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> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Update : > > I have the Public Liability Insurance covering up to £2M per "incident" > / claim. > > We also have property damage cover (maximum £10,000). > Equipment cover up to £2,500. > > The cover cost £55.65 > Hall Rental £25.00 > > Total (So Far) £80.65 > > > I am going to be accepting donations on the day from anyone who feels > that its not fare for one individual to be paying all these costs ! > > What I do not have at the moment is any sort of PAT testing on the > equipment. Personally I would feel happier if the mobile LTSP kit has > been PAT tested, but I guess individuals will possibly bring their own > laptops / equipment for demonstration purposes that have not been PAT > tested. It is not a stipulation of the insurance that we have PAT tested > equipment. > > As you know as a feature of this event I am trying to get a video > connection set up with KLUG in the Cameroon, inviting young children to > engage in internet chat with their counterparts here in the UK. Tomorrow > I will concentrate on Emailing all the schools in Torbay area to see if > I can drum up some interest. > > > Tom. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkjGx6QACgkQBX2gJWUv0isuoQCfZYLGHf6Zga+ZnNdBG9wAQ3U4 > J78An01ba2ATSj+aS9+z02cPmgSIfD+A > =wTME > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > Tom, The response I got from the school to my polite request to possibly 'sponsoring' the cost of some OpenCD's to give out, or advertising the SFD was: 'We are committed to becoming a business and enterprise Microsoft user. We see no reason to promote the use of untested software that comes with no warranty as to its suitability for use.' Whilst I personally consider the statement just a tad on the comical side (e.g. the world renowned lack of fitness for purpose of a lot of commercial products!) I fear that this is the brainless approach that we will be up against. Schools get massively reduced rates on M$ products, and then spend masses of cash on making them work on the rather tired hardware we use. Case in point.. a network M$ Office 2007 installation on a Celeron 1.8Ghz 512Mb Ram desktop took nearly 2 1/2 hours!. I hope it gets a better response from this from some of the ore enlightened schools, but I for one, won't be holding my breath! Adam -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html