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On Friday 13 October 2006 19:26, Rob Beard wrote: > Hi folks, > > This is a slightly off topic question. > > My fiancée has applied to become a school governor for Torquay Community > College. She needs two referees who are parents who have children > currently going to school at Torquay Community College. > > Now part of the reason she is applying to be a governor is because her > eldest daughter is in year 8 at the school. My fiancée also went to TCC > a few years back when it was known as Westlands School. Sorry to be pedantic, but wasn't it Audley Park, Rob? Westlands School still is Westlands School (& Technology College) AFAIK. I am currently trying to get Year 8 and 9 daughters into one of the bay's schools, and I've contacted every last one so far. > Unfortunately > since then things have gone downhill a tad but my girlfriend would like > to have a say in improving things for everyone. > > I thought that this could also possibly benefit the Open Source > community too. A few of us have tried to make some noise about getting > some interest in Linux but so far it seems we've got the same - why > bother or Linux is too hard to use excuses. I think if we had someone > to speak for us in the schools then someone might listen. Either that > or we send a batch of a few thousand Linux CDs to every school in Devon > & Cornwall. > > If anyone could help me out on this, please drop me a mail off list. > Sorry in advance if I should have just sent the odd e-mail to members > who are in Torquay. > > Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html