On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 13:11:58 -0500, Scot Jenkins <scot+tcluggen at thinkunix.net> wrote: > Johnny Fulcrum wrote: >> Well, I'll chime in here. This spring I contacted >> www.worldcomputerexchange.org and asked if they needed any help with >> their >> organization. They say yes - please start a Minneapolis office. >> Uff-dah... So, I'm the World Computer Exchange (WCE) Minneapolis >> coordinator. So far I've been passively collecting donations - Pentium >> or >> better, Newer Macs, printers, fax, network equiptment, Montiors that can >> run 110 or 220. I have a few folks at work who help out from time to >> time >> - I hope to grow the voluneteer list a bit more.... >> >> We also need space! At this point anything other than my porch! Ideal >> space would have electricity, netowrk (!), and would be fork lift >> accessible so that computers ould be palletized and picked up by a >> shipping company. > > <opinion> > > I just looked at the worldcomputerexchange website. It doesn't look > like they repurpose computers here in the United States. With so many > jobs going overseas these days, wouldn't it make sense to try to help > out the underprivileged youth here in this country first, before > shipping equipment outside the US? I have nothing against helping folks > elsewhere in the world, but I think we should start here at home first. > > </opinion> > > Does anyone know of any local organizations taking donations to help > American youth? try http://www.mncfs.org I've spoken with folks there - and direct people who'd like to see their donation go local instead of overseas to them... <cheap shot> so keep them dumb so they can't get our jobs.... </cheap shot> sorry about that :) I know that's not what you meant. The way I see it, there's pleanty of computers for all - let's keep them out of the landfills (and not just the landfills in the US), and Companies that outsource overseas are driven by $$ and that's it - if there's a cheaper way to do something, they do it. _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list