[ale] Fwd: [K12OSN] NECC 2007 Open Source Pavilion - Looking for Volunteers!

[James P. Kinney III]

I'm talking with Steve later today. We've done the "email thing".

On Mon, 2007-05-21 at 12:13 -0400, William Fragakis wrote:
> This is a pretty big deal that is happening in Atlanta this June. If
> anyone can lend a hand, please email Steve. If you'd like to see more
> Linux in GA schools, that is ;-).
> 
> regards,
> William
> 
> 
> From: "Steve Hargadon" <steve.hargadon at gmail.com>
> Subject: [K12OSN] NECC 2007 Open Source Pavilion - Looking for
>         Volunteers!
> To: schoolforge-discuss at schoolforge.net,        "Support list for open
> source
>         software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
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> 
> OK, NECC is coming up (June 25 - 27 in Atlanta), and this is a
> combination of a status report and a call for volunteers.
> 
> Please forward this email to your Free and Open Source Software friends!
> 
> NECC is the National Educational Computing Conference
> (center.uoregon.edu/ISTE/NECC2007), and it attracts over 15,000
> educators each year.  It's arguable one of the largest (if not the
> largest) educational technology shows in the world.  For the last
> several years NECC has supported an "Open Source Pavilion" (apologies
> to Richard Stallman) with an Linux thin-client lab for demonstration
> purposes.  Last year we added a speaker series, which is now a part of
> their main program.  This year we are getting our own large room (!!)
> and adjacent hallway space.  Hurrah!
> 
> This year's speakers can be seen at our organizing wiki:
> http://necc2007.wikispaces.com/Speakers.  There will also be two
> "Birds of a Feather" sessions on FLOSS:
> http://necc2007.wikispaces.com/Birds+of+a+Feather.
> 
> OK.  Now, about getting help!
> 
> We could really use:
> 
> 1.  Setup volunteers.  We'll set up the lab and computers late
> Saturday afternoon / evening (June 23).  Maybe we'll get some pizzas and
> make it
> a party.
> 
> 2.  Volunteer for "milling around" Monday through Wednesday (25th -
> 27th).
> The Open Source Pavilion needs folks who'll just answer questions
> (mostly really basic) about what FLOSS is.  Come for an hour, or come
> for three days.
> 
> 3.  "Playground booths," same three days.  These are 5 - 10 stations
> where we'll be
> demonstrating different FLOSS programs.  Previously we've showcased
> OpenOffice, GIMP, Audacity, Linspire, SchoolTool, Edubuntu, Moodle,
> Firefox, and Knoppix.  We're open to just about anything that you'd
> like to demonstrate that will give our attendees some good hands-on,
> one-on-one demonstrations.  If you can bring your own computer, that
> helps, but if you can't just let us know.  We also welcome proposals
> from commercial
> vendors who will commit themselves to also supporting the FLOSS ideals
> and helping out in general.
> 
> You can go to the wiki (http://necc2007.wikispaces.com) to sign up to
> volunteer or send me and email letting me know what you can do.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> --
> Steve Hargadon
> steve at hargadon.com
> www.SteveHargadon.com
> 916-899-1400
> 
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James P. Kinney III          
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