4/10/00 8:40:51 PM
Hello Jerry,
Has she been contacting people as you have been forwarding emails? Was I supposed to
contact her directly? I don't recall seeing her
email address. I haven't heard from her, and just don't want to be left out.
Please don't think I am being impatient, I understand that this will take time, as you
so thoroughly explained below.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
"Jerry J. Haumberger"-> 4/10/00 10:51:08 AM ->
>Regrettably, I must tell everyone that I've completed the list of
>requests for used computers from St. Vincent Hospital, Billings,
>Montana -- which means that I'll no longer be able to continue
>accepting requests. So far, I've sent about *FORTY* requests to
>Mary Stubson, many of which represent organizations, not just
>individuals. Any requests that I received shortly after midnight
>(this morning) were processed and sent to Mary -- at about 3:00am.
>I'm sure you can understand that there's a limit to what can be
>fairly distributed to everyone, and I've urged Ms. Stubson to
>consider *every* request before beginning the rest of the project.
>
>Also, I should add that Mary has left town for a few weeks for
>a training seminar (that unending chore of furthering her
>certifications) -- but I was told that she still should be
>receiving her e-mail from wherever she's at. In any case, I
>am going to try to contact my friend Spencer Smith of Materials
>Management to see what he plans on doing. As you might expect,
>there are various procedures these hospital folk must go through
>to "release" these machines, paper work, gathering of packing
>materials -- let alone deciding on who gets what, contacting
>everyone, planning the time for doing it, etc., etc.! And don't
>forget that this isn't a part of their regular duties. This
>isn't Dell or Compaq. I suspect they're going to be hard pressed
>just to find the time in their busy schedules to do everything as
>properly and as quickly as you would like.
>
>There's a lot of good news in this project, nonetheless! Don't
>give up because you may not get anything from this hospital. You
>all are contributing to a very special idea: the use of old,
>discarded computers for individuals in need. Contact your local
>hospitals -- my goodness! -- there's a lot of them. Watch for the
>outcome of this project with our hospital to give you ideas for
>approaching your *own* local hospitals for their used computers.
>If these other hospitals see how it's done, they may choose to do
>the same -- and that would be cheaper for you, certainly, if that
>hospital is in your own backyard!
>
>Finally, I've e-mailed Ms. Stubson to give us a rough estimate of
>what we can expect. The first stage of the battle is over: we've
>saved those old PCs from the landfill! Next -- how to get them
>from point a to point b.
>
>Until later, please "stay tuned" to the list(s). (I'll try to keep
>subsequent notices shorter than this, too.)
>
>Hang on everyone! God bless you all!! And thank you all for your
>*VERY* encouraging e-mails!!!
>
>Jerry *** delighted with PC DOS and WordStar ***
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