Introducing the Chardi Kalaa Computer Club …
Waaheguru Ji ka Khalsa, Waaheguru Ji ki fateh!
The Chardi Kalaa Community Center now has an exciting new program for young Sikhs and
their families, the Chardi Kalaa Computer Club!
The Computer club has a well equipped computer laboratory consisting of eight (as of
now) Pentium multimedia PCs connected over an Ethernet local area network. Two of these
are powerful configurations with 21 inch monitors, 150 Mhz CPUs, 32 Mbytes of RAM and
2Gbytes of Disk storage. We also have a full complement of peripheral equipment including
color and laser printers, scanner, CDROM writer as well as Zip drives on all the PCs. We
are also setting up a high speed Internet link using a frame relay connection. The
hardware for the computer lab has been supported by a grant from the Sikh Foundation. We
are grateful to Dr. Narinder Kapany for his generous support.
The objectives of the Chardi Kalaa Computer Club are to:
 | Provide an opportunity for young Sikhs to work together on interesting and challenging projects in a team environment. |
| Develop knowledge and skills within the Sikh community in a technology area that is becoming increasingly important. |
| Provide a valuable resource center consisting of facilities and a pool of dedicated and skilled sevadaars, who can support the objectives of the Chardi Kalaa Center in the service of the Sikh community through projects such as developing and maintaining our own web site, as well as producing posters, booklets, T-shirts and other materials important for the Sikh community, etc. |
| Have fun together. |
The specific programs and projects will be determined based on the participants and their interests and skill levels. The club is specially oriented towards young Sikhs between the ages of 10 and 25, but all members of the Saadh Sangat of all ages are welcome. For children under ten, we ask that a parent always accompany and take responsibility for the child and serve as personal coach. Adults who can offer their knowledge and skills are specially requested to contribute some of their valuable time to this important seva.
There is a modest fee of $50 per head per semester.
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