[HLUG] Any interest in working with Presteigne Repair cafe installing Linux and open source?

[Julian Robbins]

Hi Roy

Thanks for your input.

Julian

On Wed, 13 Jul 2022, 18:36 Roy Meddings via Herefordshire, <
herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

>
> Hi Julian,
> Not Interested but, if they want help at any time maybe we should be
> positive,
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Julian Robbins via Herefordshire"
> <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group" <herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Cc: "Julian Robbins" <joolsr1 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 Jul, 22 At 08:37
> Subject: Re: [HLUG] Any interest in working with Presteigne Repair cafe
> installing Linux and open source?
> Hi all
> Just a follow up to see if there's any interest, or at least opinion
> about
> the above?
> It may be that lug members aren't so keen on a project like this, but it
> would be good to know this  and look at alternative ideas for our Linux
> group to consider.
> So please can members reply with ideas that they would like to see the
> group getting involved in.
> We're still hoping to put on a workshop event in September / October but
> this has been delayed a bit by Charlie's busy work schedule.
> So open to you 😃
> Thanks
> Julian
> On Sat, 9 Jul 2022, 21:33 Julian Robbins, <joolsr1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
> Hope you're all doing well. It's warm on holiday for us at the moment
> but
> looks like it will be nearly as warm in the UK when we return home. 🌅
> Things have been a bit slow without too many events in the LUG for
> obvious
> reasons the last couple of years, but hopefully now we should soon be
> able
> to start putting on our own workshop style events and more.
> But it's also good to work alongside other groups. Before COVID struck
> we
> looked at whether we could form an alliance with a repair cafe type
> group
> to 'repair' computers/ phones with Linux.  We wouldn't necessarily fix
> hardware or anything we don't want to tackle as this is a free service.
> Perhaps consider working on older windows machines where these devices
> no
> longer run very well due to viruses or just old and overloaded
> operating systems.
> Working with another group makes it easier to get started with events
> with
> less effort and people needed than events just put on by ourselves.
> The other week I went along to the Presteigne Repair Cafe to see what
> they
> were up to and see if we could perhaps get involved. It was quite busy
> there and I got a warm welcome from the repair group members.
> The group were especially happy to hear from me as they don't have any
> digital device fixing / improving skills at all and would welcome our
> HLUG
> help if we were to wish to get involved.
> The repair cafe is held monthly between 10 and 12pm in the town so it's
> not very onerous timewise especially if a number of us get involved.
> Something they pointed out is that some items are brought in on the day
> to
> be fixed there and then, for say simple fixes (mains cables) but the
> group
> are also keen to get people to drop off devices earlier in the week
> which
> could be fixed and returned at the monthly repair cafe event, so this
> saves
> having to necessarily work on the machines there and then if not
> preferred.
> I appreciate Presteigne may be a bit out of the way for some in our
> group,
> but I guess if we were to contact another repair cafe say in Ledbury or
> Malvern that the same situation would also prevail. Also other groups
> often
> have PC / digital skills available and then they may prefer to just fix
> a
> pc by reinstalling Windows or just trying virus removal whereas what we
> can
> offer is quite different. We're not stepping on anyone's toes so to
> speak
> with the Presteigne repair cafe.
> We will need to get an idea of numbers of who might be interested in
> this
> idea before I speak to the Presteigne folk again, but obviously it's
> early
> days and no-one will be asked to do anything they don't want or could no
> longer be able to offer to do. it's all supposed to be a bit of fun, to
> help the community and to tell people about what they might be missing
> out
> by trying out Linux and Open Source.
> So what do you think? We need to be clear on what we would to help with
> and more specifically what we don't want to work on (fixing phone
> screens !
> 😃
> Please reply with any let's thoughts and ideas on the above before we go
> any further.
> Thanks and enjoy the good weather..
> Julian
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> Roy
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