[sf-lug] Fw: Another volunteer & next steps

[Tom Haddon]

On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 00:13 -0700, Michael Blanc wrote:
> Kami Griffiths at CompuMentor has sent me this update on the status of
> her project. Who's got one of those Ubuntu disks to loan?
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(Replied from wrong email address, so I'm not sure if it got through -
apologies for duplication).

I have copies of both stock Ubuntu and the alternate install CD which is
recommended for installation on lower resource systems (it's a text
based installer instead of the LiveCD/GUI installer). Happy to give
those as needed and can make other copies if needed.

Thanks, Tom

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kami Griffiths <kgriffiths at compumentor.org>
> To: Michael Blanc <mblanc at znet.com>
> Date: Monday, June 18, 2007 4:34 PM
> Subject: Another volunteer & next steps
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> Michael,
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> I was going through my email and realized that someone else from
> SF-LUG was interested in helping. I’ve added his name to the bottom of
> this list:
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> Tom Haddon, tom at greenleaftech.net
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> Catherine Jones, cathjone at eskimo.com
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> Cristina, cristina_errors at yahoo.com
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> Ron, rondosxx at yahoo.com
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> I heard back from the senior center and they aren’t interested in the
> donation, but there’s a housing project in the Lower Haight I’ve been
> working with that has old equipment (that can also be converted to
> Linux) as well as space to store extra equipment. They’re current PCs
> are 8 years old running a mixture of NT and Windows 2000 and super
> slow. They don’t have the admin passwords anymore so there’s not much
> we can do to fix them. 
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> I’m about to send an email to Romel to work out a time to pick up the
> donation, I have a friend with a pickup truck who I hope is free to
> help transport them. Can we schedule some time to talk? There are
> several details to discuss:
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> §         Getting the necessary Ubuntu/Edubuntu install disks
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> §         Schedule time to test one 
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> §         Scheduling the volunteers and planning that day
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> This is really exciting and I appreciate your help and interest in
> helping make this a success! 
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> Thanks!
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> Kami
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