From iamlachance at gmail.com  Fri Dec  1 00:35:52 2006
From: iamlachance at gmail.com (ifny)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 00:35:52 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] content workgroup meeting - mon dec 4 - 6pm
Message-ID: <3d895eaf0612010035x1efcfdfck293615787c3968f9@mail.gmail.com>

Content Workgroup meeting to discuss website / listserv / wikis

434 W. 12th (at Cambie, across from City Hall), 6:00pm

This will be a combination meeting: brass tacks & website revamp to follow.

Phone David if you'll be arriving after 6:15 so we can let you in
604-690-7372.

BYOB mes amis


From iamturnip at gmail.com  Fri Dec  1 17:19:52 2006
From: iamturnip at gmail.com (David Repa)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:19:52 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] Steaming along!
Message-ID: <8c0eafaa0612011719x9879f2fl281830a708fe9eb5@mail.gmail.com>

FROM THE MOTHERSHIP!
***********************

Hello Arkansas, Chicago, Columbus, Michiana, Vancouver, and Tennessee!

Congratulations! We all welcome you to become a new Free Geek! Your
organization now has Preliminary Status as an official Free Geek. You have
permission to use the name Free Geek as part of your organization's name.

More importantly, you are now eligible for membership in Free Geek
Intergalactic, and can participate in the process of helping others start
down the path of becoming a Free Geek or an affiliated organization in their
own community.  Soon, we'll need everyone to sign a Trademark License
Agreement. It's still in development, though, and since you're all now Free
Geeks, we'd love any input you have:
http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Trademark_License_Agreement.  More on what
might be involved in being part of Free Geek Intergalactic later.

We can now help you start to work (if you haven't already) on things like
incorporation, setting up your decision-making bodies, getting your bylaws
together, learning how to run your organization in a democratic and inclusive
way without bogging down in too much process, researching the recycling
industry in your area, building up your infrastructure and recruiting
volunteers to help out. All of these things need to be accomplished or set
up so that your group can successfully complete the second step of the
application process.

The newly complete list of Free Geeks is:

* Free Geek (Portland, aka the Mothership) http://freegeek.org
* Free Geek Arkansas (in Fayetteville) http://freegeekarkansas.org
* Free Geek Chicago (Illinois) http://freegeekchicago.org
* Free Geek Columbus (Ohio) http://freegeekcolumbus.org
* Free Geek Michiana (South Bend, Indiana) http://freegeekmichiana.org
* Free Geek Vancouver (Vancouver, BC) http://freegeekvancouver.org

Accepted but not using the Free Geek name yet:

* Rutherford County Computer Recyclers (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)


-- 
David Repa
604-690-7372


From richard at freegeek.org  Sat Dec  2 11:31:33 2006
From: richard at freegeek.org (That Man Behind the Curtain)
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:31:33 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] [Fwd: [freegeek-volunteer] Don't know what to do!!]
Message-ID: <4571D495.50301@freegeek.org>

forwarding to Free Geek Vancouver

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[freegeek-volunteer] Don't know what to do!!
Date: 	Sat, 2 Dec 2006 10:52:28 -0800 (PST)
From: 	greg von euw <dewdzrcul at yahoo.ca>
To: 	volunteer at freegeek.org



Hi, my name's Greg, and I would like to help out at FreeGeek sometime. I
did however hear that you guy's may be coming to Vancouver soon. Is this
true, and when are you coming?
Also, do you guys get any computers that are pentium 4's as well? I
would love to get one of those, or a computer that has better
gamingcapibilities than a normal computer. I am more of a gamer than
anything else, though i would also need to use it for the web, and for
word-processing. Thanks, gimme an e-mail when you can!
Cheers, Greg

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Share your photos with the people who matter at *Yahoo! Canada Photos*
<http://photos.yahoo.ca>

-- 
These things must be done ... delicately!
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Richard Seymour, That Man Behind the Curtain
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From reallifesim at gmail.com  Sun Dec  3 19:37:47 2006
From: reallifesim at gmail.com (sim)
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:37:47 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] New lists
Message-ID: <bbcb6aae0612031937t3eb08c72rf493b7b75bf60ee1@mail.gmail.com>

Hello list,
As per last week's general meeting, I've created a bunch of new email
lists for the various working groups.

These lists use mailman, the same as the resist.ca list.

The lists use our freegeekvancouver.org domain name so they can be
switched to a different host with little fuss.

The new lists are currently hosted on my server. I suppose it is as
good a place as any for now.

I'm not going to sign anyone up automatically for any new lists. The
list of groups were taken from the minutes of the last meeting. Here
is a list of lists:

  Fg-communications - Communications
To Join: fg-communications-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org

  Fg-content - Web and other public content
To join: fg-content-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org

  Fg-education - Education group
To join: fg-education-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org

  Fg-governance - Governance mailing list
To join: fg-governance-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org

  Fg-locations - Looking for a location
To join: fg-locations-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org

  Fg-ohs - Freegeek Vancouver Health and Safety
To join: fg-ohs-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org

  Fg-recycling - Recycling group
To join: fg-recycling-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org

  Fg-software - Freegeek Vancouver software development.
To join: fg-software-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org

Additionally, I've created a general discussion list. The
freegeek-van at lists.resist.ca list already fills this role. Nine lists
isn't much more work than eight, if they are all on the same machine.
I leave the issue for discussion, the content of the resist.ca list
should be fairly easy to migrate should we choose to do so.

  Fg-general - General Freegeek Vancouver discussion.
To join: fg-general-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org


If you send an email to the -subscribe address, you get a confirmation
email with instructions for posting and finding the archives.

