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

 

On 04/02/2009 12:30, Paul Sutton wrote:
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> Rob Beard wrote:
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>> 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
>>
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> 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 :)
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> Paul
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Hey, I might be able to get a webcam up and running if I'm there early 
enough.

Rob


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