Dusting off old computer junk (*) that ended up in dark corners of the cellar, I wonder if there's anything we could do under the GNHLUG mantle that would help us all get rid of this stuff, provide others with stuff they want to play with and maybe make some money for ourselves or a worthy charity. My thoughts include:
1. individual postings to the list with junk for sale. 2. renting a space at the MIT fair and selling off everyone elses' junk on commission. Profits, if any, or a percentage of sales go to pay for the table and to some worthy group: FSF/Apache/Python Foundations. Parallel opportunity to hand out GNHLUG flyers, offer distros like Hosstraders, proselytize a little, albeit preaching to the choir. 3. organizing a local event, perhaps in coordination with local meetings. 4. build a web-based swap-barter-sale site. Pros/cons: #1 requires no effort nor organization. Seller and buyer work it out. #2 requires organization and lead time, depending on people to come forward with their treasures. #3 could just be a card table set up at the back of UG meetings (I used to do this in the 80s, selling Commodore software, cables, printer ribbons, etc. at C=64 groups) Cons: "we" don't want to get stuck with a pile on non-recyclable toxic waste. Questions: have we done anything like this in a an organized fashion before? If so/if not, did we learn anything? (*) Old computer junk examples: Dell 486/100 laptop, 24 Mb RAM, 1/2 Gb drive, cute 9" color LCD. 900 MHz cordless phone in need of a new battery RAM from various upgrades around the office 802.11b PCCard NICs that didn't work with Linux a few versions ago -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org/
