Re: University people in Fedora: Education/University SIG

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On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 12:43 PM Timothée Floure
<timothee.floure@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> This is a follow-up email for some "coffee discussions" we had at flock a few
> weeks ago. Sorry for the delay!
>
> The Fedora community contains a lot of university students, many of us
> packaging tools for their courses and acting as first-level Linux support for
> the local student community. The problems we encounter and work on are not
> identical but share a common base: it only makes sense to collaborate.
>
> We found (over a few flock coffee breaks) 5-6 fedorans interested in joining
> such an initiative and are currently creating a SIG as a mean to communicate.
> We haven't decided on anything yet, except that we would like to work together
> to make Fedora an accessible platform for student and courses in an university
> context. We expect overlapping interests and collaboration with others SIGs,
> especially if related to the academic world such as NeuroFedora or ML.
>
> We are aware of the dormant Education SIG [1] but have yet to discuss how to
> position - or integrate - ourselve.
>
> A slightly more detailed description can be found on the related wiki page [2].
> I invite you to add your name to its members section you're interested to work
> with us. We will figure out communication and coordination mediums around next
> week.
>
> [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Education
> [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/University

Hi Timothée,

I think this is a great initiative! Maybe it's a bit early to ask, but
I'm curious what sort of projects you see a SIG focusing on?

(If grad students would be welcome here too, I might be interested. :) )

Cheers,
Ben Rosser
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