pmgazz wrote: > >> Details of an Ubuntu-UK/Canonical event in London on the 13th July >> focussed on Ubuntu in Business. . . . > >> Exhibiting at non-tech events, such as car boot sales and goat festivals >> (there is a link to that but you will have to read the minutes to find it) >> > How about VCS (aka NGOs)? I already organise events which publicise > FOSS in general and Ubuntu in particular for this sector in > partnership with infrastructure organisations such as LCVS and ELCVS > Network (am doing some Ubuntu demos for VCOs at City.comm CVS Fair > next week for example). I do a handout and have racked up a fair bit > of experience in talking to non-techies about Ubuntu. > > I've just got a bit of Lottery funding to set up a portable Ubuntu > training suite and some free 'taster' sessions for VCOs - which I'll > be getting together over the next couple of months. I will do a bit of alphabet soup translation for those wondering why a Version Control System might also be known as an NGO VCS= Voluntary and Community Sector NGO=Non Governmental Organisation LCVS=Liverpool Charitable and Voluntary Services? ELCVS=East London Councils for Voluntary Service Network VCO= Voluntary or Charitable Organisation
The portable Ubuntu training suite sounds very interesting, I look forward to hearing more about that. > > I've done a couple of pilots with VCOs - one with an LTSP and a couple > with stand-alone desktops. All the 'guineapigs' are still using their > Ubuntu setups one-year down the line. LTSP, at least that one is what we would expect it to be! > > Skimmed the minutes, but missed the link, can someone save me a bit of > time and paste the link? Much obliged . . . > > Paula minutes are always at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/LastMeeting the link to the goat festival is http://akgraner.com/?p=471 <http://akgraner.com/?p=471> Alan. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