All posts to all lists are archived on a public website. Email
addresses are slightly obfuscated to prevent spam harvesting.



-- 
sim


From davidgrant at gmail.com  Sun Dec  3 23:55:16 2006
From: davidgrant at gmail.com (David Grant)
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 23:55:16 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] New lists
In-Reply-To: <bbcb6aae0612031937t3eb08c72rf493b7b75bf60ee1@mail.gmail.com>
References: <bbcb6aae0612031937t3eb08c72rf493b7b75bf60ee1@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <d18977190612032355v7b382780l9b923144290efa6e@mail.gmail.com>

Why so many lists?

Dave

On 12/3/06, sim <reallifesim at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello list,
> As per last week's general meeting, I've created a bunch of new email
> lists for the various working groups.
>
> These lists use mailman, the same as the resist.ca list.
>
> The lists use our freegeekvancouver.org domain name so they can be
> switched to a different host with little fuss.
>
> The new lists are currently hosted on my server. I suppose it is as
> good a place as any for now.
>
> I'm not going to sign anyone up automatically for any new lists. The
> list of groups were taken from the minutes of the last meeting. Here
> is a list of lists:
>
>   Fg-communications - Communications
> To Join: fg-communications-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org
>
>   Fg-content - Web and other public content
> To join: fg-content-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org
>
>   Fg-education - Education group
> To join: fg-education-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org
>
>   Fg-governance - Governance mailing list
> To join: fg-governance-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org
>
>   Fg-locations - Looking for a location
> To join: fg-locations-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org
>
>   Fg-ohs - Freegeek Vancouver Health and Safety
> To join: fg-ohs-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org
>
>   Fg-recycling - Recycling group
> To join: fg-recycling-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org
>
>   Fg-software - Freegeek Vancouver software development.
> To join: fg-software-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org
>
> Additionally, I've created a general discussion list. The
> freegeek-van at lists.resist.ca list already fills this role. Nine lists
> isn't much more work than eight, if they are all on the same machine.
> I leave the issue for discussion, the content of the resist.ca list
> should be fairly easy to migrate should we choose to do so.
>
>   Fg-general - General Freegeek Vancouver discussion.
> To join: fg-general-subscribe at freegeekvancouver.org
>
>
> If you send an email to the -subscribe address, you get a confirmation
> email with instructions for posting and finding the archives.
>
> All posts to all lists are archived on a public website. Email
> addresses are slightly obfuscated to prevent spam harvesting.
>
>
>
> --
> sim
> _______________________________________________
> http://freegeekvancouver.org
> 'Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the 3rd millennium'
> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freegeek-van
>



-- 
David Grant
http://www.davidgrant.ca
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From iamturnip at gmail.com  Mon Dec  4 00:24:38 2006
From: iamturnip at gmail.com (David Repa)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:24:38 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] New lists
In-Reply-To: <d18977190612032355v7b382780l9b923144290efa6e@mail.gmail.com>
References: <bbcb6aae0612031937t3eb08c72rf493b7b75bf60ee1@mail.gmail.com>
	<d18977190612032355v7b382780l9b923144290efa6e@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <8c0eafaa0612040024k27e91409x65a09da37bdad8a2@mail.gmail.com>

David,

They are lists for our various work groups that were setup from the
Nov.27th meeting.  They will enable the people from those groups to
communicate with each other without disturbing the general list
members that may not want to participate.


On 12/3/06, David Grant <davidgrant at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why so many lists?

-- 
David Repa
604-690-7372


From humble at resist.ca  Mon Dec  4 13:07:16 2006
From: humble at resist.ca (agent humble)
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 13:07:16 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] Fwd: "Freedonia" grant opportunities for 2007
Message-ID: <200612041307.16304.humble@resist.ca>

Hey folks,

I think we should submit an application for a grant from these folks.

Scott


  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Freedonia was founded in 1997 by Gary Moffatt as an expression of his
 lifetime commitment to anarchism and to building social and economic
 alternatives to capitalism.  In keeping with this anti-authoritarian vision,
 Freedonia is a catalyst for the development of movements promoting radical
 democratic and systemic change.

  In our 2007 Granting Period, Freedonia is accepting applications from
 groups who are creating economic alternatives to capitalism. This may
 include:

  - organizing around economic issues;
  - organizing around alternative economic models;
  - participatory research and development of practical economic
 alternatives; and - building capacity and tools within groups working to
 address economic alternatives.

  Freedonia generally makes grants up to $5,000, but in exceptional cases
 will consider funding projects up to $10,000. Requests for grants of up to
 $500 can be made at any time. Freedonia funding is limited to projects
 located within Ontario and British Colombia, Canada.

  Freedonia recognizes and values the diversity of our communities and our
 movements. Freedonia is committed to ending all forms of discrimination and
 to the realization of full social and economic equality.   In this spirit,
 Freedonia takes proactive measures regarding funding applicants from equity
 seeking groups.  Favourable consideration will be given to projects that
 expressly and actively promote social and economic equality.

  Applications for the 2007 Granting Period must be submitted by Fri 16
 February 2007

  If you have an innovative project that is focused on building economic
 alternatives, please visit http://www.freedonia.ca to find out whether your 
group is eligible for a Freedonia grant.



From sean.brookes at contentsolutions.ca  Tue Dec  5 16:58:53 2006
From: sean.brookes at contentsolutions.ca (Sean Brookes)
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 16:58:53 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] meeting minutes
In-Reply-To: <8c0eafaa0612011719x9879f2fl281830a708fe9eb5@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8c0eafaa0612011719x9879f2fl281830a708fe9eb5@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <457615CD.5060408@contentsolutions.ca>

David,

Thanks for hosting the meeting last night.  They are a bit chaotic but  
here are the notes I took last night.  Let me know if you have any 
questions.

