Just to let you know, Calgary has an outfit that does give computers to charitable organizations for free as long as they have a charitable number. They are under recyclers in the yellow pages.
Dan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: clug-talk Digest, Vol 58, Issue 33 Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to [email protected] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected] You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: India fest and stuff... (John Jardine) 2. Re: India fest and stuff... (Pat Roche) 3. Re: India fest and stuff... (Shawn) 4. Re: India fest and stuff... (Shawn) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:34:59 -0600 From: John Jardine <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] India fest and stuff... To: CLUG General <[email protected]> Message-ID: <1251084899.11475.6.ca...@mywhim> Content-Type: text/plain I agree - if you're not asking the exec to do something specific which is a blocking task, just go ahead as a group of like-minded individuals. When/if you bring it to the exec, ask for whatever resources you need. This forces you to form a case/rationale around why you should be sponsored and how your goals are aligned with CLUGs. You'll have a more focused request which is easier to action. If declined, you can still take that request elsewhere as it remains well formed and actionable. Just my $0.02 On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 20:30 -0600, TekBudda wrote: > While I do respect and honour what the exec stands for & what they do, > I > would suggest that waiting for buy-in can potentially delay things & > quench the fire. Besides...what if the exec doesn't support > it...does > that mean we can't do it? > > I would suggest that we get something going...and if the choice is to > have it run under CLUG, then the level of support can be decided at > that > point. If the exec doesn't want buy-in, then at least we have > something > that can still be moved forward on. > > I would realy like to start brainstroing & get ideas out there, then > do > a more formal presentation to the community and see what happens. > > Not everything we do has to be rubber-stamped & supported by the > exec...unless we are flying under the CLUG banner. ;-) ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:42:24 -0600 From: Pat Roche <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] India fest and stuff... To: CLUG General <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I think this idea goes a long way toward answering the question posed here recently about CLUG's redefined role. I have a seven-year-old, bottom-of-the-line Celeron-based Dell that was ready for the scrap heap with Windows XP. I put Ubuntu 9.04 on it in May and it's worked fine ever since. I did everything myself -- even though I am not a technical person and have no command line knowledge. So that's my testimonial for the Ubuntu's ease of use. My (albeit limited) experience suggests charities and non-profits who don't have Linux knowledge or IT support could use Ubuntu. I would certainly be willing to contribute my time. I wouldn't part with my own Linux machine, but companies often have old machines that end up being scrapped or sold at clearance prices, and I'd love to do more installs. This idea just makes so much sense and is so consistent with what the free software movement is about. And for anyone who might be job seeking some day, a bit of volunteer work never hurts your resume. Any more thoughts on this? Doesn't some sort of non-profit computer-recycling program operate in Vancouver? Maybe we could touch base with them.... Pat On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 7:50 PM, TekBudda <[email protected]> wrote: > bogi wrote: > >> Hi All, >> Today was India fest , just in case you missed the action. At Millennium >> park :-) It was a big outdoors event with many small tents. I was there for >> the skate park, and walked around... >> >> To cut a long story short: >> >> Calgary Immigrant women assoc (CIWA) is interested in getting help with >> some computers donations containing Linux. They are also interested to >> present to us about the organization and how we can help them ... I think it >> is a good idea to increase clug's social footprint in town. And gain some >> interesting membership. >> >> Also spoke with the representative of a Calgary homeless association etc.. >> Sorry did not get their contact info, but gave them mine ... (sun was baring >> down too hard on my head) And they are interested in our ability to use >> Linux for everyday life and operations :-) Duh ... more membership and >> possibly more Linux users in town. They think along the line of bolstering >> their own infrastructure and personnel with Linux capability. >> Both organizations where interested in reused computers with Linux on them >> :-) So this looks like a great opportunity for some of our supporters >> dealing with computer recycling and reusing... >> >> Both organizations have no problems accepting using Linux based reused >> computers... >> So i will keep you posted on the details, and would like the exec to also >> pick up the threads on communication between us and them. >> > > > SO lets take the bull by the horns bogi... why dont you and i get together > & see if we can start up some sort of clug community outreach program for > things like this. I know other opportunitie like tthis have happened in the > past & have been lost... and other are bound to come as well & would be a > shame to lose those as well. > > Lets get together for coffee one of these days & get something down on > paper. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://clug.ca/pipermail/clug-talk_clug.ca/attachments/20090823/ea652e7d/at tachment-0001.html> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:43:48 -0600 From: Shawn <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] India fest and stuff... To: CLUG General <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Pat Roche wrote: > Doesn't some sort of non-profit computer-recycling program operate in > Vancouver? Maybe we could touch base with them.... Electronic Recycling Association - http://www.era.ca/ They have a Calgary branch too. Message me off list if you want to talk to them regarding this effort - I have the contact info for the person you'd need to speak with. Or just call them, they're not a huge organization.. :) Finding the computers won't be much of a problem. Getting them checked out, installed/set up, that's where the effort is. Perhaps at an install-fest where all "regular" members are encouraged to set up one box for charity while they are there, in addition to their own box(es). Shawn ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:44:29 -0600 From: Shawn <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [clug-talk] India fest and stuff... To: CLUG General <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed my bad. I mis-read the intended sequence of events. TekBudda wrote: > I thought that was what I said...hmmm! > > Shawn wrote: >> it would seem to me that the exec wouldn't have enough info to make a >> choice on in this matter... yet. >> >> My thoughts are that if you were to get together and put together a >> plan, then go over that plan with the exec (email, in person, >> whichever), THEN you would get more constructive feedback from the >> exec. And if the answer were "no", for whatever reason, you already >> have a plan to move ahead with outside of CLUG. I would just be >> careful about committing resources that may or may not be available. >> >> My 2 cents. >> >> Shawn ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca End of clug-talk Digest, Vol 58, Issue 33 ***************************************** _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
