The Saturday October 20th hackathon will feature a computer charity
build-athon in the classroom. Building will commerence early in the
morning as folks arive. Recipiants will come for pickup between 4pm and 6pm.
If you've got parts (including Windows licenses) to donate, please add
them to the wiki page
http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Charity_buildathon
Please don't just show up with stuff and use Skullspace as a dumping
ground. I ask that you only bring working parts that meet the minimum
standard and that you've registered on the wiki or are willing to take
home if unused.
I've created a poster that I will try and get out there this weekend.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16487130/skullspace/computer_pay_what_you_can.pdf
I've framed it as "pay what you can" to help recipiants gain a sense of
ownership -- but I don't expect Skullspace to net much -- hopefully
folks who are really in need will show up with the realization that "pay
what you can" means $10, $5... or $0.01 per box is tottally acceptable.
(Market value of the "worst case" machine I've listed is ~$35 when its
just a tower with no monitor, mouse, or keyboard, or Win XP license)
In addition to parts and Windows XP licenses and actually helping with
the build I'm looking for folks to help with:
* distributing the poster this weekend
* providing rides in the morning if some donated equipment becomes
available requiring pickup to get it to Skullspace
You can let me know about those types of commitments by email.
Mark Jenkins
p.s. We will *not* be raiding the PC lab (room between lounge and
arcade) for this. This is all going to be "new life for rejects" kind of
work.
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