K12 Open Minds Panel - Schools and LUG's

[Matt Burkhardt]

PS - If you're flying into Indianapolis Airport - rent a car.  The cab
fare each way between the hotel and the airport was a whopping $75!  I
found out the hard way.....


On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 12:04 -0400, Simón Ruiz wrote:

> I'd just like to mention that when I went to this conference last
> year, I got a chance to interact with all kinds of great people from
> all over the world. We all came to share what our experience of using
> Linux in schools has been like, and to learn from each other. We had
> people from, I think, Japan, Germany, Canada, Spain, Norway,
> Australia, and more. We even had some attendees come from an Indian
> (Native American) nation.
> 
> I know it's easy for me to say since I'm only 3 hours away from
> Indianapolis ;-) but the K-12 Open Minds Conference is definitely a
> worth-while trip for anyone working with Free/Open Source Software in
> the education field.
> 
> These events are a very powerful way to foster the spirit of community
> on which projects like Ubuntu depend, giving us a chance to get
> together, to get to know each other, and to cross-pollinate ideas.
> 
> I'd love to see some fellow Ubunteros there this year! :-D
> 
> I hope this finds you all having a beautiful day.
> 
> Simón
> 
> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Vern Ceder <vceder at canterburyschool.org> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I know that the K12 Open Minds conference in Indianapolis this fall has
> > already been announced on this list. (If you missed it, go to
> > http://www.k12openminds.org to find out all about it).
> >
> > I'm looking to put together a panel discussion session on the
> > interaction between schools using Linux and Linux Users Groups (and the
> > wider FOSS community) - what should happen, what can go wrong, what both
> > sides can offer and what they can gain, etc.
> >
> > If anyone on this list has any desire to be on such a panel or knows of
> > someone, either on the school side or the LUG side that would be good
> > for this discussion, please let me know off list.
> >
> > I have to admit right now that I'm not entirely sure of the logistics. I
> > believe that panel participants can just attend the panel without
> > registering, but attending other sessions and events at the conference
> > require registration. And as a community event, we don't have the
> > resources to pay for travel, etc, for participants.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vern Ceder
> >
> > --
> > This time for sure!
> >    -Bullwinkle J. Moose
> > -----------------------------
> > Vern Ceder, Director of Technology
> > Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804
> > vceder at canterburyschool.org; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137
> >
> >
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Matt Burkhardt, MSTM
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