David- Thanks for the support! Yes, time would be the biggest constraint for me, too -- I know some Free Geek affiliates, such as Free Geek Chicago ( http://freegeekchicago.org/) are only open a couple of days a week, so maybe this would be a place to start... -Brian D. On 8/15/07, canito at dalan.us <canito at dalan.us> wrote: > > Brian, List: > > I have always thought of doing something very similar. There was a > building up for sale next to my school and I thought how cool it would > be to have something in the realm of a community technology center! > > I am up for it, have extra equipment to use and would donate my time! > > Am not sure how well this flows with people since we're all busy > adults. Sure we have very smart people with experience business > experience! > > My .02 cents > > David > > Now that I remember. There is a gentleman who frequents TCLUG who > builds computers with Linux and sells them in a thrift store were he > volunteers. > > > > > Quoting Brian Dunnette <bdunnette at gmail.com>: > > > Hey all- > > > > I've been thinking about starting something similar to Portland's Free > Geek > > (http://freegeek.org/) here in the Twin Cities, and was wondering what > you, > > the local Linux cognoscenti, thought of the idea -- > suggestions? Obvious > > reasons it won't work? > > > > Thanks, > > Brian Dunnette > > bdunnette at gmail.com > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070815/2e43fc18/attachment.htm