Sean


Web design meeting

Mission Statement up front

Free Geek is a not for profit BC society

questions about Logo [may not be such Debian specific]

Who was here:

   * Dave R
   * Scott
   * Sean H
   * Ifny
   * Simi
   * Sean B.

Contact [single link to Drupal Contact page]

captcha for contact form submission [security]

Payment processing component (donate online)

  1. Donate Computer
  2. Get Involved - not called Volunteer
        1. Join Mailing List
  3. Donate Cash etc.
  4. Upcoming Events [affinity events as secondary]
  5. Media - link to press kit (secondary)
  6. Can I have a computer (secondary)
  7. I want to learn about Linux (secondary)
  8. Latest News (link to main Dru pal)

IRC links from Contact and How to get involved.

Contact:

  1. general email address (to Dave)
  2. phone number (dave)
  3. Web Form
  4. Snail Mail
        1. 303 - 434 West 12th ave
        2. Vancouver BC
        3. V5Y 1V3
  5. IRC
        1.
           Gateway
        2. IRC Client


Move the drupal site to another domain

Set up email addresses. Do we need a server for email?

Who is admining the servers? Scott and Simi? Web Site / Drupal / email. 
Who do you call if you want a machine set up?

Current system is Ad-hoc. Should think about how to go about setting up 
the systems in the future? policies - What distro are we using? Probably 
doesn't need a workgroup. No immediate issues with status quo.

Simi may be building a new machine that may be able to handle some Free 
Geek stuff. We will have a system.

Try not to keep it on one box. Consolidation will be necessary.

Resolution: Design with the idea of where we are going to be [Scott: 
wants to get a colo somewhere]

Dave: We want to align ourselves with older technologies as much as 
possible.

Dave to look into what Portland bandwidth uses.

Portland to maintain the Wiki in the short term. Dave to confirm with 
Portland maybe get Scott working with the Portland Wiki Admin.

Maybe look at mirroring in the future



Drupal 4.7.4

PHP 4

MySQL 4.0

Colours and themes?

   * classic - typewriter
   * anarchist leaflet
   * old school

Where are systems being back up and managed? No current backup 
automated. We should set up an Rsync of some kind.

Who is contributing content? What about Drupal?

Dave, Scott, Ifny.

Create account = limited access:

Authenticated user - look at news post comments post without approval 
(comments) link google maps, poll etc. - no post.

Two roles by default - anon / authenticated. two additional roles 
[editor/admin]

New roles - contributors - we may have spam issues.

Contributor can be set up but they should go through some sort 
'authentication'. i.e. an administrator role.




Update existing Drupal instance for the short term. Added Mission 
Statement to top of Drupal page
Languages

What about other languages. They have been 'activated' in Drupal. 
'speach bubble' concept for other languages on the home page.
Drupal language changes will only update the navigation, not the 
content. Lets promote language translations in the Get Involved section.

Languages to be enabled

  1. Farsi
  2. Chinese traditional
  3. Chinese Simplified
  4. Korean
  5. Japanese
  6. French
  7. Possible First Nations
  8. Klingon (possibly through California)
  9. Tagolong (Philipines)

Look into prioritizing languages.

Look into grants for translations.




Should we get rid of 3rd party links?



Why are they ther: we want to show we are part of the Debian community. 
Are they still necessary: In a sense yes. It puts us in a community 
context. We should keep them but bury them somewhere






Drupal. Maybe put the login controls at bottom of home page.

rearanged some of the content on the Drupal page.

We want Drupal to not cut off the content the way it is as it is too 
blog-like and is cutting off information.

Update 'sticky' content to indicate the current state of where we are.

Get rid of News Aggregator Link from main Drupal page


Wiki terminology distinction between Portland and Vancovuer. there are 
concerns about the terminology and regulation issues between Canada / US.



The Wiki terminology is confusing. Ifny changed name of Wiki link to 
just Wiki as opposed to Mothership Wiki. Possible interim page to help 
disitinguish what we are going to when we click on a wiki link.

Things may get hashed out on the wiki and then as they get established 
as policy they can be integrated back into a non-editable page.

Free Geek is TWO words. technically all in caps.
Some edits were made to the layout of the Drupal Site. update the header 
text and logo. Removed some blocks from the site.

Integrate into the community at large

What does Free Geek Vancouver about.

  1. What do we do
  2. Who we are
  3. How to contact
  4. Events
  5. How to get involved
  6. Latest news
  7. 3rd party community links
  8. Discussion List Archive
  9. Blog Posts


From seanmoffat at gmail.com  Tue Dec  5 17:49:32 2006
From: seanmoffat at gmail.com (Sean Moffat)
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 17:49:32 -0800
Subject: Amendment  of name Re: [FreeGeek] meeting minutes
In-Reply-To: <457615CD.5060408@contentsolutions.ca>
References: <8c0eafaa0612011719x9879f2fl281830a708fe9eb5@mail.gmail.com>
	<457615CD.5060408@contentsolutions.ca>
Message-ID: <457621AC.4040702@gmail.com>

Hi Sean,

On all the Free Geek IRC my name will show up as SeanM  and full name 
for all the other.

