We had a really cool event here at the public middle school that our community is supporting with FOSS. There must have been 1000 teachers here for a conference called "Teachers for Social Justice." It was awesome. We took a number of them through the Edubuntu Linux lab. They seemed to be reasonably well impressed. Two of those visiting the lab were members of the Board of Education for SFUSD.
<br><br>My own personal goal for this lab has been to have a bit of a ripple effect. The two members who visited had different reactions. I won't reveal their identities here on the list because we do have a least one Microsoft employees who has been to CABAL barbecues (with Rick's permission, of course), and so I don't want to put that person in the awkward position of feeling the need to discuss it with his superiors.
<br><br>At any rate, one of the Board members said that he / she felt that this lab could be a useful example of what is possible, but would not commit to helping do anything to bring FOSS to SFUSD; and the other Board member said that there are changes going on that might help accelerate adoption and he / she suggested some steps that we could take to try to get the FOSS camel's nose in under the tent. But that Board member also said he / she "would not do anything to pull the rug out from under" the feet of the SFUSD IT department. I suggested that we think about ways to contact some of the personnel involved with the changes, and so that was kind of useful.
<br><br>So if anyone is interested in discussing this further off list, please let me know. <br><br>See ya.<br>