If you get a hold of me off the list as well I could help you out with a lot of hardware, monitors, pc's, printers, etc. that maybe a little dated but its better than throwing in the garbage.. Also, if there would be some work required in terms of my time or efforts, I would be more than happy to do so..
On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Bret Hughes wrote: > On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 14:14, KnowHow Tech Support wrote: > > I am thinking about starting a non profit agency (501) status that will > > accept donated computers from firms and individuals, and rebuild them and > > give them to children and schools that are without computers. I thought I > > would look for feedback from the list on this. Does anyone know of anyone > > that is doing such a thing? What are your ideas? > > > > I want to give back to children as much as possible, especially kids > > without computers. In my opinion a child without a computer is set behind > > in the educaiton system. Naturally they would all have free software > > installed. I was just hoping for a little feedback on the idea. > > > > Great Idea. There are probably organizations, United Way comes to > mind, that would donate the resources to identify those in need and > distribute the boxes. One thing I can see is that shipping would get to > be a big deal and the availibility of monitors will also be a problem. > Computers are going to be easy I bet. > > Now if we could get someone to donate ISP services we would be really > jammin'. > > Contact me off list if you like. This is a big, make that HUGE job that > will take significant resources to do on any scale, but a laudable > effort to try and get started IMHO. Maybe get the politicians involved > for some $? I know some folks in the community service orgs around > Tulsa and would be willing to talk to them if you like. > > Bret > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > --- "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein Ashwin kutty.. Systems Administrator Dalhousie University Libraries (902) 494-2694 __ redhat-list mailing list Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
