[sf-lug] Save the date! Sat Dec 6 tech fair at St. Anthony

[Christian Einfeldt]

hi,

On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Kevin J. Smith <kevinjsmith at gmail.com>wrote:

> Christian:
>
> I'm all signed up. The website that has a registration form and other info
> can be found here - http://is.gd/8HZV (shortened the URL - you can also
> browse to it from the root page of http://www.sfconnect.org )
>

Thanks for this link, Kevin!


> If you are on the fence about it, let me say that it is a really great
> opportunity to use your tech or people skills to help other people that are
> in rough socioeconomic circumstances bridge the technology divide. I had an
> awesome time during the last Tech Fair and hope even more people decide to
> come out - the more the merrier.


Hey, what an awesome plug for this event!  It is truly uplifting to do
something to help others!  And it also helps us get the word out about
FOSS.  Perhaps most important, we are forging a strong alliance with St.
Anthony, one of the most successful charities in San Francisco.

St. Anthony is now housing Linux boxes for us, so that we don't have to
schlep the boxes over there for each of these events.  And we are working on
a pilot project to have a permanent Linux pilot project at St. Anthony.

Speaking personally for myself only, I know that I have felt that FOSS is
somewhat ignored by the mainstream.  It is very refreshing to have a
successful mainstream charity take an interest in helping us do outreach to
those who can best be helped by Linux boxes.

c u
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