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Re: [ProgSoc] Idea



If someone wants to take the initiative with this, then the next step would be to go and find prospective customers. Just walk up the road early Monday afternoon (say between 1pm and 4pm?) and walk in to shops, tell them that you're from ProgSoc [1] and you're trying to ascertain local businesses' interest in a community project designed to promote free open source software, and that the goal is to give away free computers to support small business as part of an incubation programme that may or may not have legs.
[1] http://www.progsoc.org/wiki/index.php/What_We_Do

Then ask them questions to fill out this form:

 Business name:  __________________________

 Business type:  __________________________

 Contact:        __________________________ on _______________________

 Business hours: __________________________

Would you entertain the possibility of letting a volunteer group provide you with computing facilities to help you run your business? The goal is to promote Free (as in Freedom) Open Source Software in the local community and at UTS.
 ( ) yes
 ( ) no

Regardless of the above, would you mind answering a few questions about how you use computers to help you run your business?
 ( ) yes
 ( ) no

Can we talk about your business identity/processes/requirements publicly? (i.e. on the ProgSoc mailing list)
 ( ) yes
 ( ) no

 Number of staff: _________________________ (employed on any basis)

 Number of users: _________________________ (people using computers)

 Roles of users:  _________________________ (i.e. job title/activity)

                  _________________________

                  _________________________

                  ...

 Number of computers: _____________________ (Total. Home/office, etc.)

 Computers:   Hardware                Software (Include OS/version)

 Brand/Model  CPU    RAM    HDD (GB)

 ___________  _____  _____  ______  - ________________________________

                                    - ________________________________

                                    - ________________________________

                                    - ...

 ___________  _____  _____  ______  - ________________________________

                                    - ________________________________

                                    - ________________________________

                                    - ...

 ...

 Peripherals:              (Comment/Details)

   - [ ] Printer(s)?        __________________________________

   - [ ] Till(s)?           __________________________________

   - [ ] Scanner(s)?        __________________________________

   - [ ] Barcode reader(s)? __________________________________

   - Other? __________________________________________________

            __________________________________________________

            __________________________________________________


 Date types:  Data format (i.e. PDF, XLS, etc.)   ~ #Files / Size

              _________________________________   _______________

              _________________________________   _______________

              _________________________________   _______________

              _________________________________   _______________

              _________________________________   _______________

              ...

 Existing processes:

  [ ] Do you do backups?

      How? ___________________________________________________

      [ ] Off site?

      [ ] Have you ever used them?

  [ ] Do you have a connection to the internet?

      What type? _____________________________________________

  [ ] Do you have a business email address(es)?

      Provided by who? _______________________________________

  [ ] Do you have a business web site?

      What is the URL? _______________________________________

      Provided by who? _______________________________________

 Comments, notes, etc.

 _____________________________________________________________

 _____________________________________________________________

 _____________________________________________________________

 ...











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