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

[Axel]

Hi,

can assist by 4 and 5

Axel


Quoting gordon dunlop <zubenel at fedoraproject.org>:

> On 23 February 2010 23:49, Rick Moynihan <rick.moynihan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>>   I will be there.
>
>
>> 1) Who else is joining me?
>>
>> 2) Who's got the penguin suit?
>>
>> 3) Who's willing to donate magazines?
>>
>>   Good excuse to clean out the garage, I have plenty of Linux magazines to
> donate.
>
>
>> 4) When shall we do it?
>>
>>  A weekend when the weather forecast says it will be sunny.
>
>
>> [1] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/dundee/2010-January/007126.html
>>
>> --
>> Rick Moynihan
>> http://twitter.com/RickMoynihan
>> http://delicious.com/InkyHarmonics
>> http://sourcesmouth.co.uk/
>>
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