Cheers



From sean.brookes at contentsolutions.ca  Tue Dec  5 19:30:59 2006
From: sean.brookes at contentsolutions.ca (Sean Brookes)
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:30:59 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] [CORRECTION] 'not'meeting minutes
In-Reply-To: <457615CD.5060408@contentsolutions.ca>
References: <8c0eafaa0612011719x9879f2fl281830a708fe9eb5@mail.gmail.com>
	<457615CD.5060408@contentsolutions.ca>
Message-ID: <45763973.2010902@contentsolutions.ca>

Please note, these are not the official meeting minutes of the Content 
Working group meeting last night.  They are just my notes.  I was 
intending to send them only to David but by mistake sent them to the 
whole list.  Apologies for any confusion.

Sean Brookes

Sean Brookes wrote:

> David,
>
> Thanks for hosting the meeting last night.  They are a bit chaotic 
> but  here are the notes I took last night.  Let me know if you have 
> any questions.
>
> Sean
>
>
> Web design meeting
>
> Mission Statement up front
>
> Free Geek is a not for profit BC society
>
> questions about Logo [may not be such Debian specific]
>
> Who was here:
>
>   * Dave R
>   * Scott
>   * Sean H
>   * Ifny
>   * Simi
>   * Sean B.
>
> Contact [single link to Drupal Contact page]
>
> captcha for contact form submission [security]
>
> Payment processing component (donate online)
>
>  1. Donate Computer
>  2. Get Involved - not called Volunteer
>        1. Join Mailing List
>  3. Donate Cash etc.
>  4. Upcoming Events [affinity events as secondary]
>  5. Media - link to press kit (secondary)
>  6. Can I have a computer (secondary)
>  7. I want to learn about Linux (secondary)
>  8. Latest News (link to main Dru pal)
>
> IRC links from Contact and How to get involved.
>
> Contact:
>
>  1. general email address (to Dave)
>  2. phone number (dave)
>  3. Web Form
>  4. Snail Mail
>        1. 303 - 434 West 12th ave
>        2. Vancouver BC
>        3. V5Y 1V3
>  5. IRC
>        1.
>           Gateway
>        2. IRC Client
>
>
> Move the drupal site to another domain
>
> Set up email addresses. Do we need a server for email?
>
> Who is admining the servers? Scott and Simi? Web Site / Drupal / 
> email. Who do you call if you want a machine set up?
>
> Current system is Ad-hoc. Should think about how to go about setting 
> up the systems in the future? policies - What distro are we using? 
> Probably doesn't need a workgroup. No immediate issues with status quo.
>
> Simi may be building a new machine that may be able to handle some 
> Free Geek stuff. We will have a system.
>
> Try not to keep it on one box. Consolidation will be necessary.
>
> Resolution: Design with the idea of where we are going to be [Scott: 
> wants to get a colo somewhere]
>
> Dave: We want to align ourselves with older technologies as much as 
> possible.
>
> Dave to look into what Portland bandwidth uses.
>
> Portland to maintain the Wiki in the short term. Dave to confirm with 
> Portland maybe get Scott working with the Portland Wiki Admin.
>
> Maybe look at mirroring in the future
>
>
>
> Drupal 4.7.4
>
> PHP 4
>
> MySQL 4.0
>
> Colours and themes?
>
>   * classic - typewriter
>   * anarchist leaflet
>   * old school
>
> Where are systems being back up and managed? No current backup 
> automated. We should set up an Rsync of some kind.
>
> Who is contributing content? What about Drupal?
>
> Dave, Scott, Ifny.
>
> Create account = limited access:
>
> Authenticated user - look at news post comments post without approval 
> (comments) link google maps, poll etc. - no post.
>
> Two roles by default - anon / authenticated. two additional roles 
> [editor/admin]
>
> New roles - contributors - we may have spam issues.
>
> Contributor can be set up but they should go through some sort 
> 'authentication'. i.e. an administrator role.
>
>
>
>
> Update existing Drupal instance for the short term. Added Mission 
> Statement to top of Drupal page
> Languages
>
> What about other languages. They have been 'activated' in Drupal. 
> 'speach bubble' concept for other languages on the home page.
> Drupal language changes will only update the navigation, not the 
> content. Lets promote language translations in the Get Involved section.
>
> Languages to be enabled
>
>  1. Farsi
>  2. Chinese traditional
>  3. Chinese Simplified
>  4. Korean
>  5. Japanese
>  6. French
>  7. Possible First Nations
>  8. Klingon (possibly through California)
>  9. Tagolong (Philipines)
>
> Look into prioritizing languages.
>
> Look into grants for translations.
>
>
>
>
> Should we get rid of 3rd party links?
>
>
>
> Why are they ther: we want to show we are part of the Debian 
> community. Are they still necessary: In a sense yes. It puts us in a 
> community context. We should keep them but bury them somewhere
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Drupal. Maybe put the login controls at bottom of home page.
>
> rearanged some of the content on the Drupal page.
>
> We want Drupal to not cut off the content the way it is as it is too 
> blog-like and is cutting off information.
>
> Update 'sticky' content to indicate the current state of where we are.
>
> Get rid of News Aggregator Link from main Drupal page
>
>
> Wiki terminology distinction between Portland and Vancovuer. there are 
> concerns about the terminology and regulation issues between Canada / US.
>
>
>
> The Wiki terminology is confusing. Ifny changed name of Wiki link to 
> just Wiki as opposed to Mothership Wiki. Possible interim page to help 
> disitinguish what we are going to when we click on a wiki link.
>
> Things may get hashed out on the wiki and then as they get established 
> as policy they can be integrated back into a non-editable page.
>
> Free Geek is TWO words. technically all in caps.
> Some edits were made to the layout of the Drupal Site. update the 
> header text and logo. Removed some blocks from the site.
>
> Integrate into the community at large
>
> What does Free Geek Vancouver about.
>
>  1. What do we do
>  2. Who we are
>  3. How to contact
>  4. Events
>  5. How to get involved
>  6. Latest news
>  7. 3rd party community links
>  8. Discussion List Archive
>  9. Blog Posts
> _______________________________________________
> http://freegeekvancouver.org
> 'Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the 3rd millennium'
> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freegeek-van
>
>


From iamturnip at gmail.com  Tue Dec  5 20:03:47 2006
From: iamturnip at gmail.com (David Repa)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 20:03:47 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] List Reminder
Message-ID: <8c0eafaa0612052003s9817a48q5d6002f3a128d647@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Everyone!

