[KLUG Members] Re: Linux in high schools.

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>Thank you to all that have volunteered or offered some assistance
>with Linux in a Education environment.
>I am very excited to see what and how to use Linux in our school
>system.I must also say that this will be a difficult and challenging project
>but, I believe that the end result will be worth it. At this point we have a 
>school agreement signed with MS and are setting up a Exchange server this 
>summer. I pretty much had to use this to resolve some of the issues at our 
>school. I also know with the way MS have been changing the OS and licenses
>pricing, I better find a cheaper OS and software or this school will not be 
>able to afford technology.

Evidence that they are NOT a monopoly! ;}

>The next couple of weeks will be very hecktic for me and my techs.
>(Summer is here and all the technology work needs to be completed prior to 
>the teachers arriving). I will contact Ralph and other on this list to let 
>you know when we can get stated with the Linux testing. I will setup a lab 
>and a second domain to test and configure Linux. I think we should start 
>with a meeting to discussed what we would like to accomplish with this 
>project. If everyone agrees with this, then we can setup a date and time 
>for this meeting. Once again, thank you everyone that has offered to help.

I suggest the following couple of items:

1.  Request that that officers create a inschool@kalamazoolinux.org list so
people interested in this can post at will without bothering the entire list.

2. Someone survery Linux In School projects like K12 and SEUL to see what has
been done elsewhere, for instance, SEUL has a large education-oriented OSS
index.  No reason to re-invent the wheel.

3. Maybe even get a few people from other projects to join our list.

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