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| DATE | 2004-07-12 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Mike, take a look, NYDailyNews-Boroughs-Civic groups go hi-tech with donated PCs
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On 2004.07.12 21:40 vin wrote:
I'm sending this again, and cc'ing Ruben, because I don't know if you (Mike)
got this or not. I'm having problems with email. Also, if responding, to
ensure you get around my email filters, put "nylug-talk" (without quotes)
somewhere in the subject line. Email from Ruben gets passed my filters, but
email coming from NYLXS may not, unles nylug-talk is in subject, as nylug's
filter is higher in my filter rules than nylxs blocking.
Since Ruben gets my email, no response is necessary, I'll know your group got
it just by cc'ing Ruben.
Once again, good luck.
--vin.
Mike,
This is something NYLXS should look into:
http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/210280p-181228c.html
The computers are coming from a health/ health insurance group, and it looks
like they want to be at the table while giving away the computers, so they
can promote their services. Maybe you can work something out where the
health group donates to NYLXS for the non-profit deduction, NYLXS refurbishes
and installs Gnu/Linux, and someone from NYLXS volunteers to hold a one day
intro class for the donated computers/Linux, and you work it from there (more
advanced classes, $5 per person with 20+ seniors per class should cover
stipends/etc.)
If it works out with one group donation from the health group, you may be able
to expand it, and get a lot of publicity out of it at the same time, along
with getting a good source for old computers, and at the same time getting a
good reference for other corporations to follow their lead. There are plenty
of corporations out there that are ending software assurance contracts with
Microsoft, with a lot of nt servers coming off contract, and the newer
windows (2000, xp) won't run on the nt servers, but would be perfect for
desktops for web surfing, email, word processing, which would probably be the
bulk of the use for the seniors.
Try and get someone on this. You may get a follow up Daily News article, and
this type of publicity (and reference) is very hard to come by without a lot
of work. This is a very important opportunity that you shouldn't pass up
imho, even if it is in Queens, but they health group may also operate in
Brooklyn or Manhattan as well, and if not, it's still worth the effort to go
to Queens for this one.
Good luck, and I hope everything is going well for you and your group. Say hi
to Ruben (hi, Ruben!), and you should cc him this if you don't post it on
hangout (strip or munge my email if you post it on hangout, I'm getting
killed on spam just from NYLUG recently, and I'm trying to avoid more spam
while I figure out how to stop the rest of it. Thanks)
-vin
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