This is just a reminder that the work group mailing lists are up and
running.  Sim did not automatically sign any one up, so if you are not
on the lists already, please do subscribe soon!  You wouldn't want to
miss all the juicy emails!

Anyone can feel free to join the work group lists if they interest you!

-- 
David Repa
604-690-7372


From humble at resist.ca  Wed Dec  6 23:23:43 2006
From: humble at resist.ca (agent humble)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 23:23:43 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] Fwd: Happy Holidays Calgary/Edmonton/Vancouver from
	www.era.ca
Message-ID: <200612062323.43918.humble@resist.ca>

Hey folks,

FYI: Here's an e-mail I just received from Margaret Kocot from the ERA -- one 
of the others groups that works in this field. 

Scott



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Subject: Happy Holidays Calgary/Edmonton/Vancouver from www.era.ca
Date: Wednesday 06 December 2006 10:01 pm
From: "Margaret Kocot" <marg at era.ca>
To: scott at sugar-lab.com

Hello there,


I hope this letter and holiday card finds you well.


It is my pleasure to write this letter to you, wishing you all the best for
 the holiday season, and for the upcoming New Year 2007.

Our organization will be working very hard during the holidays to ensure that
 wishes of those who want a computer or laptop for the holidays are filled.
 We have many requests from poor people in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and
 Canada wide for computers to be donated to them. Many local and far away
 charities, libraries, community organizations, schools and similar
 organizations are also hoping they would be able to receive computers for
 the new year, to replace the old ones they currently have, or they first
 ever computers in some cases.

Hopefully you or your company can help us during this holiday season to fill
 these wishes and dreams, and ensure that everyone has a good time during
 these holidays.

If there is any old computes that you can no longer use, we would like the
 opportunity to pick them up and try to use them in our donation programs.

Once again, I wish the best during the holiday season to you, your family and
 colleagues. May all your wishes also come true, and please have a happy and
 safe holiday season.

I look forward to talking to you in the near future, and once again, all the
 best.



Sincerely,


Margaret Kocot
www.era.ca

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From iamturnip at gmail.com  Thu Dec  7 13:13:06 2006
From: iamturnip at gmail.com (David Repa)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 13:13:06 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] Non-Profit!
Message-ID: <8c0eafaa0612071313g70f451ddmc006fd869946e339@mail.gmail.com>

Greetings Everyone!

It is my pleasure to announce that Free Geek Vancouver is now a
non-profit society!

The good people in Victoria tell me that the paperwork should appear
next week. Apparently there was some problem with the folks that print
the certificates.

Full steam ahead!

-- 
David Repa
604-690-7372


From jcampagnolo at shaw.ca  Thu Dec  7 13:21:01 2006
From: jcampagnolo at shaw.ca (Jennifer Campagnolo)
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:21:01 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] Non-Profit!
In-Reply-To: <8c0eafaa0612071313g70f451ddmc006fd869946e339@mail.gmail.com>
References: <8c0eafaa0612071313g70f451ddmc006fd869946e339@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <24AF044E-1205-4D13-9548-90DDA265CB89@shaw.ca>

Yay Dave!  That's great news.  Well done.
Congratulations everyone.

On 7-Dec-06, at 1:13 PM, David Repa wrote:

> Greetings Everyone!
>
> It is my pleasure to announce that Free Geek Vancouver is now a
> non-profit society!
>
> The good people in Victoria tell me that the paperwork should appear
> next week. Apparently there was some problem with the folks that print
> the certificates.
>
> Full steam ahead!
>
> --  
> David Repa
> 604-690-7372
> _______________________________________________
> http://freegeekvancouver.org
> 'Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the 3rd  
> millennium'
> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freegeek-van



From humble at resist.ca  Fri Dec  8 10:08:50 2006
From: humble at resist.ca (agent humble)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 10:08:50 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] Fwd: [VCN board-list] Successful AGM!
Message-ID: <200612081008.50615.humble@resist.ca>

Hi folks,

Wanted to update you on last night's Vancouver Community Net AGM (take2). 
Apparently David and Ifny made a big impression! Well done you two.

Scott

----------  Forwarded Message  ----------

Subject: [board-list] Successful AGM!
Date: Friday 08 December 2006 12:56 am
From: James Sayre <jimsayre at telus.net>
To: "board-list at vcn.bc.ca" <board-list at vcn.bc.ca>

The AGM, Take 2, was a resounding success, at least in my view.  There
was a "real" quorum of 20+ members, and more serious questions and
discussion than I can remember at any of last few I've attended.  Part
of that was due to the absence of any speakers' program, but in some
ways it ended up as a blessing.  The members who came got a chance to
talk, not just listen, and the meeting went on until nearly 11:00.

