[Gllug] LinuxVolunteering summary

[Rev Simon Rumble]

Thanks for the summary Alex.  Very good!

On Tue 01 Oct, Alex Gonzalez bloviated thus:

> 1) Decide a name. Proposals: squad-geek ( Simon, correct me if incorrect 
> ),  LinuxVolunteering.

Geek Squad.  LinuxVolunteering is just a bit too, umm,
straightforward, for my liking.  But hey, I used to work for dot-coms
with names like "Spike" and "Wide West" :)

> 2) Set up a mailing list. Maybe introduce ourselves and send some kind 
> of skill list to make clear areas of expertise, who to ask when and 
> about what, and what we can offer as a group.

Yes.  Who runs the linux.co.uk mailing lists?  The sooner we get this
set up, the better.

> 4) Speak about PC recycling. What if the NGOs don't have adequate 
> equipment, can we help?  In www.do-it.org.uk I found a NGO which recycle 
> PCs and equipment. Should we contact them to see if they would help 
> other NGOs?

PC recycling is a high maintenance job.  It requires someone who is
very dedicated and, here's the hard part, a good amount of work and
storage space in a location that is centrally accessible to everyone.
Transport is also needed.

Great idea in principle but in practise it needs a very dedicated
champion to make it work.

> Thinking about how to make decisions, I suggest a flat structure were 
> issues are decided on simple mayority, were we are under no obligation 
> and we invest only the time we can. If as a group something is decided, 
> individuals are free not to feel tied to the group decisions.

I suggest no decisions.  Mailing list run by a benevolent dictator
(don't like it, set up another one principle.)  We don't need an
"organisation", just a mailing list and a loose network of people.
Will explain next week how it works in rent-a-geek.

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