[LUG] FW: [ossg-announcements] Meeting: Open Source in Schools (7th Jun e, London)

["Darke, Clive" <Clive.darke@xxxxxx>]

Is anyone is interested, you don't have to be a BCS member to attend.

 

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Subject: [ossg-announcements] Meeting: Open Source in Schools (7th June, London)

On behalf of the OSSG Chairman:

The British Computer Society Open Source Specialist Group is pleased to announce
Open Source in Schools meeting on 7^th June 2005 from 6pm to 8pm. Meeting location details below.

Registration for this event is at http://ossg.bcs.org/events/ - space is limited and so registration is required.

The speakers are John Osborne, Deputy Head Orwell High School Felixstowe and Andy Trevor, Technical Director Cutter Project

John Osborne - “Deployment of Open Source at Orwell High School”.
The new Orwell IT system has been featured on the BBC Working Lunch program, and in the Times Education Supplement. Orwell High School has been invited to join the Specialist School's ICT Register to advise schools thinking of making similar changes.

John commented:
” As part of the reorganisation of our computer systems we have made a switch to an Open Source platform. This will allow us to make significant savings on our software licensing bill without compromising on the quality of the software available to our students."

“Instead of using Microsoft Windows and Office systems we have switched to a Linux and Star Office platform. Many organisations and businesses have already made this change.”

“Students now have secure individual user accounts, email addresses and can access their mail and work from home.”

“Security has improved tremendously, and we are able to run our computers for longer before they need replacing.”

Andy Trevor - “Open Source technology in education”.

Cutter is a low-cost low-maintenance desktop software environment intended for schools, academic institutions and other organisations wishing to use reliable, low-cost desktop software for office automation and other tasks. Cutter's goal is to simplify the process of selecting and installing software that works well and to ensure that there is commercial support for its users. The judicious use of Open Source components with full commercial support is at the core of Cutter's approach.

Cutter draws from tried and trusted sources to provide a framework that is easy to install and maintain, has good reference sites and is known to work. Cost of ownership and simplicity of management is essential. Cutter doesn't just work well locally: the fully integrated remote access facilities are a boon to those working from home or maintaining Cutter systems.

Cutter is predominantly based on Open Source software such as Linux whilst maintaining excellent support for applications that will only run on Microsoft Windows™. Dramatic savings in hardware, licensing and administration costs are only one of the reasons for selecting Cutter: peace of mind and high levels of immunity to viruses and security threats may be just as important.

The meeting venue & schedule details are:

BCS London Office - Southampton Street
First Floor, The Davidson Building,
5 Southampton Street
London
WC2E 7HA

Tel: 01793 417666
Fax: 01793 417669

6.00pm – 6.30pm Meeting assembles
6.30pm – 7.10pm John Osborne Deputy Head Orwell High School
”Open Source at Orwell High School”

7.10pm – 7.25pm comfort break & refreshments

7.25pm – 8.00pm Andy Trevor The Cutter Project Limited
”Open Source Technology in education”

8.00pm Meeting closes

Map: http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&db=pc&lang=&addr1=&client=public&addr2=&advanced=&addr3=&pc=WC2E7HA&quicksearch=WC2E+7HA&cidr_client=none

Nearest Mainline station: Charing Cross
Nearest Underground: Covent Garden

 
Please do not hesitate contacting me should you have any queries.

Regards,

Patrick Tarpey
patrick.tarpey@xxxxxxxxxx

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Chairman
BCS Open Source Specialist Group.

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