Craig took the minutes, and will provide the official account of the
meeting.  Some of highlights included:

-  Numerous questions about CAP and other public access issues.  Based
at least on those who attended tonight, there's still a real appetite
for telnet access to email accounts (PINE), and a real need for public
computers by those who don't have their own.  The freegeek project may
provide a better answer to that need than anything VCN itself can offer,
at least from 411 Dunsmuir, but the need still seems to be there.  I
promised that the Board would continue to look into ways to "encourage"
CAP recipients to keep their computers publicly accessible after the
contractual obligation is over, something we've discussed in the past.

-   Lot of interest in mesh networking. One member who works with a
community centre said that they were trying to get BC Housing to fund
some kind of affordable access for a public housing project located
nearby.  I asked it that might be an appropriate site for another mesh
pilot project, and encouraged her to let us know more details.  I didn't
get her name, though - does anyone know how to reach her?

-  We elected the "slate" by acclamation, plus two new members:

    -  Romina Wendell, a web designer (and more) recommended by Scott.
See her web site at:  www.romina.nexialist.org   Welcome, Romina!

    -  Michael Gurstein, an internationally known academic and longtime
board member who told me last week that he is moving back to Vancouver
and would like to participate again.  Welcome back, Michael!


After the break, which didn't occur until after 9:00, we discussed the
issues listed on the agenda:

-  Ifny (sp?) and David from the FreeGeek project gave an excellent
report on the project's goals.  Members asked lots of questions, and
seemed highly interested.  There's a "film night" (featuring a film
about the Portland project) at Spartacus Books on December 12, at 7:00.
I'd definitely be there, but I'm tied up in court next week, and won't
be able to make it.  We were all very impressed by the presentation, and
the principles of the project.  See their web site at
www.freegeekvancouver.org for more information and for ways to
participate.

-  I tried to omit the linux discussion, but several members really
wanted to hear about it, so Ifny and David carried on and answered a lot
of technical questions as well as general ones.  There seems to be an
appetite for people to find out how to try out linux, but they need
introductory courses and other user help.  That's another item to talk
about at future Board meetings.


Jim

--
Community Legal Assistance Society
Per:  James Sayre
Suite 300, 1140 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C.  V6E 4G1
Tel: 604 685-3425 (68-LEGAL)
Fax: 604 685-7611
Toll Free BC: 1-888-685-6222
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From humble at resist.ca  Fri Dec  8 14:43:43 2006
From: humble at resist.ca (agent humble)
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:43:43 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] 2007 Summit on IT - Vancouver, Feb. 23 (22) - 25, 2007
Message-ID: <200612081443.43420.humble@resist.ca>

Hi folks,

This is coming up in February and might be a good opportunity for FreeGeek to 
do some schmoozing for funding. I attended one a couple of years ago (that's 
where I first met up with BC Wireless) and I remember there being lots of 
Government-funding-types wandering around. When I was there Microsoft gave 
the keynote dinner presentation while all of us "penguins" heckled them from 
a large table in the back. ;-)

thoughts?

Scott

----------  Forwarded Message  ----------

Subject: [VCNboard-list] 2007 Summit on IT - Vancouver, Feb. 23 (22) - 25, 
2007

I sent something around a month or so ago about the annual IT Summit,
which we as Board members could attend in past years at member's rates -
$25 each - which was covered by VCN.  The structure seems different this
year - government registrations cost a bundle, and all others are $75
before Jan. 15th.  Considering that it's a 3-4 day conference at a hotel,
and even includes some meals, it's still an incredible deal for those
who can take the time.

Check out http://www.2007summit.ca for more details.

Jim

--
Community Legal Assistance Society
Per:  James Sayre
Suite 300, 1140 West Pender Street
Vancouver, B.C.  V6E 4G1
Tel: 604 685-3425 (68-LEGAL)
Fax: 604 685-7611
Toll Free BC: 1-888-685-6222
E-Mail Address: jimsayre at telus.net
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From bowserj at uselessdegree.net  Sat Dec  9 15:50:59 2006
From: bowserj at uselessdegree.net (Joe Bowser)
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 15:50:59 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] 2007 Summit on IT - Vancouver, Feb. 23 (22) - 25, 2007
In-Reply-To: <200612081443.43420.humble@resist.ca>
References: <200612081443.43420.humble@resist.ca>
Message-ID: <1165708259.7102.1.camel@localhost>

Sounds interesting.  I'm pretty sure someone from BC Wireless will be
there again this year.  I think FreeGeek should definitely show up with
some disks to give to anyone who shows any interest.

On Fri, 2006-08-12 at 14:43 -0800, agent humble wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> This is coming up in February and might be a good opportunity for FreeGeek to 
> do some schmoozing for funding. I attended one a couple of years ago (that's 
> where I first met up with BC Wireless) and I remember there being lots of 
> Government-funding-types wandering around. When I was there Microsoft gave 
> the keynote dinner presentation while all of us "penguins" heckled them from 
> a large table in the back. ;-)
> 
> thoughts?
> 
> Scott

> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
> 
> Subject: [VCNboard-list] 2007 Summit on IT - Vancouver, Feb. 23 (22) - 25, 
> 2007
> 
> I sent something around a month or so ago about the annual IT Summit,
> which we as Board members could attend in past years at member's rates -
> $25 each - which was covered by VCN.  The structure seems different this
> year - government registrations cost a bundle, and all others are $75
> before Jan. 15th.  Considering that it's a 3-4 day conference at a hotel,
> and even includes some meals, it's still an incredible deal for those
> who can take the time.
> 
> Check out http://www.2007summit.ca for more details.
> 
> Jim
> 
> --
> Community Legal Assistance Society
> Per:  James Sayre
> Suite 300, 1140 West Pender Street
> Vancouver, B.C.  V6E 4G1
> Tel: 604 685-3425 (68-LEGAL)
> Fax: 604 685-7611
> Toll Free BC: 1-888-685-6222
> E-Mail Address: jimsayre at telus.net
> -------------------------------------------------------
> plain text document attachment (message-footer.txt)
> Public VCN minutes: http://www2.vcn.bc.ca/minutes
> Password protected Board correspondence archive: 
> http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/arc/board-list
> _______________________________________________
> http://freegeekvancouver.org
> 'Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the 3rd millennium'
> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freegeek-van



