On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 12:29, Lee Einer wrote:
> Hi, all-
> 
> Would any of you be interested in meeting with the Maricopa County Green 
> Party regarding the possibility of their transitioning  from MS Windows 
> to the Linux OS?  I have been invited to meet with some Green volunteers 
> on Monday, January 27th, at 6:00PM to discuss their technology issues 
> and the possibility of transitioning to Linux. As I bring more 
> enthusiasm than  technical knowledge to the table, it would help quite a 
> bit if any of you more IT literate  folk would join me.. It is possible 
> that we will be forming an IT subcommittee. The Maricopa Greens  
> currently use the MS Windows OS. Their chief practical concerns are 
> website creation and maintenance (for which they are currently using MS 
> FrontPage) and a database tailored for use by non-profits. They are 
> currently planning to utilize the  Ebase database, which is 
> Windows-centric, but there are other competing databases available, such 
> as Convio, which appears to be Linux based, and E-Tapestry and 
> DonorPerfect, which are available in web-based versions.
> 
> Any of you who are interested in attending, and/or volunteering to 
> assist, please let me know-
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Lee Einer
> 
> [Note: this post is not intended to trigger a debate on the merits of 
> the respective political parties- it is about assisting an organization 
> in transitioning to Linux


Where is this meeting gonna be, Lee?  West Side, I bet ;)  

Seriously, I would like to try and make it and I am sure we can garner
more forces.

Btw, I am looking at this from a purely technical position.  I am not a
member of any political party ;)

-- 
 Jim

 Freedom is all we really want