[Cialug] CIALUG Group project?-- flying e-book... DUCK!!!

Thu May 10 19:22:08 UTC 2018

The lug does have funds if needed.  We've never really had a method to define distribution of those funds though, but we can overcome that

-barry

On 5/10/18, 14:19, "Cialug on behalf of Kyle H" <cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:

    No volunteers quite yet unfortunately. Does anyone on the list want to help
    get this going with researching ideas? I'm going to check in with a few
    people i know. Does anyone have any ideas, or want to do some digging on
    the interwebs?

    Thank you

    On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:11 PM Danielle Brommer <dbrommer at leantechniques.co>
    wrote:

    > Just wanted to say- very cool!  Hope you find some people to help out!
    >
    > Danielle Brommer
    > 515-208-5490
    >
    > > On May 9, 2018, at 11:50 AM, Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
    > >
    > >
    > > This was said by me in slack recently. I wanted to get a feel for
    > interest from people, see if anyone would like to volunteer skills. I'm
    > happy to help organize, but would appreciate a co organizer. I know one Dr
    > who works a lot with brain injuries had a lot of ideas when i asked him
    > about something like this before. We could build small devices to run code
    > and pcs with raspberry pis, etc that could help people in some way, shape,
    > or form.
    > > I'm sure many others suffer from this too, but it's an extremely helpful
    > project That would be personally life changing for me. I have a brain
    > injury with short term memory loss. I like ios because i don't like to mess
    > with my phone much, if at all, because it takes me awhile to adapt. Ever
    > since i left android phones and had my task list on my home screen there i
    > have had a horrible time keeping up with my list of tasks. I grow used to
    > the reminder sound even if i regularly change it. so i never hear
    > notifications in my pocket from reminders i set. I usually get alarms but
    > those are more forceful and time consuming, when you are out and about.
    > Since i can't rely on the sound, i use alarms for some but it's annoying to
    > change with how it's set up. I would LOVE to be able to place my reminders
    > screen on my home screen. Right now it probably requires a jail break, but
    > this is an example so we can branch off more ideas.
    > > Here's the original message. It's a grand project but it would be
    > amazing if we could use code and tech, which we play with on a daily basis,
    > for something to give locally, or beynd. Rather than just lining the
    > pockets of corporations with your work and never seeing the end results,
    > you would see direct results on the people.
    > >
    > > Proposition 42:
    > > Could we as a nerdy group come up with a devops solution that could
    > positively benefit someone,a group, or society?
    > > Doesn't matter how small or large the benefit, or project, is. It would
    > require some thought and research, something that comes easy for this group
    > of smart nerds. We could use meeting time for work on it, or we could have
    > people demonstrate skills to the public that they worked with recently on
    > the project. This could keep the group material updated and fresh. Ex: How
    > a specific api works, wtf is git?? svn? Perl? Php? Lxde? Does gnome really
    > suck? How do i use kali Linux? The meaning of life?? (the answer to that
    > last one is a combo of #42, and Linux) :)
    > > We wouldn't do it for recognition or money. This could keep the group
    > fresh with material, encourage new members to join, be fun as hell, and
    > positively effect society. I know it's a grand scheme, but i think it could
    > really work.
    > >
    > > -How about we vote 1 - yay or 0 - nay?
    > > if enough are interested...
    > > -Volunteers? Please let me know what skills you can help with
    > > -Think we would need funding at all? Should we even ask for sponsors so
    > we could possibly have some funding to work with? We don't want to turn it
    > into being about money though.
    > > -I'd need a volunteer or two to help organize everything as well.
    > >
    > > Let me know if anyone has any questions, or better ideas?
    > > Kyle
    > >
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