Difference between revisions of "Collaborative Technologies"
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===Tech Support=== | ===Tech Support=== | ||
all of the above plus. | all of the above plus. | ||
regular working hours | regular working hours | ||
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monthly fee for support | monthly fee for support | ||
| − | charging for education | + | charging for education, enterprise level |
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===staffing=== | ===staffing=== | ||
all of the above plus. | all of the above plus. | ||
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Revision as of 15:07, 13 January 2005
Basic Info
Collaborative Technologies (aka Collab) is a program of Free Geek. The general idea behind Collab is to encourage nonprofit organization to use free and open source software. To accomplish this we hired a coordinator to that end and formed a group of consultants that would work for pay, in theory providing cheap services for the nonprofits and providing some income for Free Geek.
Our first big project, developing the hardware and software infrastructure for Homestreet (mental health provider in Washington County), is nearing completion.
We are now reconsidering how Collab will work in the future as we have learned much on this first project.
The Future of Collab
- Change Name?
- Resources
- Software
- Open office
- Media Wiki
- Hardware
- Volunteers
- Programs
- Build
- Grants
- Tech Support
- Education
- Adoption
- Software
- Demand for training
- Admin Literacy
- Teaching them vocabulary
- Basic Skills
- Backups
- Admin Mailing list
- ?
- User Training
- Admin Literacy
- Goals
- Financing
Short term Goals
Hardware
We can deliver,grant Spec computers,Firewalls, Diskless Labs,cabling,networking,printers
Software
Linux(debian), Standard Freekbox Applications, Samba, Webmin, CUPS
Education
Training on freekbox standard(adoption style) webmin. on site training or here
Tech Support
during Tech support hours. Trying to increase as much as possible
financing
fee for diskless lab,education (System Admin,Vocabulary, on site Training),tech support(small monthly fee?)
staffing
Current staff and volounteers
Medium Term goals
Hardware
all of the above plus. Enterprise level (fail over, redundancy, etc..) Scanners, cameras?
Software
all of the above plus. off the shelf non customized database app. (front end to windows DB or vice versa)
Education
all of the above plus. Training on non custom DB
Tech Support
all of the above plus. regular working hours
financing
all of the above plus monthly fee for support charging for education, enterprise level
staffing
all of the above plus. part time coordinator internship
long term Goals
Hardware
all of the above plus.
Software
all of the above plus. Custom Applications (DB)
Education
all of the above plus.
Tech Support
all of the above plus. on site support
financing
all of the above plus. Charging for on site support open source software development grants
staffing
all of the above plus. full time staff