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Attendees at September 04 Event

Anthony Rangecroft

I came to the FOSS Initiative day to gain some insight into the voluntary and community sector as I've been working with SMEs and corporates.

I work with clients to design and try out more efficient ways of working, both procedural and technical. I use model based process re-engineering and prototyping on a Linux or Unix platform as this tends to be quick and reliable, relatively speaking of course ;-) AnthonyRangecroft at f2s.com 01737 223925

Sean Kenny

I'm a circuit rider with Bristol IT Co-Op, we do "pay-as you-go" IT support for Voluntary organisations in Bristol, three development trusts with 30+ staff, 2 of whom are New Deal regeneration initiatives and the third working in the BME sector. We also support 5/10 smaller organisations. Getting organisations to migrate to open source platforms without sounding like some fanatic is probably our biggest difficulty. A slow process of gradual penetration is the tack we take, offering Open Source solutions to particular problems and trying to link it to contracted support and development work so we can use the tools we're most comfortable with for the job in hand.

I'm also heavily involved with Bristol Wireless (of bright yellow tshirt fame) with a particular interest in education and training, so I'll be following any initiatives in the development of training course materials closely.

I also keep an occasional and erratic blog - The Irvken Experience Enjoy :)

Tea Kharitonashvili (Taya)

Taya works for the Open Society Georgia Foundation (http://osgf.ge/?lang=en) as an eRider (ICT Consultant). The Foundation has completed one project, "ICT for Civil Society", and is now planning to do another entitled "ICT and Capacity Building" which will focus on F/OSS implementation in Georgian NGOs. Taya has a real penguin-like 4-year-old daughter named Tiko.

Will Pollard

I am interested in Acrobat and PDF, although I realise that Acrobat is too expensive to be used widely. I have put more on this in the WikiSandbox?. I thought it was a free space, not for tests as I now realise. However, it has been rescued for the Feedback page http://www.lasa.org.uk/it/penguin/pmwiki.php/Main/FeedBack. Please amend or add. There are open source choices for PDF, including server software. SVG (scaleable vector graphics)could be a new direction for many purposes. I am based in Exeter, near Life Bytes internet cafe on Paris Street.

01392 660639 will at exetreme.com

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