When I was a teen I went to Dexter Regional Vocational Center for Homebuilding in place of one year of high school. We 'students' were considered a team, not a class. We would go out and actually build houses, hands on, over the course of the year. People were getting a house built on free labor, the team learned from and taught each other and developing life skills supervised by one trained professional team manager.
I have a project I am managing called OSCAR. I have a public relations writer, web administrator/social networking professional and would love to fund a few paid positions for temporary 'team' positions for college students 21-25 internships. I estimate we need less than $500,000 for three years, not counting laptops. We do not need laptops for every student, some will be drawing, writing, editing, managing and directing.
I intend to construct a moving vocational center in a truck. I have had offers to use great spaces in the East Bayside area for significantly low prices. I am learning how to secure grant money as we speak through the East Bayside Community Organization. A lot of great people there, I wish we could change the web url to ebay.portland.me or something ;) ...
We intend to construct an open source friendly environment using
- Ubuntu Linux desktop operating systems
- JeOS linux
- virtualization using KVM, Qemu on ubuntu and VirtualBox for Windows and Mac
- Python programming with Google APIs and Django web development
- php and mysql database development and administration
- drupal content management system
- Google Chrome web browser development
- Project management
- local free to inexpensive hardware repair and network services for the community
This blog is my journey toward that goal.
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