[NCLUG] Ridgeview Classical School - Call for Assistance

[dann]

hey,
  there is now a mailing list for discussing technology issues 
for the Ridgeview school.  it will be a primarily linux-based school -
student workstations will be diskless nodes running LTSP -
and they are looking for help in a variety of areas - including
just fielding questions on the mailing list.

if you'd like to sign up, you can do so at:
	http://lists.community.tummy.com/mailman/listinfo/rcslinux
thanks to tummy.com for hosting the list.
	-dann

On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 09:47:16AM -0700, Kirk Rheinlander wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> My name is Kirk Rheinlander. I am an Enterprise Architecture consultant 
> working as a technology volunteer for a new public charter school in Ft. 
> Collins. (To be located in the Timberline church at Stuart and Lemay - 
> colocated with the schurch for the first year)
> 
> I got to this list via Martin Fink, HP's General Manager for Worldwide 
> Linux Operations. Along with HP's Alan Meyer's assistance, we are 
> struggling to get some help going for a new school here in Ft. Collins.
> 
> As head of the technology committee, I have been driving the efforts to get 
> the technology in place for this new school, scheduled to open in Sept.
> 
> I'd like to solicit help from anyone that is interested in working with us.
> 
> We are planning on implementing LTSP - particularly, K12LTSP.ORG, a bundle 
> of software, including RedHat7.1 and LTSP, along with education specific 
> software, StarOffice and other stuff.
> 
> This will all be implemented on large scale servers, and diskless 
> workstations (read: donated PCs) with LinkSys LX10/100 card with Etherboot 
> ROMS.
> 
> We have some equipment, a limited budget in the form of a state grant, and 
> lots of enthusiasm. What we really need is some Linux knowledge.
> 
> Tonight (sorry for the short notice), at Fit4Fun (behind Target on Mason) 
> we are having a volunteer meeting. Anyone that can show up that would like 
> to help would be appreciated. It is from 6-9, Wed-Aug1. Bring your kids - 
> they discount the entry to $4/child for our meetings, so parents can attend 
> with kids entertained.
> 
> Thanks in advance, and sorry for the short notice - everything is going 
> fast in getting this new school off the ground.
> 
> We need LTSP expertise, firewall (Sguid?), content filtering (SquidGuard?), 
> LDAP (400+ students to adminster), KDE, StarOffice, LINUX, X, hardware 
> (Notfinity 4500 and 6000r rack servers) network wiring, switches, routers, 
> etc. - in other words, expertise across the whole gambit.
> 
> We also have 1 multimedia WindowsME machine per classroom. This needs to 
> run in the Linux world as well.
> 
> Kirk
> 
> 
> 
> Kirk R. Rheinlander ** 7964 Eagle Ranch Road ** Ft. Collins, CO 80528
> 970.229.1908 (home) ** 303.910.1578 (direct) ** 419-831-5165 (eFax)
> kirk at kpj2.com (personal) ** krrheinlander at tamgroupinc.com (business)
> 
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