From samper.d at gmail.com Tue Jul 1 22:16:15 2008 From: samper.d at gmail.com (Dave Sampson) Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:16:15 -0400 Subject: [freegeek-startup] by way of introduction.. In-Reply-To: <54e2f3c80807011440ube73f5es728d4fa643389ad5@mail.gmail.com> References: <54e2f3c80807011440ube73f5es728d4fa643389ad5@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <486B0F1F.1010301@gmail.com> Bruce , Dave Sampson here. I am only a few steps ahead of you in the process. Welcome to the group. I am trying to drum up interest for a Free Geek in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. I found that although many questions will be answered on the mailing list, one step that might be able to help you out is to find a Free Geek mentor. I am working with the Free Geeks here in Canada and one is currently reviewing a draft for our initial application. I will also be asking some questions. Good luck Cheers > I'm Bruce Kingsbury, president of the local LUG (wlug.org.nz > ) and looking to start a FreeGeek down here in > Hamilton, NZ. > > John Billings is giving me some advice (he's been involved in Portland > and Michiana apparently), and there's a local group called '2020 > trust' who like the idea and are very good at getting funding for > things like this. They also run an annual e-waste recycling day so I'm > hoping some of the groundwork has already been done for us. > > I haven't finished reading all the 'startups' stuff on the wiki yet, > and so far I have only a really vague idea of how to proceed. Expect > lots of questions soon... > > -- > This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the > intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one > foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. > The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the > person who expressed them. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Conversation between various Free Geeks and similar groups from all over mailing list > http://lists.freegeek.org/mailman/listinfo/startup > From zcat at zcat.geek.nz Tue Jul 1 14:40:33 2008 From: zcat at zcat.geek.nz (Bruce Kingsbury) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:40:33 +1200 Subject: [freegeek-startup] by way of introduction.. Message-ID: <54e2f3c80807011440ube73f5es728d4fa643389ad5@mail.gmail.com> I'm Bruce Kingsbury, president of the local LUG (wlug.org.nz) and looking to start a FreeGeek down here in Hamilton, NZ. John Billings is giving me some advice (he's been involved in Portland and Michiana apparently), and there's a local group called '2020 trust' who like the idea and are very good at getting funding for things like this. They also run an annual e-waste recycling day so I'm hoping some of the groundwork has already been done for us. I haven't finished reading all the 'startups' stuff on the wiki yet, and so far I have only a really vague idea of how to proceed. Expect lots of questions soon... -- This email is for the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient you must burn your computer, while standing on one foot and chanting the entire jabberwocky. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the person who expressed them. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/startup/attachments/20080702/69f2210a/attachment-0218.htm From richard at freegeek.org Thu Jul 17 08:23:02 2008 From: richard at freegeek.org (That Man Behind the Curtain) Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:23:02 -0700 Subject: [freegeek-startup] FG Vancouver in the news again Message-ID: <487F63D6.3080209@freegeek.org> http://www.nugget.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1117878