TLUG's value to community ???

[G. Matthew Rice]

William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> writes:
> Here is my thought on services we can provide:

The one that I've been _very_ slowly working on with some other guys is
called 'Adopt an NGO' (actually, it's been shortened to 'Adopt').

It isn't really defined in 'print' yet but the wiki page is at:

        http://www.linux.ca/twiki/bin/view/Programmes/WebHome

The basic premise is to match volunteers with non-profits (or other
monetarily challenged orgs).  The volunteers agree to some SOW that is
manageable and time limited.  After that the NGO can keep the solution and
support themselves, contract the volunteers to do so, or find other support
resources.  Or dump it.


The benefits for this are:

- the NGO can try out OSS solutions with less risk to themselves
- the volunteers can, hopefully, find some consulting/support work from
  happy referrals or the NGO itself (or just feel good about helping out).

The latter benefit was to help the occasional posters that I see here about
"hey, we know a lot.  Let's group together and do some consulting." which is
inevitably followed by the "ummm, does anyone have any clients?" part.
Hopefully, this will eliminate the chicken/egg problem for some people.

Anyway, there's also an adopt mailing list that anyone can join:

        http://www.linux.ca/mailman/listinfo/adopt/

It's been very quiet lately but I'm hoping to see the programme launch by the
end of the year.

Regards,
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