[lug] Re: Linux and Rotary

[J. Wayde Allen]

My suggestion would be to pose your question to one of the many Linux User
Groups around the country.  There should be some in Florida.  In the
meantime I'm CC'ing this to the Boulder Linux Users Group
<lug.boulder.co.us> in Colorado.

- Wayde
  (lug.boulder.co.us)
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On Tue, 10 Sep 2002, Kurt Madsen wrote:

> I am a Rotarian in Florida and am helping some local Rotary clubs set up
> their own websites. I found your email address by searching for Rotary and
> Linux.
> 
> I want to encourage clubs to consider open source for their websites (i.e.,
> there are alternatives to Microsoft - people don't know this).
> 
> We sponsor an Interact club of high school students who might maintain our
> websites. We are trying to encourage them to build and maintain sites with
> Linux-based tools and webservers (e.g., Tomcat, not Microsoft IIS).
> 
> Open source (authoring tool, DBMS, webserver) is key since we non-profit
> clubs can't affort to purchase expensive software licenses.
> 
> Do you know of:
> 
> * Any Rotary clubs or districts using Linux and non-Microsoft DBMS for
> club/district administration?
> 
> * Some good web authoring tools (other than FrontPage) that are Linux
> friendly?
> 
> * Best way to build websites with HTTP Forms to server-side database
> functionality (using non-Microsoft DB). Which DB do you recommend?
> 
> If you know of Rotary clubs who are currently doing this, please let me
> know. We would like to work with them as there is no sense in reinventing
> the wheel.
> 
> Kurt Madsen
> District Internet Communications Officer
> Home Phone:	(813) 991-0177