Re: [ossig] Elderly folks in M'sia learn open source

[Nan Phin <nplee@tm.net.my>]

Dear All,

We will further the OSS 101 Appreciation Workshop by conducting a Train the Trainer Workshop some time first quarter  of Next Year.

Also more OSS101 workshop will be conducted through out Malaysia.....
to "open sourced" the young and the elder!

For anyone interested to become a trainer of OSS101, you can sent to admin@mncc.po.my.
Please introduce your self, where are you working, and how can you contribute after this training.

btw, we hope that you can also sign up as MNCC members..... :-)

best wishes.
/nan phin
chair OSSIG

TM Tan (aka Meng) wrote:

> Thats impressive... well done Colin Charles and all involved !
>
> > By Charles Moreira, The Star Online
> >      Thursday, December 26 2002 1:54 PM
> >
> >      PETALING JAYA--Senior citizens from a community group in Kuala Lumpur have
> >      greatly impressed their trainer, Colin Charles, by quickly learning how to install and
> >      configure the Linux Red Hat 8.0 operating system.
> >
> >      "On the first day, some of these senior citizens--in their 60s and 70s--didn’t even know how to
> >      switch on a computer," Charles said, after hosting a three-day Open Source Software
> >      Workshop at the Cosmopoint Corporate Training Center earlier this month.
> >
> >      "But they soon learned to install Linux Red Hat 8.0 all by themselves, and stayed the whole
> >      course," Charles, a Linux Professional Institute certified trainer, said in a recent interview.
> >
> >      The group of 26 senior folks also learned how to configure modems and printers to work under
> >      Linux, synchronize a PalmOS-based handheld device, download pictures from a digital camera
> >      through a USB (universal serial bus) port, and edit them with the G-Photo photo-editing
> >      software.
> >
> >      After graduating from the course, they hope to train their fellow members on Linux-based
> >      desktop productivity tools like OpenOffice.org, the Mozilla browser, X-CD-Roast CD burning
> >      software, Charles noted.
> >
> >      For example, a school teacher, who declined to be named, said: "I can influence my school's
> >      computer clubs to use Linux...with open source software, they don't have to pay licensing
> >      fees."
> >
> >      The workshop, which cost RM50 (US$13.16) per attendee, was organized by the Malaysian
> >      National Computer Confederation's Open Source Special Interest Group (MNCC-OSSIG).
> >
> >      It was aided by Advanced Technology Studies Centre (atSC), Cosmopoint (which provided its
> >      premises and computer facilities), Delmaco, Getronics Solutions Malaysia, I-Enterprise Online,
> >      Ingenuity Microsystems and Meteor Technology.
> >
> >      MNCC-OSSIG plans to hold its next workshop in Penang in February, as well as further
> >      sessions in the Klang Valley. However, MNCC-OSSIG members said they would need a
> >      sponsor like Cosmopoint to provide the premises and facilities.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > best wishes.
> > /nan phin
> >
> > Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
> >
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best wishes.
/nan phin

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