[sf-lug] Laptops for kids/linux

[Christian Einfeldt]

One of our Linux schools was heavily damaged in the fire that you all
probably saw on the news today.  Now, more than ever, it will be crucial
for us to provide Linux notebook computers to the Creative Arts Charter
School (CACS), because they have lost a lot of space as a result of this
horrible 5 alarm fire.  If we could get some help getting a line on these
notebooks, we would appreciate it.  Partimus.org is a recognized 501(c)(3),
and so all donations, including the value of notebooks, is fully tax
deductible.  Thanks in advance for any help!

The CACS is the crown jewel of our Linux schools effort.  They use our
linux computers heavily.  Any help is greatly appreciated!
On Dec 20, 2011 9:15 PM, "jim" <jim at systemateka.com> wrote:

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> >From a Noisebridge sub-group discussion:
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> > http://www.linuxtoys.org/multiseat/multiseat.html
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> > [I'm] "Still working on the donations, got a meeting
> > tomorrow for seeing about getting NB (or another 501c3)
> > Intuit's overflow machines.
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> >         "I work for Intuit, the guys who make TurboTax and Quicken. We
> >         have a technology refresh policy where we retire machines
> >         every 36 months or so. We used to offer the machines back to
> >         the workforce for purchase, but then IT started spending more
> >         time fixing computers that they no longer were responsible
> >         for... so the process died. We were just recycling the
> >         machines through a secure processing facility (E-Waste, not
> >         sure of the details other than they wipe the hard drives).
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> >         "So recently Intuit changed the policy and now employees can
> >         request that retiring assets can be donated to a nonprofit of
> >         their choice (either NB as a parent org, or if you have
> >         another 501 setup with you computer work, directly to that). I
> >         understand that you do work with putting computers into the
> >         hands of underserved populations (like students, is what I
> >         understood it to be, but what do I know). I would like to work
> >         with you (assuming you're interested) in getting machines
> >         donated to your linux install parties. The secret awesome part
> >         about this is that Intuit generally standardizes on machine
> >         types, which would mean that nearly identical machines could
> >         be donated in semi-bulk amounts (I'd say 40-60 a month,
> >         usually)."
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