Event box

We need your help! We are assembling ten event boxes for local Ubuntu volunteer teams. Well, at least the core of it, things you can't expect volunteers to provide.

The idea is to create an easily transportable setup. The local volunteer team can then demonstrate Ubuntu at local events using this kit without needing a car. A huge improvement over the "bring your own and hope it doesn't break" and "you can use my stuff, it's only a 100 km drive away" of the past 15 fairs. When not in use at an event, the equipment could be used in a local community project.

Have a look at our wish list for donations below. If you can contribute something useful, please contact ubuntu-be@lists.ubuntu.com (the ubuntu-be.org mailing list) with Mark <markvdb@ubuntu.com> in cc. He is responsible for the event box.

Thank you!

the ubuntu-be.org team

Wish list

• 30 laptops with:

  • >= 256 Mb ram

  • broken battery no problem
  • no must, but would be great to have:
    • intel chipset
    • cd writer
    • capable of 3d effects
• 30 mice
  • no must, but would be great to have:
    • scroll wheel
    • usb connection
• 10 high volume speaker sets with subwoofer

Goal

Ten boxes, one for each of

• West-Vlaanderen
• Gent
• Antwerpen
• Leuven
• Limburg
• Charleroi
• Namen
• Luik
• two spares

Current status

• 5 pc's Intel Pentium III 800, 512 Mb ram
• 7 17" crt screens
• 6 mouse/keyboard pairs ps/2

Where is everything?

• Brugge, Jan Claeys:
  • 1 PC-in-screen
• Ostend, Jean Huberts
  • 1 PC All-in-screen (Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz)
  • 1 PC desktop (Asus AMD Semprom 2800+) without screen
  • * 1 PC P4 2.60 GHZ, no screen, no keyboard
• Hasselt, Bart Broeckx:
  • 1 pc + 1 screen
• Ghent, Dieter Vanderfaeillie:
  • 1 pc + 2 screen
  • 1 Acer Travelmate laptop (actually in Ostend, Jean Huberts)
  • 1 external cd/dvd writer combo
• Leuven, Mark Van den Borre:
  • 3 pc + 4 screen