Reposting here for any who may be interested. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Calgary-Hackspace] Free Geek Calgary? Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 09:22:29 -0700 (PDT) From: kenter <kentvu...@gmail.com> Reply-To: calgary-hacksp...@googlegroups.com To: Calgary Hackspace <calgary-hacksp...@googlegroups.com>
Has anyone looked into starting a FreeGeek in Calgary? It is a non- profit running in over a dozen cities in North America that takes in computers meant for recycle to rebuild into working computers (salvaging working parts), and to provide computers for low income people or other non profits. From what I understand, the more established locations don't rely on donation money anymore and are completely self sufficient. But the actual startup is quite a daunting task due to the need for storage space for donated computers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Geek - Wiki article http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Main_Page - The free geek wiki http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Free_Geek_Startups - Guideline for new startups http://freegeekvancouver.org/ - Free geek Vancouver http://www.freegeek.org/ - Free geek Portland -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Calgary Hackspace" group. For list options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/calgary-hackspace _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
