[Ubuntu Chicago] quiet around here

[Robert Stolorz]

Any ideas as to where we will be meeting. I wouldn't mind CLC. Also, for 
those living in Chicago I could drive you up. I prefer that over taking 
the L since it's a rather far walk for me. As for Feb 23rd that works 
for me. Also, someone mentioned Teleconferencing, I have both Skype and 
free incoming calls on my cell and a couple OS VOIP clients on my 
laptop. So whatever people want to do.

Patrick Green wrote:
> Feb 23rd is a capital idea!!!!!
>
> On Jan 31, 2008 11:18 AM, Eddie Martinez <eddiemartinez at gmail.com 
> <mailto:eddiemartinez at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     hey alll. I like the ideas thoughts, concerns, etc. we are all
>     having. I think a meeting is in order. can we make it the 23rd? im
>     available on the 16th as well, but i would like to use that day to
>     go visit my brother and sister instead. however, you can meet
>     without me if you want. the 23rd would also give us more time to
>     figure out more ideas, clarify any points that we want to make, etc.
>
>     thanks all for your efforts,
>
>     -eddie m.
>
>     On Jan 31, 2008 3:03 AM, Robert Stolorz <robert at feratechinc.com
>     <mailto:robert at feratechinc.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hey guys,
>
>         Sorry for not contributing earlier, but I've been very busy.
>         Be warned this will be a long e-mail. A lot of the things
>         discussed I have already put some planning into. As always
>         feel free to take in or disregard anything here.
>         _*
>         Skills*_*_:
>         _*In terms of skills and experience. I'm pretty comfortable
>         with most technologies. I know both Windows and Linux pretty
>         well from the standard user perspective to the more technical
>         side. I run my own web server and have plenty of experience
>         with the software involved. I also do all my own graphic
>         designs meaning I can do any design work and have thorough
>         experience with Gimp and Photoshop.
>
>         As for teaching experience I have a Bachelor's degree in
>         Psychology. I have taken several courses in education. I also
>         have experience teaching both large lectures and private
>         tutoring. I was hired by the Chicago Public Schools to do some
>         part time teaching as well but in the end turned down the
>         position.
>
>         *_Courses:
>         _*1. Free is always good. It is a great advertising strategy
>         and will guarantee exposure.
>         2. Not everything should be free but no charge for
>         introductory courses is a good start.
>         3. Provide free access to all teaching materials. This is
>         huge! I deal with companies that train teachers on technology
>         like Word, Excel and PowerPoint all the time. Every single
>         time I talk to any of the teachers their biggest complaint is
>         that teaching materials aren't provided, there is nothing to
>         refer back to. These companies copyright all their materials
>         and refuse to distribute them.
>         4. Having a website is essential. A wiki system is good
>         because teaching resources can updated and changed on the fly.
>         Also students can update and provide input on the content as well.
>
>         *_Course Structure:_*
>         1. Free introductory classes to Ubuntu. This would cover
>         differences between Windows, general use like internet,
>         e-mail, and documents.
>         2. General public courses for document processing, graphics,
>         e-mail and website design. OpenOffice is so similar to
>         Microsoft that the classes can even be marketed as a general
>         class for both. Also, classes can be advertised that the
>         software is distributed for free. No need to worry about
>         licenses or fees the cost of the classes would be less than
>         the software itself. Now that's a great advertising program.
>         3. Advanced programs for businesses which would be a little
>         more expensive. This would cover things for businesses like
>         using the OpenSource available finance programs, shared
>         calendars, and other office productivity applications.
>
>         All software should be distributed free of charge with each class.
>         *_
>         Advertising:
>         _*There is nothing better than doing projects. I haven't had
>         much time to follow up with the project I brought up. It will
>         take a at least a month to do an inventory and get to the
>         point of proposing the project to the school. So far they have
>         been very receptive. For this there would at least be an
>         article in the paper about it. Also, for the free classes I
>         could easily distribute those to all the schools I work for.
>
>         *_The Future:
>         _*The Chicago Arch Diocese spends millions a year to teach
>         teachers simple things like Microsoft Office. This could
>         easily be replaced by OpenOffice and additional training to
>         include Linux/Ubuntu. I have several meetings planned with the
>         head of teaching technology within the Arch Diocese to try to
>         promote Open Source software.
>
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