[dundee] A call to action... Seeding Dundee!

[Robert Ladyman]

Well, having been guilty of seeding before (no Carry On jokes, please), I'll 
volunteer.


> Okay as mentioned on the other thread [1] I like many others on this
> list have dozens and dozens (possibly a hundred or so) Linux
> Magazines...
> 
> Though they've all been read, their value to me is wasted as they sit
> gathering dust, and unlike most technology magazines, the articles in
> Linux magazines stay relevant for many, many years.  Despite Linux's
> pace, an article on bash scripting written in 1995 is likely as
> relevant and useful then as it is today.
> 
> Like it or not Linux Magazines, with their how-to guides on Linux,
> Unix, BSD, Free and Open Source Software, Programming and Hardware
> Hacking currently represent the ONLY mainstream form of the hobbyist
> computer market.
> 
>  "In the 1980s, you could look up from your Commodore 64, hours after
> purchasing it, with a glossy feeling of empowerment, achieved by the
> pattern of notes spewing from the speaker grille in an endless loop.
> You were part of the movement to help machines sing! You were a
> programmer!"  _why the lucky stiff
> 
> Instead children today are introduced to a world of proprietary
> systems, appliances which are not only locked down, but who's
> development tools are commercial or proprietary...  The hobbyist
> computing environment which led to the birth of Personal Computing and
> much of the innovation we see on the Internet is under increasing
> threat.
> 
> This *NEEDS* to be addressed, as it's an issue we all care about!!
> It's not even a Linux or Free Software issue, it's a more fundamental
> educational one!  For this reason, I'd happily hand out the odd M$ rag
> if it had a high density of good hobbyist computing articles in it
> (but in my experience they don't).
> 
> THE PROPOSAL
> -----------------------
> 
> 0) Gather a large supply of donated Linux Magazines.  (I alone have
> got about 2 or 3 foot of them!)
> 
> 1) Print off some fliers for the LUG/Linux-Society.
> 
> 2) Promote this in advance on the web and try to get some press
> publicity before hand.
> 
> 3) Find and agree upon a suitable weekend....  I suggest one within
> the next 2 months!
> 
> 4) Show up in force in the town centre, and give the magazines to
> anyone who wants them...  (Preferably kids).
> 
> 5) Take lots of photos
> 
> 6) Publish the photos on the blog, further promoting the cause.
> 
> 
> THE BIG QUESTIONS
> --------------------------------
> 
> 0) Who's joining me?
> 
> 1) Who else is joining me?
> 
> 2) Who's got the penguin suit?
> 
> 3) Who's willing to donate magazines?
> 
> 4) When shall we do it?
> 
> [1] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/dundee/2010-January/007126.html
> 

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