[oclug] Volunteering

[Messier, Jean-Francois]

	This is very true. I was doing an initial BBS implementation for
a school board in the 80's and I had to provide support as well later
on, which then became volunteer work, as their budgets were then empty.

JF

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[mailto:oclug-bounces at lists.oclug.on.ca] On Behalf Of Dave O'Neill
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 12:39
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Subject: Re: [oclug] Volunteering


On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 11:37:02AM -0400, scloch23 at rogers.com wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knew if there are Linux volunteer 
> opportunties.  I would love to get hands on experience in a real Linux

> network environment outside of the few Linux servers I administer at 
> my current work.

If you're interested in doing something in a sustainable, long-term
manner, it might be a good idea to approach a charity or nonprofit
organization in an area you're interested in and offer to help them
migrate from their Microsoft-dependant software.  Every dollar not spent
on software means one more dollar that group can put towards their
programs.

I don't recommend doing this if you're not prepared to stick with it,
though, as beginning a partial migration and then bailing on it will not
only reflect poorly on you, but on the Linux and Open Source communities
in general.

Cheers,
Dave
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