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Today's Topics:

1. Fwd: clug [sgibson@Oxfam.org.uk: [ecampaigning] The Community Linux Mobile Training Centre Proposal] (MJ Ray) 2. Fwd: [uklugs] A question about training....I would appreciate some feedback. (MJ Ray) 3. Linux Install Day 2002 -- Your LUG Needs YOU! (MJ Ray) 4. Fwd: [Alug] Weekly IRC reminder (MJ Ray)

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Message: 1 To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 17:29:56 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] Fwd: clug [sgibson@Oxfam.org.uk: [ecampaigning] The Community Linux Mobile Training Centre Proposal]

Maybe of interest to ALUG too. Sorry if you've seen it already.

----- Forwarded message from mobbsey@gn.apc.org -----

Hi all,

I thought I'd alert you to a thing I'm working up with the Free Range Network - "The Community Linux Mobile Training Centre".

I thought some you might like to give it a little publicity to help get the project working, and then perhaps even hire it out one day!

The project proposal is at: http://www.fraw.org.uk/archive/rangers/cltc/cltc_proposal.html

Basically we wanted to develop a mobile ICT training centre that could operate in a community centre, or in the middle of a field at gatherings sich as Glastonbury or the Big Green Gathering. This proposal is what we came up with. We've tried to get funding from funding bodies for four years, but they really have problems funding something as vague as 'training people to do anything they want to do'.

If you'd like more details please get in touch.

P.

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Message: 2 To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:32:59 +0100 Subject: [Alug Announce] Fwd: [uklugs] A question about training....I would appreciate some feedback.

Can you help this chap with his market research?

Thanks,

MJR

From: "Robert Chapman" robertc@dircon.co.uk Subject: [uklugs] A question about training....I would appreciate some feedback. Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:12:32 +0100 Reply-To: "Robert Chapman" robertc@dircon.co.uk

I won't be so brazen as to say who I work for but for about 8 months we have been "gently" advertising Linux training courses.

Firstly LCA and more recently LPI.

However no one really seems at all interested in it.

If you go to a search engine and type "linux training" we come out near the top or at the top! So it can't be that people aren't finding us.

So my question to the Linux community is (and if your members could be forwarded this email I would be grateful) : Why is this?

Thanks for listening and hopefully responding,

Robert.

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Message: 3 To: announce@lists.alug.org.uk From: MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 21:53:43 GMT Subject: [Alug Announce] Linux Install Day 2002 -- Your LUG Needs YOU!

Hi Announce subscribers,

Organisation for this year's Linux Install Days is going ahead at a furious pace. ALUG is running events on both the 19th May at Syleham near Diss and 9th June at UEA Norwich. Some details can be seen at http://www.alug.org.uk/contrib/?LinuxInstallDay2002 and the national event site is http://www.linuxinstallday.org/

If you want to see what GNU/Linux can do, please come along to one of the events and introduce yourself to us. If you want help with installing on a computer you're bringing, please fill out the help request form at http://www.linuxinstallday.org/

Also, I'm asking for your help in making this event a success. The first date is now only about ten days away, so we need to start getting information out to libraries, offices, computer shops and local noticeboards. You can download PDFs of posters and leaflets at the web site. Please add a note if you start publicising the event, so we know who's active in each area and try to cover most of them.

Help is needed at the actual events, too. If you're good at installing GNU/Linux onto systems, especially if you've experience at dual-booting, then please make yourself known, either on the main@lists.alug.org.uk list, or just to the venue organiser.

Thanks for reading,