[NTLUG:Discuss] Help with schools

[terry]

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:32 PM, terry <trryhend at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Greg Edwards <greg at nas-inet.com> wrote:
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>> My wife is a teacher in Richardson and she has started a discussion with
>> her principal regrading OSS alternatives to M$.  Given the current budget
>> issues in our schools this is a good time to try and get something
>> accomplished.
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>> We have a couple people on the list that have dealt with getting OSS into
>> their schools.  If you would be interested in passing on some of your
>> experiences in dealing with your school and/or your ISD contact me off list
>> and I'll get your information to her.  I don't think the folks that are
>> working with the colleges would be relevant to what happens at the public
>> school level.
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>> greg at nas-inet.com
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>> TIA,
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>> Greg Edwards
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> I too would like to follow your progress if possible, but....
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> There was I guy I met that was on the IT staff for Weatherford ISD who was
> pretty much running the show because of his Linux expertise. He was even  in
> charge of ordering PCs for staff and classrooms as well as heading up the
> server administration tasks for their numerous servers.  A couple of us from
> FWLUG visited him in  Weatherford and he invited us into the server room. He
> showed us a batch of new server equipment.  WISD was in the process of
> overhauling the IT infrastructure and his crowning jewel was the asterisk
> VOIP system he was putting together. There was OSS galore and it appeared
> that WISD was very happy with his OSS initiatives because they were clearly
> saving $$$ in the process of a costly overhaul.    Now, this was in the
> neighborhood of 3 years ago and I do not remember the guy's name or if he
> even still works there but will try and find out.  If he's still there, he
> may have valuable experience to share with you. He was also in touch with
> OSS initiatives in other  school districts.   I'll  try and find out if he's
> still there and if we can get in  touch with him.  I've already emailed one
> of the other guys that was there.  If I hear anything, I'll let you know.
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> The guy's first name was Tracey



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