Susie’s Blog - Winning hearts and minds over to FOSS
"I’m starting this blog because our organisation is trying to move over entirely to open source software, and it’s been such a feast of internecine struggle and moral outrage so far I thought it would be useful to other people to show the real non-techy issues of Moving Over To The Dark Side."
Susie is Resources Director at AFL (ex-CIAC). AFL is Advice For Life, a not-for-profit organisation based in Cambridge, focused on advice and (...) (continue)

As part of the FOSS project, Chris Bailey and Susie Halksworth (normally based at CIAC) have been working with organisations to develop web pages for them.

The web pages are created using Joomla, a free, open source programme which produces high-quality interactive web pages. Joomla is based on modules, and allows the user to install whatever modules they wish on their site: for example, users may choose to have forums, have password-protected areas of the site, have user polls or events guides, or many more.

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The Linux User & Developer magazine has featured an article by Richard Smedley, from the Midlands Open Source Technology (MOST) project , where he profiles the changes taking place in the voluntary sector as it meets with the free software community. (continue)

This version is the first official release resulting from the ongoing collaboration of the LCM developers with the Cambridge Independant Advice Centre (CIAC). (continue)

UserLand is a two-day workshop that aims to familiarise audiences, practitioners and interested parties with the current concepts and practices of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) as well as practical hands-on help building a website or creating a community project using the OpenMute toolset. (continue)

The European “Linux Magazine” has written about the East of England ChangeUp FOSS Project in the World News section of the February 2006 issue (#63). (continue)

The 5th of December was the Launch Day of the Midlands Open Source Technology (MOST) Project. More than 50 people, interested in Free and Open Source Software for the VCS attended the meeting, held in the Birmingham Voluntary Services Council. (continue)

On December 5th, Come along to the one-day introductory seminar, and find out how MOST will be bringing the benefits of Free and Open Source Software to the voluntary sector. (continue)