[Leaplist] Fwd: Re: Can kids volunteer for install fest on Saturday?

[Phil Barnett]

Hello LUG Installfest attendees.

As you know, tomorrow (Saturday) is the installfest.

We have a volunteer to help set things up in the morning. Please be sure that 
she has something to do, like line up the tables, make sure the chairs are 
spread around, help distribute the network wiring and power strips, etc.

Then, part of her volunteer work can be to learn something about Linux, which 
is our mission in life. In order for her to help us, she must have some 
knowledge, right?

I'm on call for work today and Saturday morning until 9 am, so I won't be away 
from the house before about 11 am. Please help this young lady help us!

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Subject: Re: Can kids volunteer for install fest on Saturday?
Date: Friday 29 February 2008
From: William Sellers <wsellers at mac.com>
To: Phil Barnett <philb at philb.us>


On Feb 29, 2008, at 2:08 AM, Phil Barnett wrote:

> On Thursday 28 February 2008 02:05:07 pm you wrote:
>> My daughter has to fulfill a public service requirement for school.
>> As I understand it, she can do work for any non-profit and only needs
>> a signature on a piece of paper from someone in charge.
>>
>> She's 12-years old. Do you think she can do anything for your group?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Walt Sellers
>> (That Apple Guy)
>
> I'm not sure what we need done. It's not a problem doing it if we  
> have something for her to do.

She only needs 5 hours  
for her entire requirement and I thought perhaps you could work her  
for 1 or 2 hours doing gopher jobs during setup and/or teardown and  
other  less technical stuff.  If things work out, I'll let her stay  
longer, but that might be her the limit of her energy and attention  
span. She's smart, so she can be taught quickly.

If you don't need anything or are uncomfortable with it, that's  
alright.   I thought it might be good for her and interesting for me  
(beats watching her sweep out animal cages.)  I'll be there the whole  
time if that makes a difference.   If you have ground rules (and  
everyone does), I can go over them with her.

Thanks

Walt

> -- 
> "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people  
> who are
> putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain

I'm hoping for the smart people.  They at least have the potential to  
do something sensible later.   But then they would have been able to  
pronounce "nuclear".

x x x x x You spelled that wrong. It's "noocular". Sheesh.

--
"Potential is nice, but you don't get kinetic until some work is  
done." -- Ellen Sellers - 7th grade science teacher



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"Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are 
putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain