On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 20:18, Joanna Harris wrote:

Heres one to munch your brains on......since going to Bett 2003 (and the previous two) my partner and I have wanted to take....my Linux Schools project (www.linuxschools.org.uk not available at the moment but hosting says I have been given to the admin!!) and Swadelands school where he ICT-Coordinates to the Bett show basically a look what you can do without spending thousands!!

Passed the headmistress etc, but one problem....just checked the costs...£310 per sq metre...thats alot....

Basically I'm asking for ideas to raise that money....this is not a prority for the school obviously! and I'm not sure if any companies would listen...sponsorship way.

help?!? lol

Had you considered joining SchoolforgeUK? I think we are better to tackle these things together in one consolidated effort rather than fragment into a lot of small projects at least until we have sufficient resources. -- Ian Lynch ZMS Ltd

Joanna et al I am trying to persuade Novell to do this. They have the resources to do this which we don't. I will report back, so watch this space !!! Regards, Grahame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ REFURBISH AND REUSE IS BETTER THAN RECYCLE Grahame Leon-Smith, Chairman of Trustees Tel +44-1932-874303 Fax +44-1932-874068 FREE COMPUTERS FOR EDUCATION Registered Charity No. 1059116 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT < http://www.free-computers.org> and for further information just send a blank email to: < mailto:free-computers-news-subscribe@yahoogroups.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Joanna Harris [mailto:jo@sharrad.co.uk] Sent: 17 May 2004 20:19 To: SuSe Subject: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Bett Show Heres one to munch your brains on......since going to Bett 2003 (and the previous two) my partner and I have wanted to take....my Linux Schools project (www.linuxschools.org.uk not available at the moment but hosting says I have been given to the admin!!) and Swadelands school where he ICT-Coordinates to the Bett show basically a look what you can do without spending thousands!! Passed the headmistress etc, but one problem....just checked the costs...£310 per sq metre...thats alot.... Basically I'm asking for ideas to raise that money....this is not a prority for the school obviously! and I'm not sure if any companies would listen...sponsorship way. help?!? lol Jo -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-linux-uk-schools-help@suse.com --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.686 / Virus Database: 447 - Release Date: 14/05/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.716 / Virus Database: 472 - Release Date: 05/07/2004