[ubuntu-uk] [Marketing] Help with custom live CD please?

[Rob Beard]

alan c wrote:
> Alec Wright wrote:
>> On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 15:58 +0100, alan c wrote:
>>> I have a window of opportunity to attract attention in a large charity 
>>> I have helped in the past, and I could very much use a custom (Ubuntu) 
>>> live CD with a only a few differences from the standard:
>> Just out of interest, what charity is it? Or are you not saying? I think
>> I might remember you saying that you wouldn't say.... Or that might have
>> been someone else (I'm not searching through 400 emails to check!)
> 
> Off the record ( :-) ) it is Age Concern. The reason for the secret is 
> that I have not had contact (yet) at the national level (they have 
> been flooded so I have postponed a call to them) - Age Concern England 
> (ACE). I have talked to AC Berkshire (where I set up and ran their 
> popular internet cafe). Note though that the AC organisation is a very 
> federated structure, although there is a funding stream from the units 
> to the top and also downwards (such as from microsoft for example). 
> Age Concern Reading is for example a high street small shop and other 
> activities.
> 
> It would be indiscreet to be discussing stuff too actively without 
> contact with ACE and more specifically, the customisation in Ubuntu I 
> propose is use of their Logo, at this stage obviously without 
> permission so it obviously is proof of concept only and not for 
> distribution.
> 
> I will hope to include the suggestion to them that in the next couple 
> of years (or less) there will undoubtedly be a distro aimed at older 
> novices and vulnerable users, and there is currently an opportunity 
> for them to be in the lead with this. It will happen anyway, though 
> not necessarily with them of course.
> 
> Age Concern are very computer friendly for their clients. I know that 
> a few years ago ACE were involved with a national survey  and they 
> were a bit surprised then to discover that more of their clients had 
> questions about computers than had Qs about funerals, insurances and 
> health etc, the latter being the more traditional areas of interest.
> 
> I became involved with ACE (specifically AC Hampshire, later AC 
> Berkshire) soon after that when they introduced a Computerbus -  a 
> double decker for remote location sessions. I was involved for several 
> years following that and only resigned last year with regret because I 
> became quite convinced that windows was not appropriate for their 
> clients (or for many other users either, another story!).
> 
> The idea is a good one, however, most people think computers 'are' 
> windows. Also friends and family members (helpers) (FOFM) are also 
> windows usually, as are ACE IT group, and the first step needs to be 
> an awareness of an option, then benefits,
> 
> With hardware upgrades being in vogue then family hand me downs are 
> good for ubuntu. Particular benefits I can see being attractive are 
> cost and very specially, good security. Older and vulnerable users are 
> sensitive to security.
> 
> A nationwide network of volunteers to set up their computers might be 
> useful too.......... Maybe we can develop that one.

Sounds good.  I'm sure there are plenty of Linux users out there in user 
groups across the country who could offer help in their areas.  I know I 
certainly would be happy to help where possible.

Good luck with it.  I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Rob