FOSSi

=FOSSi=

Goal

 * To reduce eWaste
 * To give remote communities access to computers

Rationalle
FOSSi - an opportunity to bridge the digital divide FOSSi - supporting communities to become digitally independent
 * Shortage of computers in the remotest classrooms homes and nations is creating
 * A digital divide
 * While some industries and institutions struggle to deal with their eWaste
 * Sugata Mitra's - hole in the wall experiment
 * Showed the greatest impact on society with the deployment of computers,
 * happened in the remotest communities,
 * and children learned about this technology best,
 * in groups!

Computer Disposal
Present system
 * Hard drives are required to be erased
 * Computers become difficult to give away or sold with an erased hard drive
 * Proprietary software licensing agreements further restrict disposal

Future system
 * Hard drives are required to be erased
 * Computers become easy to install FOSS
 * FOSS licensing has no restrictions on disposal

Sustainable Recycling

 * Industry and institutions donating their retired working computers
 * The better the computer quality,
 * the most suitable for the remotest communities
 * A partnership with remote schools, community groups and nations
 * Mutually Beneficial
 * Remote communities gain access to computers
 * Increased learning opportunities for all parties

Sustainability
Future Funding
 * Initially requiring voluntary assistance of GNU/Linux Users Groups (GLUGs)???
 * or independents that take surplus computers and redistribute freely or at basic cost
 * or industry or institutions baring the cost of a technician to wipe and install FOSS
 * or from council or government

Closed loop
 * Create open systems that track computers from source to disposal
 * Recycle donated computers back from remote communities
 * Details here - to be negotiated??

Trust/NGO

 * The middle people

Future goal:
Using WikiEducator
 * Document FOSSI - PNG
 * Record technical details
 * Feedback from PNG - digital camera/spare memory stick?
 * Recycling of the computers we are sending?
 * Speakers
 * Computer peripherals - skype, camera, etc
 * What programmes etc need to be installed?
 * No Internet?
 * Whether to install video codecs onto all the computers?
 * Culturally appropriate
 * Connecting via phone, email etc

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."''' Dr. Seuss (The Lorax)