[wellylug] A little project - Organising

Glen Ogilvie nelg at linuxsolutions.co.nz
Tue Jul 16 18:44:36 NZST 2002


If we are lucky enough to get identical hardware on all of these boxes, I have 
some linux software that allows one to be built, then all the others to be 
mirrored, meaning that we could get one setup, then just duplicate it, saving 
some time..  provided the hardware, is or course, the same.

Glen

On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:18, Rob Giltrap - Ubiety Group wrote:
> Klenner, Colin wrote:
> > The offer of PC's is excellent but there are a number of minor issues to
> > cover off before we all get carried away.
> >
> > - Additional details from the Trust are needed such as: What
> > organisations are eligible, when do the PC's become available, what is
> > the complete specification (screens, keyboards, mice, hdd size, floppy,
> > CD, NIC, modem),
> > where they can be picked up, who can store some while they are
> > built/distributed? One person should get this information, any
> > volunteers? - Some suitable recipients needs to be identified and then
> > approached about
> > the offer from the 2020 Trust. They will need to make their submission to
> > the Trust and we will have to work out a timetable and authority to
> > pick the
> > PC's up. Everyone should work on this but it should come together to a
> > couple of people to coordinate inforamtion, any volunteers?
> > - A workshop would be ideal for bulding the PC's if there are a
> > reasonable number. This can be arranged once the numbers are known, but
> > can we get one
> > so we try a variety of builds and come up with an ideal?
>
> Colin
>
> I should clarify that the current lot of PC's have been allocated to
> charitable orgainsations already but have not been delivered as yet. PC
> recycling is ongoing and there are expected to be more every year.
>
> The ideal is for us to come up with the solutions and run a pilot of a
> small number of organisations. The 2020 Trust (which is national but
> originated in Wgtn) can then replicate this throughout NZ. What I'm
> saying is that we shouldn't try and tackle the logistics of the whole
> 400 PC's (unless we have a guarateed perfect solution at hand).
>
> We could store the PC's at the J-ville community centre or I have room
> to store a few of them in my office at home (in J-ville) and a large
> basement (dry/secure) if there is overflow.
>
> Rob.
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