On Mar 21, 2017 4:36 AM, "Abhishek Suryawanshi" < i.abhishek.suryawan...@gmail.com> wrote:
Great initiative! Is there any way to contribute to this initiative? ex - I have additional devices and I would like to donate. You can donate your pocket projector to me ;-) Regards Sudhanwa Best, Abhishek (Sent via handheld device, pardon the brevity) On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 10:37 AM, Asaf Bartov abar...@wikimedia.org wrote: > FYI. > > A. > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> > Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:06 PM > Subject: Announcing the Hardware donation program > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called > the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program designed to > donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office to > community members who would put it to good use. > > The program, including instructions on how to apply, is described on Meta, > here: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program > > Please read the information carefully. I especially encourage you to pay > attention to the program's design considerations, which determine most of > the decisions we'll be making. > > We currently have approximately 20 laptops ready to be donated. > Applications are welcome. > > The upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (in about two weeks) would be > an excellent opportunity to deliver some of those laptops in person to > approved applications, so if you think you might be interested, I'd > encourage you to apply as soon as possible. > > Please also help spread the word about this program, by forwarding this > e-mail to other Wikimedia lists you're on, and posting the link to the > program page on village pumps and *community* (not public) social media > channels or other communication forms you use. > > Special thanks to User:Anntinomy from Wikimedia Ukraine, who had the idea > of asking about possible donation of older machines from WMF, and inspired > this program. > > Mini-FAQ: > > Q: Why are you doing this? > A: WMF's Office IT determines a lifetime for work machines, and regularly > replaces older machines. This creates a stock of older, working machines, > that are available for donation. We can donate them locally to San > Francisco charities, but figure that if we can find low-cost ways to > deliver them to our own community members, that's so much better. > > Q: Am I eligible? > A: Read the fine program documentation. > > Q: If I'm eligible, am I guaranteed a donated laptop? > A: no. > > Q: Once these 20 laptops are donated, will there be others? > A: yes, eventually. > > Q: How can you ensure people would use the machines for Wikimedia purposes? > A: We can't. We'll be making a good-effort assessment of the likelihood > of Wikimedia use, and make a decision to donate (or not) the equipment. > Once donated, the equipment no longer belongs to WMF. We encourage, but > can't enforce, reporting on impact achieved using the equipment. > > Q: I need a few laptops for my event in two weeks! Can I get them through > this program? > A: No. Read the fine program documentation. > > Q: I'm really happy about this! > A: So are we! :) > > Q: I'm really angry about this! > A: So it goes. > > Q: I have more questions! > A: Hit 'Reply'. :) > > Cheers, > > Asaf > > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
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