We have received information that GSA has issued a legal interpretation
that is pretty devastating to the SEEDS program. Because SEEDS operates
under the umbrella of a Community College and gives equipment to
non-profits that are not K12 public schools, it's their position that we
are
The presidential order was the enabling event that established the SEEDS
program, and we have worked hard at staying inside it's definitions.
This probably wouldn't be so hard to deal with if our program champion
weren't leaving congress. We have only one Senator that isn't up for
re-election,
This discussion is near the heart of this list's concerns, I believe.
It's about a concrete program to distribute surplus equipment to those
who need it which is being hampered rather than helped.
We are working now to develop a program for distributing computer
equipment from the school
Dear Fred, et al,
First off, hi Fred, how's it going? ;-)
One approach to consider, that we implemented under our RTEC, is
Learn-and-Earn programs, where parents earn a computer, by learning to
use it. That way the distribution of computers could potentially be
tied to other parent and family
