Re: Grant Application - A grant to Moe Menshed (about to start)

Noel Butler <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:27:22 +1000
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Has this Luke been approached to donate his time? 

I gather the request is for a grant to pay him, your pretty much saying
50 dollars an hour, that seems excessive given the Men's Shed's
operation which usually has all mentors/experts donate their time, so I
at least, have reservations. 

If the grant request was however for the computer room "equipment" that
could not be found through donations (talked to Harvey Norman?) like
modem/router/switches, cabling, I do fully support that type of request.


On 24/03/2017 09:04, Kathy Reid wrote:

> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I'm forwarding this Grant Application on behalf of Robert Palmer (CC'd) - feedback on this Grant Application from the community is now open for two weeks. 
> 
> Kind regards, 
> 
> Kathy 
> 
> -------- Forwarded Message -------- 
> 
> SUBJECT:
> [LACTTE] A grant to Moe Menshed (about to start)
> 
> DATE:
> Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:08:20 +1100
> 
> FROM:
> Robert Palmer <[email protected]>
> 
> TO:
> [email protected]
> 
> Dear Linux Council, 
> Moe Menshed is just starting up.  I was a member of the Menshed in Wagga Wagga but was hit by a car when riding a bicycle, I was knocked unconscious for a week and broke my right leg.  I was flown to Sydney and then to Melbourne.  I came to Moe because I have some familly in the area. 
> I have met someone who is part of an attempt to start a Menshed in Moe.
> His name is Collin Wootton, tel 03 5127 3693.  I understand that they have a building chosen but not much installed.  In Wagga Wagga the Menshed had a very extensive building with much very expensive fitting and turning machinery that was very competently run by a group of old men.  They also had a computer room which had more users than the workshop.  I would like the Moe Menshed to start up with a computer room.  For that to happen we need a few computer experts preferably, I hope with enthusiasm for and knowledge of Linux as well as Windows.  
> I have met a young bloke in Moe whose knowledge of Linux is much greater than mine. his name is Luke and he teaches mostly bored housewives in a few classes.  I am surprised to find someone in Moe with more knowledge of Linux than I have.  He also is much better, than I am, at getting information from the Internet and has a good knowledge of modern computers which I for one, lack badly.  He teaches in Moe Neighbourhood House in Elizabeth st. 
> If he was in the Menshed when it is starting up and answering questions, it would be a good thing.  Many people have older computers which will not run Windows 10 but will run Linux, eg Mint, Mate or Ubuntu.  Rather than spend about $1000 on a new computer they would do better to install Linux.  He would be able to tell them how to do this.  
> The computer room would need a Router (Modem) with connections for at least four computers and a telephone for the Menshed administration.  I don't know what is being done about this.  Collin Wootton 03 5127 3693 should be able to tell you this. 
> I do not know what teachers are payed but I would think that if he got $100 for two hour lessons for about ten weeks, it would be very helpful. 
> Yours Robert Palmer at [email protected] 
> 
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