[Gllug] Open Source for beginners

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 25 Jan, Bernard Peek wrote:
> 

> I can't see the council funding anything unless you can demonstrate some 
> local support. You could probably kick things off by
> arranging to do a talk on FOSS in Ealing Library. Collect names of the 
> people who attend so that you can show the council that there is 
> interest in the area. Perhaps follow that up with an installfest.
> 
> Unfortunately I don't live in Hanwell any more, so I doubt I'll be able 
> to help much.

   Agreed, but I do know a fair number of people in the L. B. Ealing area,
and I have asked them to start pushing. I would also like to put posters in
local libraries. I feel that once the ball starts rolling it will be
difficult to stop. Unfortunately I am fighting a combination of almost total
ignorance and indifference.

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