charge a nominal fee (however small) as people tend to > > > appreciate things they pay for and it'll help keep the relationship > > > professional. > > > > > > And ... if/when you get serious, let me know because I may be able to > > > round up a box or two for the cause. > > > > > > Judah > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 25 Jan 2007, Eoin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > > > > > > I remember when mine was the OPC - I was clueless, but willing. > > > > > > > > I can genuinely say that without help from UM-LUG members, I would not > > > > be a Linux user. > > > > > > > > Eoin > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2007-01-24 at 22:25 -0500, Judah Milgram wrote: > > > >> Beware of OPC [1] syndrome. > > > > > > > >> [1] Other Peoples' Computers > > > >> > > > >> It's not just the install and setup. You'll have to hold their hands > > > >> forever, else sooner or later they'll run into a problem they can't > > > >> solve and if you're not available right then and there it'll be "we > > > >> tried Linux and got burned". > > > >> > > > >> Especially unpromising if you have to "convince" someone they want > > > >> Linux. > > > >> > > > >> I see a reply from Eoin ... maybe his experience says something > > > >> different. > > > >> > > > >> Judah > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Matt Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> I've recently started to look into the idea of assisting private > > > >>> schools and > > > >>> non profits in migrating over to linux. Has anyone else already done > > > >>> this > > > >>> sort of thing? With the summer break a few months out this seems like > > > >>> it is > > > >>> a good time of year to come together and start planning, convincing, > > > >>> whatever is needed before any actual installs take place. > > > >>> > > > >>> Feedback, experience, whatever? > > > >>> > > > >>> -Matt > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > >
