[Computerbank] CAI-Vic Report for January /February 2003

[Daniel Stefyn]

Howdy Kylie..

As one of the recent inductees, am wondering if it would be okay to come in
this Wednesday to help out at computerbank..

Also, if there are any particularly busy days coming up, let me know and
I'll try to arrange coming down for these as well.

Regards,
--Daniel.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kylie Davies" <mailkylie at optushome.com.au>
To: <cai-committee at lists.linux.org.au>
Cc: <computerbank at lists.linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 11:47 PM
Subject: [Computerbank] CAI-Vic Report for January /February 2003


> Hello all,
>
> Below is my non-standard report for this month. (I didn't really follow
the
> report template) No new members. Not a lot has happened. :)
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> Cheers,
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> Kylie
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> Kylie Davies
> Victorian State Coordinator
> Computerbank Australia Inc
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> _CAI Victoria. State Coordinators Report for February 2003._
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> General News
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> CAI-Vic has been quite busy this month; we received several donations: a
> "panel van" full  from Wyndham City Council, and a "celica coupe" full
from
> the Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Psychiatry. We also received
> donations from individuals.
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> We were successful in applying for another WFD project of 20 participants.
> The new project begins on February 20th. Participants on the old project
will
> rollover across to the new one.
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> We have decided to commit to another year at Rosslyn Street, the landlord
and
> Real Estate Agent has accepted our terms of no rental or CPI increases. We
> still remain on the look out for other suitable premises or storage.
>
> We commenced Volunteer Induction sessions in February. To date we have had
6
> new people volunteering to help at CAI-Vic.
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> Systems Out and Training Report
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> This month sees us back distributing computers to people, thus far we have
> given out 8 systems. This is way down on our figures for last year. Our
> Saturday training sessions will not start until March, and training during
> the week has also become restricted. I do think the situation will improve
> over the next few weeks as more volunteers / wfd participants assist with
the
> delivery of training.
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> We have spent a great deal of time training volunteers and Work for the
Dole
> participants in the use of the Computerbank Victoria KDE / Linux setup and
in
> the commandline.
>
> We are still trying to solve network issues for the Menieres Support Group
> Network build. The Menieres Support Group have been contacted about the
delay
> and will be supplied a couple of stand alone systems (due Thursday 20th)
to
> use while we resolve the network issues.
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> Update on the South Pacific Project
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> We are still facilitating the placement of ANZ Bank computers in the South
> Pacific and in East Timor. I am having a meeting with ANZ and the ET
contact
> on Monday to review how this project has progressed.
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> CAI-Vic agreed to assist the ANZ in it's program to recycle computers
> already in the South Pacific to disadvantaged schools. Our roles has been
to
> provide the project with: Copies of the CAI-Vic customised debian / kde
open
> source software for installation on the computers, training materials for
> users, technical documentation for software installers and volunteer
> technical support via email / irc.
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> CAI-Vic has also assisted the project by networking with Rotary
International
> groups across the South Pacific.
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> The project has resulted in more than 1000 computers being distributed to
> disadvantaged schools across the South Pacific and in East Timor. (exact
> number will be known at the meeting).
>
> Intranet becoming our Internet Home site real soon.
>
> The CAI-Vic Web site will undergo radical changes soon. We are nearly
ready
> to go live with our new look ZOPE based site. This site will also
incorporate
> all of the CAI-Vic vault of documentation. Thats 120 odd documents and
> growing! Thanks to all our documentation team, particularly Dave and Dean,
> for making this finally happen.
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> Future Events
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> Another volunteer induction session is happening on Wednesday 19th of
> February. A CAI-Vic branch meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 26th of
> February at 6.30pm.
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