[plug] Gold ! :)

[Kai Jones]

Well, I'm all for having more open source in local government if it's 
practical and appropriate (eg, afaik we're currently the only Shire 
Council in the state to be running SynergySoft database on a Linux 
back-end instead of Windows 2000) the only problem is properley 
educating the councillors and staff about it,  I mean with reference to 
IT knowledge, our councillors have either got none or very little. Like 
one time a few weeks ago I spent four hours at one councillors place 
trying to teach her how to send an email...

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au
 > [mailto:plug-admin at plug.linux.org.au]On Behalf Of James Devenish
 > Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2003 8:42 PM
 > To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
 > Subject: Re: [plug] Gold ! :)
 >
 >
 > In message <3FDEFC50.2060602 at westnet.com.au>
 > on Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:36:32PM +0800, Kai wrote:
 > > senectus wrote:
 > > > Time to start a local gov e-mail storm over getting this
 > pushed here as
 > > > well.. don't you guys agree?
 > > Local government email storm ? what do you propose ?
 >
 > What is meant by "local government"? Remember: local councils are made
 > up of human beings with normal jobs and normal lives (as opposed to,
 > say, federal parliamentarians). Regardless of how many people actually
 > engage in conversation with their local councillors, or go to council
 > meetings, an e-mail "storm" is probably wrong in many ways.
 > As for state
 > government...well...Darleks may be more a more useful
 > approach at times.
 > I'm not inclined toward advocacy (actually, to tell the
 > truth, the risk
 > of Linux advocacy is one of my original reasons for avoiding PLUG) so
 > perhaps I am biased against the idea, but an "e-mail storm"
 > typifies the
 > sort of thing I wouldn't like to see. I shall go hide in a cave, now.
 >
 > PS. Yes, I realise the irony in claiming not to be a fan of
 > the "e-mail
 > storm" idea -- ~80 e-mails on plug at plug today!