[Ubuntu-SG] TUSG - August 28, 2008 Meeting Agenda

[ho yi hao]

sorry for being off topic in other emails..as for software freedom day..what
is the current plan?

On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Muhammad Heidir Abd M <
dave33bravo at yahoo.com.sg> wrote:

> Hi ho yi hao,
>
> I appreciate your suggestions. But what we really need to do now is get
> Software Freedom Day Singapore up and running.
>
> All issues regarding promotion and use of Ubuntu is outside the scope of
> SFD for now.
>
> I would really like to hear suggestions for Software Freedom Day instead.
> We have a booth, an event and we are looking for more contributors.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Heidir
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: ho yi hao <hounited1 at gmail.com>
> To: "Maung Myat Thu @ Billy Aung Myint" <billy at ubuntu.sg>
> Cc: Muhammad Heidir <dave33bravo at yahoo.com.sg>; Ubuntu-SG at lists.ubuntu.com
> Sent: Thursday, 28 August 2008 12:56:35
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-SG] TUSG - August 28, 2008 Meeting Agenda
>
> what i was thinking was, why not we start a club in one of the school. With
> that, there would be several things that we could do. For example, we do
> know that some school, like mine(tp) don't allow students to play games on
> lab computer. With that, Linux comes in a good option for them.
>
> In another case, my school(engine) still uses windows 2000 even though the
> computer that they bought had xp pre installed. Would it be better if we
> recommand them to use linux which could help them enforced their school
> rules. We know that most of the time, computer in school are only used for
> word processing(we can use open office) or surfing the web. Linux could do
> all that for free.
>
> It wont be a surprise if we pick any students in a poly and have a majority
> of them not knowing about linux..
>
> So i was wondering, would it be possible to start a club that deals with
> linux? like promoting it?
>
> cheers,
> with regards,
> Yi hao
> 98574690
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Maung Myat Thu @ Billy Aung Myint <
> billy at ubuntu.sg> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 18:38 +0800, ho yi hao wrote:
>> > hi all..haven really been replying to all the email..
>> >
>> > I was wondering if, why not rather than targeting the common public
>> > why not we target polytechnics or rather school first. As long as we
>> > can start a Ubutun/linux user group in any poly we would be able to
>> > raise funds easier..
>>
>> Because LUGS is already active in schools. I speak as the former
>> vice-president/organiser/speaker of 3 Opensource Days events at NP , TP
>> and RP. Also for schools , redhat/novell is easier to sell. NP has
>> fedora at computer labs when I left. It will also be tough to sell a
>> software that has no HQ here.
>>
>> >
>> > Next, to get funds, we can also start providing some service like
>> > maintaining linux computer at a small fee..
>>
>> Linux or Ubuntu support? Also there are companies giving support. I
>> rather not go into that area. We are not-for-profit group. If you would
>> like to give support for a fee , pls do so. But not in our name.
>>
>> >
>> > This would enable us to get funds for future events..
>> >
>> > If anyone is interested with my ideas and would like to know more, can
>> > sms me or just email me..
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > Yi Hao
>> > 98574690
>> >
>> > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Muhammad Heidir
>> > <dave33bravo at yahoo.com.sg> wrote:
>> >         Hi all,
>> >
>> >         Attached is the meeting agenda. In the agenda is an overview
>> >         of the event floor plan as discussed during Singapore Linux
>> >         Meetup Usergroup meeting. Please feedback to me if there are
>> >         any changes to the agenda.
>> >
>> >         Regards,
>> >         Heidir
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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