Nonprofit Assistance Program Proposal

Issues list

• Change Name?
  • Nonprofit Assistance Program?
• Resources we have available:
  • Software
    • Open office
    • Media Wiki
    • RT
  • Hardware
  • Volunteers
    • who know stuff
    • who want to learn
  • Programs:
    • Build
    • Grants
    • Tech Support
    • Education
    • Adoption
• Demand by NPs for training
  • Admin Literacy
    • Teaching them vocabulary
    • Basic Skills
      • Backups
      • Admin Mailing list
      • ?
  • User Training (of various apps)
• What are our goals
• How is this financed?

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