Yeah, I agree -- though there are quite a few technology centers in the Cities (http://www.c-can.org/centers.html), they seem to be mostly libraries, and mostly in Minneapolis, so there's probably room for more! Anyone have recommendations for a community organization that might be able to help with a space? I was wondering if someplace like the Green Institute (http://www.greeninstitute.org/) might be sympathetic... -Brian D. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Benjamin Gramlich" <benjamin.gramlich at gmail.com> To: "Kathryn Hogg" <kjh at flyballdogs.com> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:02:30 -0500 Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Slightly OT: Twin Cities Free Geek? I'd help out, both with time, equipment, and maintenance. Maybe the way to get started is to partner with a community center or church that could provide a public space and storage. I loe the idea of FreeGeek, and would love to see something like this in the TC area. I used to hang out at many of the Dunn Bros. in downtown minneapolis, and their computers were almost always taken. Also, if you go to the library you'll see the same thing. There's definitely a demand for a community technology center and training. bg ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Brian Dunnette" <bdunnette at gmail.com> To: "Larry R. Pint" <Larry.Pint at ntuminc.com> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:05:07 -0500 Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Slightly OT: Twin Cities Free Geek? Larry- Thanks for the info -- sounds like a great program, and pretty similar to Free Geek! I'll check it out -- do you know if the donated machines run Windows, Linux...? -Brian D. On 8/15/07, Larry R. Pint <Larry.Pint at ntuminc.com> wrote: > > The Twin Cities PC Users Group has a program (called CompuDonors) where > people can donate their old equipment, they will fix it up and donate it to > different programs (primarily for handicapped people). See www.tcpc.comfor more information. > > > > Larry Pint > > (TCPC member since about 1984) > > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto: > tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] * On Behalf Of *Brian Dunnette > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:38 AM > *To:* TCLUG List > * Subject:* [tclug-list] Slightly OT: Twin Cities Free Geek? > > > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070815/450212e4/attachment.htm