[BALUG-Talk] Ubuntu Community Day at LinuxWorld

[bosoxsux]

"John Menerick" <onewingaengel at gmail.com> wrote:

I would be more than willing to help out.  Where can I start?

John Menerick
http://www.icehax.us

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Besides other suggestions for volunteering on the day of Ubucon itself, Untangle's & ACCRC's Installfest for Schools happens to be running on ALL THREE full days of LinuxWorld, August 5th-7th.  
Andrew already put out the word for this on BALUG (below), so this is just a reminder of this opportunity to be an untangled Ubunteer (Ubuntu+volunteer??:D) 
This Installfest is also listed at www.linuxworldexpo.com near the bottom of the page's middle 'Exhibit Hall' column, with a link to the LW Expo 'Installfest for Schools details' page http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/ehall//SN264817 

gnuluck,
-bosoxsux 

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From:  	"Andrew Fife" <afife at untangle.com>
To:  	<balug-talk at lists.balug.org>
Subject:  	[BALUG-Talk] Installfest for Schools
Date:  	Thu 07/24/2008 12:55 PM
Hi Folks:

I'm very pleased to announce that Untangle & ACCRC have teamed up with LinuxWorld (Aug 5-7) for our second Installfest for Schools.  The first ACCRC/Untangle Installfest for Schools in March refurbished 350 Ubuntu computers for schools[1].  This time we've gotten a large booth on the expo floor and will have workstations setup for volunteers to refurbish recycled computers with Ubuntu and GnewSense.  We particularly need help with the following:

1)Installing Ubuntu and/or gNewSense 
2)Hacking older hardware and identifying good/bad components

You can signup for a work station here:

http://www.untangle.com/installfest

Also, if you know of a school in need of computers that’s willing to try GNU/Linux please nominate them here:

http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_collect&task=installfestNominate&Itemid=1426

And if you have an older computer that you want to donate or recycle, please bring it to LinuxWorld.  ACCRC will have a collection booth setup and can provide tax deductable receipts.  PIII and newer systems will be refurbished with Ubuntu for schools.  Older systems will be recycled properly by the ACCRC.

Lastly, we are always looking for help getting the word out.  If you want to give the event some love on your blog, Digg, StumbleUpon, Slashdot, or some crazy forum please link to the main installfest page, which is http://www.untangle.com/installfest

Thanks so much for your help!

-Andrew

P.S. The LinuxWorld Expo free if you register before the conference starts here:
https://register.rcsreg.com/regos-1.0/lnsf2008/ga/index2.html

References:
[1]Here is a writeup of the first event: http://lwn.net/Articles/273770/ and here are some pictures: http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=355&Itemid=139

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Andrew Fife
Untangle - The Open Source Network Gateway
www.untangle.com/download



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