Martha Lane Fox, the recently appointed Champion for Digital Inclusion visited Bristol recently and met Bristol Wireless Community Cooperative.
I follow Digital Inclusion topics, but I only heard about that after the event because of a technical fault on ConnectingBristol.org, but in the discussion, I was asked:
“As Co-ops, maybe you and Bristol Wireless (and others?) could host a regional event?”
Anyone interested? The Bristol Wireless discussion suggests some possible topics: social networking and outreach, skills training and peer-to-peer learning.
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1 MJ Ray (mjray) 's status on Friday, 14-Aug-09 07:25:26 UTC - Identi.ca // Aug 14, 2009 at 7:25 am
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2 niq // Aug 14, 2009 at 8:45 am
Do you think you could allow a Linux flavour to outreach without being dismissed as nutters?
I find the assumption of Windows tends to be a stumbling block in any kind of outreach-like activity. I’d be happy to stick with OS-agnostic, but then people want me to fix up their windows boxes, and I lack confidence to help. That is to say, I may get the appearance of working just fine while leaving them wide open to viruses/etc.
3 Peter Ferne // Aug 14, 2009 at 8:47 am
Sounds interesting. Happy to meet up for a chat over a coffee to knock some ideas around.