From iamlachance at gmail.com  Mon Dec 11 13:34:02 2006
From: iamlachance at gmail.com (ifny)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 13:34:02 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] Re: [MoMag] MOMENTUM needs a free computer
In-Reply-To: <20061130T084040Z_119700010000@douglas.bc.ca>
References: <ekinmm+qhkk@eGroups.com>
	<20061130T084040Z_119700010000@douglas.bc.ca>
Message-ID: <3d895eaf0612111334t4a4975cei59db597a9c6ae3f1@mail.gmail.com>

Free Geek Vancouver is pleased to announce the delivery of a bouncing
baby computer to Momentum Magazine!

We look forward to shaking booty & clinking glasses at the MoM party Dec 16.

All are welcome to cuddle up for some movies tomorrow night at Spartacus Books.

TUES DEC 12 - 7:00pm
FREE GEEK MOVIE NIGHT
Spartacus Books, 319 W. Hastings (between Homer & Hamilton)
Admission by donation http://www.spartacusbooks.org/

We'll be screening a little hot docu-teaser about Free Geek Portland,
hinting at what the future holds for the people of Vancouver. No geeks
were harmed in the making of this film. 15 min.
http://freegeek.org/

It'll be accompanied by Car Park, documenting the
recycling/transformation of a 1981 burgundy LeMans automobile to a
vegetable-bearing garden. Produced by local aesthetic sensations the
Design Nerds. 11 min. http://www.designnerds.ca/

Feature: Revolution OS. For geeks & nongeeks alike, the history of the
rebel fleet & free/open sourcery. 85 min.
http://www.revolution-os.com/


Visit our website for more info about the Geek: http://freegeekvancouver.org

~!fny







On 11/30/06, Tom Childs <childst at douglas.bc.ca> wrote:
>
>
> Hey Amy,
>
> Van City Credit Union donates computers to non-profits.  I know this as our
> non-profit community TV collective just got one from them to do similar
> functions as you are planning.  You can call Linda Taffs at 604 251-3350 to
> get the details on applying to Van City.  Linda did all the paper work for
> us getting our free computer.  Tell Linda that I told you to call.
>
> Cheers,
> Tomato
>
> P.S. I'm finding that cycling in the snow is a pain in the butt!.  Maybe a
> future article on "snow tips" would be useful for Momag readers.  P.S.S.
> The Dec/Jan issue is fab!!  Thanks for all your work!
>
> >>> "momentum_magazine" <self-propelled at telus.net> 28/11/2006 5:27 pm >>>
>
>
>
>
> Please forward this message!
>
> Momentum needs to find a working computer to use as a server.
>
> We need to host our database and FTP on it.
>
> If anyone has a computer from within the last ten years that they're
> ready to part with, we'd love to put it to (minimal) use.
>
> Contact Amy at 604-669-9850 or at self-propelled at telus.net.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amy
>
> PS - our Dec/Jan issue is out and distribution has begun!
>
> PPS - come celebrate with us Dec 16th at the ANZA CLUB - Harmonizer -
> details coming soon.
>
>
>


From iamlachance at gmail.com  Mon Dec 11 14:22:06 2006
From: iamlachance at gmail.com (ifny)
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:22:06 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] movie night reminder - tomorrow night @ 7
Message-ID: <3d895eaf0612111422m1a529d67t407c9937095dfc95@mail.gmail.com>

TUES DEC 12 - 7:00pm
FREE GEEK MOVIE NIGHT
Spartacus Books, 319 W. Hastings (between Homer & Hamilton)
Admission by donation http://www.spartacusbooks.org/

We'll be screening a little hot docu-teaser about Free Geek Portland,
hinting at what the future holds for the people of Vancouver. No geeks
were harmed in the making of this film. 15 min.
http://freegeek.org/

It'll be accompanied by Car Park, documenting the
recycling/transformation of a 1981 burgundy LeMans automobile to a
vegetable-bearing garden. Produced by local aesthetic sensations the
Design Nerds. 11 min. http://www.designnerds.ca/

Feature: Revolution OS. For geeks & nongeeks alike, the history of the
rebel fleet & free/open sourcery. 85 min.
http://www.revolution-os.com/


From bowserj at uselessdegree.net  Tue Dec 12 23:04:22 2006
From: bowserj at uselessdegree.net (Joe Bowser)
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:04:22 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] [Fwd: VanLUG Christmas Party - Dec 15th at BCIT Burnaby
	campus pub]
Message-ID: <1165993462.5289.5.camel@localhost>

This might be good to check out.  I think this is a better venue than
last year's venue.  I don't know if I'll go to this, but I think the
list might be interested in this thing.
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From iamlachance at gmail.com  Wed Dec 13 13:40:31 2006
From: iamlachance at gmail.com (ifny)
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:40:31 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] [Fwd: VanLUG Christmas Party - Dec 15th at BCIT
	Burnaby campus pub]
In-Reply-To: <1165993462.5289.5.camel@localhost>
References: <1165993462.5289.5.camel@localhost>
Message-ID: <3d895eaf0612131340j31d7282cxa2789b6212f32344@mail.gmail.com>

i'm interested in going, anybody else? i'd like to meet these folks. &
i like food...

