D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] Exwick Community Centre Open Day - 7th Feb 2009 12pm to 4:30pm

 

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Rob Beard wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> For those of you who might not be able to make it all the way over to 
> Paignton on Saturday, I thought I'd mention the Exwick Community Centre 
> open day in Exeter.  It will be held from 12pm to 4:30pm at the Exwick 
> Community Centre on Kinnerton Way in Exwick.  For those of you with 
> satnav, the postcode is EX4 2PR.  The Community Centre can be found on 
> Kinnerton Way next to the basket ball court and above a shop.  Parking 
> is fairly limited although you'd probably be able to park along the road 
> by the centre.
> 
> At the open day we're hoping to have the official launch of the new 
> computer suite which features the LTSP Server that I managed to help 
> secure funding with from the Gemini FM Charitable Trust.  The server 
> itself is running Ubuntu 8.04.2 and there are 6 client machines hanging 
> off the server.
> 
> It would be a perfect opportunity to talk to the residents of Exwick 
> about Free/Open Source software and demonstrate it actually being used.  
> Trevor who runs the community centre has also asked me about 
> demonstrating it to the Mayor of Exeter too which if anything might 
> strengthen our cause about getting Open Source software into the local 
> government.
> 
> It would be great if some of you could come along, IIRC Simon has 
> already said he may be able to come along but if anyone else can make it 
> I would be grateful for the support.
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
While I can;t make it (organised the meet in Paignton), I would
encourage at least some members to go along and give Rob a hand,  talk
to people and promote OSS in the best way we can.

I wonder if we can set up irc chat between exwick and paignton :)



Paul

- --
Paul Sutton
www.zleap.net
Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf
http://www.odfalliance.org
Next Linux User Group meet : Feb 7th : 3pm,  Shoreline Cafe Paignton
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

iEYEARECAAYFAkmJimkACgkQaggq1k2FJq3o+wCfTQh57Bh3KRVzC4CiIPsgQEyj
UpUAn0ympqCPlILdArg5948FYfAt5NfN
=naGM
-----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