[Computerbank] East Timor

[Kylie Davies]

Hey there,

Peter Gossner wrote:
> Whats the general consensus on this ?
> Surely we can help.
> 


Yes - if SA is willing to drive this project - we can probably pitch in. 
Alas with the scant numbers of puters SA has - can they really allocate 
all to an overseaqs project?

Who has numbers of puters and can get free trucking to SA/or 
NT.Unfortunately CAI-Vic does not have modems to give towards this 
project as they are just one of the items we cant get enough of. :)

Is the Dept aware of the GNU linux approach taken by Computerbank? 
Training and support considerations?

We already have puters over there, presumably still running linux - 
Penni D in Vic was coordinating that project. ??

At the moment CAI-Vic is working with the ANZ bank with respect to 
placement of 40 odd puters in EAst Timor (and the rest of the South 
Pacific). However, these systems are already in East Timor and there has 
been someone on the ground over there to help with that. These systems 
are being installed and setup with Desktop Penguin. Perhaps all these 
folk should be talking to?

We also have a netproject mailing list - which was for east timor 
projects - perhaps we could begin to use that list again for discussion 
of this. I will ask the contacts in East Timor to to also sign up to it. 
There may also be some people still subbed to the netproject list that 
could help with this.

It would be interesting to hear what Penni hs to say and whether she can 
let us know who to contact in East Timor re the systems sent at the 
start / middle of last year.

Cheers,

Kylie


-- 
Kylie Davies
Victorian Branch Co-ordinator
Computerbank Australia Inc
Victorian State Branch
Tel: (03) 9600 9161
Email: kylied at projectx.com.au

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