~Ifny



On 12/12/06, Joe Bowser <bowserj at uselessdegree.net> wrote:
> This might be good to check out.  I think this is a better venue than
> last year's venue.  I don't know if I'll go to this, but I think the
> list might be interested in this thing.
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ben Holt <ben at emediastudios.com>
> To: vanlug-announce at robomod.net
> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:49:38 -0800
> Subject: VanLUG Christmas Party - Dec 15th at BCIT Burnaby campus pub
> Hello Everyone,
>
> The annual VanLUG Christmas Party is upon us!  This year we will be
> returning to Professor Mugs, the campus pub at the BCIT Burnaby Campus
> (formerly the Elephant and Castle), for good cheer, food, and company on
> December 15th at 7:00pm.
>
> Back by popular demand Kim Kulak will be providing a plethora of prizes
> while Bill will be leading the contest of Linux/Computer themed
> Christmas Carols.  New to this year's party Dave Michelson will be
> inviting people to give testimonials on their favourite tech gadget of 2006.
>
> As always friends and family are encouraged to join us.  Please RSVP to
> http://www.vanlug.bc.ca/members/rsvp.php so that we can have the pub
> reserve enough space for us.
>
> Sorry about the late notice, and I hope to see you there!
>
> - Ben
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> http://freegeekvancouver.org
> 'Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the 3rd millennium'
> https://lists.resist.ca/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freegeek-van
>
>
>


From jcampagnolo at shaw.ca  Thu Dec 14 07:15:23 2006
From: jcampagnolo at shaw.ca (Jennifer Campagnolo)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:15:23 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] Church of Pointless Consumerism! - This week!
Message-ID: <E422AF24-5F18-49A0-B59B-C8F28D27C2FB@shaw.ca>

Praise the Season of shopping!

Come to the Church of Pointless Consumerism - the hilarious,  
satirical, musical theatre extravaganza produced
by the movers and shakers of the Work Less Party.

The monetary gospel and fervor will be hitting the stage this week  
[December 15th, 16th and 17th]
at the Cambrian Hall in Vancouver (215 E 17th at Main), doors open at  
8pm.
Advance tickets ($10-$15 sliding scale) are available at the Veggie   
Resource Centre, 2250 Commercial Drive,
at Our Community Bikes on Main or online at www.worklessparty.org

Traveling evangelist, Peter Proffet the Prophet of Profit, along with  
his gospel choir the Cha-Ching Bling Bling Singers are fully prepared  
to storm the city of Vancouver with the good words of Consumerism,  
Production, and more, more, MORE!
The message will stir the congregation of faithful customers, and it  
comes with a lifetime guarantee of conversion for the * gasp *  
skeptics among us.

With wild sing-a-long musical numbers, dance routines and faith  
healing, The Church of Pointless Consumerism comes in a sexy package of
enlightening, entertaining, down-home religious rejuvenation. The  
Work Less Party proudly stages the sarcastic musical performance this
shopping season, a christmas pageant that will have viewers on the  
edge of their pews. Praise Money!

The show will be followed at 9:30 by the 'End of the world after party'.
The End of the World Party will be featuring The Carnival Band and  
Friday: DJ Esus, Saturday: DJ Sweet Anomaly, and Sunday........ are,  
you ready folks....?  We're closin it down with DJ Tim Wizdom!   
Audience welcome and encouraged to rock out with us.... for the rest  
of Vancouver interested in shakin it down, doors will be open after  
the play (around 9.45).  (Cambrian Hall, 215 E 17th.)  Admission 5  
bucks (for those who weren't at the play, of course.)  Please come in  
what you were wearing when the world exploded.

Advance tickets to The Church of Pointless Consumerism still  
available!  In the flesh at 2250 Commerical Dr at the Vegetarian  
Resource Centre or online at worklessparty.org .  yehYEH!

Hala-Moola!

See you there!

Jennifer Campagnolo
Mail: jcampagnolo at shaw.ca
Blog: www.anothergreenworld.org
Work: www.thehigherground.ca
Cell:  778-837-4343
Skype: jenvirtual
Motto:  AWARENESS, CAPACITY, CHANGE


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From freegeek at seanhill.ca  Wed Dec 20 11:46:41 2006
From: freegeek at seanhill.ca (sean hill)
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:46:41 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] A quick guide to implementing ICT for development
	projects
Message-ID: <45899321.70701@seanhill.ca>

Hey folks,

This article seems to focus more on tech organisations doing overseas
aid work, but it still has some helpful ideas:

http://icommons.org/2006/12/20/a-quick-guide-to-implementing-ict-for-development-projects/

sean hill  :o)


From freegeek at seanhill.ca  Fri Dec 29 22:05:53 2006
From: freegeek at seanhill.ca (sean hill)
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 22:05:53 -0800
Subject: [FreeGeek] meeting agenda
Message-ID: <459601C1.30400@seanhill.ca>

Hey folks,

Someone had previously mentioned that it might be a good idea to have an
idea of the agenda prior to the next meeting so I thought I might get
the ball rolling. Here are some ideas for discussion.

    * Update on location search
    * What does our early financial picture look like... fundraising...
      capital?
    * What sort of donations have already been received? What has been
      given out?
    * What publicity have we managed to get and what are we seeking?
      Events we could attend?

This is just a start. Unfortunately, I'll be working on the meeting day
and won't be able to attend.

sean h  :o)
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