Yeah, I agree -- though there are quite a few technology centers in the Cities (<a href="http://www.c-can.org/centers.html">http://www.c-can.org/centers.html</a>), they seem to be mostly libraries, and mostly in Minneapolis, so there's probably room for more!
<br><br>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 (<a href="http://www.greeninstitute.org/">http://www.greeninstitute.org/
</a>) might be sympathetic...<br><br>-Brian D.<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Benjamin Gramlich" <<a href="mailto:benjamin.gramlich@gmail.com">benjamin.gramlich@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: "Kathryn Hogg" <<a href="mailto:kjh@flyballdogs.com">kjh@flyballdogs.com</a>><br>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:02:30 -0500<br>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Slightly OT: Twin Cities Free Geek?<br>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.<br><br>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.
<br><br>bg<br>
<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Brian Dunnette" <<a href="mailto:bdunnette@gmail.com">bdunnette@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Larry R. Pint" <<a href="mailto:Larry.Pint@ntuminc.com">
Larry.Pint@ntuminc.com</a>><br>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:05:07 -0500<br>Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Slightly OT: Twin Cities Free Geek?<br><div>Larry-</div>
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<div>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...?</div>
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<div>-Brian D.<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/15/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Larry R. Pint</b> <<a href="mailto:Larry.Pint@ntuminc.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Larry.Pint@ntuminc.com
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">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 <a href="http://www.tcpc.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.tcpc.com</a> for more information.</span></font>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Larry Pint</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">(TCPC member since about 1984)</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">-----Original Message-----<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> <a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">
On Behalf Of </span></b>Brian Dunnette<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:38 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> TCLUG List<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hey all-</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I've been thinking about starting something similar to Portland's Free Geek (<a href="http://freegeek.org/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://freegeek.org/</a>)
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? </span></font></p></div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks,</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Brian Dunnette</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:bdunnette@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">bdunnette@gmail.com</a></span></font></p>
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