Might be a good question for the Nonprofit_tech_talk mailing list...<br> <br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/nonprofit_tech_talk"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="lw_1187206794_8">http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/nonprofit_tech_talk</span></a><br> <br><br><br><b><i>Brian Dunnette <bdunnette@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> 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> <div> </div> <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> <div> </div> <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 </a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div vlink="blue" link="blue" lang="EN-US"> <div> <div><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> </div> <div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></div> <div> <div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;
font-family: Arial;">Larry Pint</span></font></div> <div><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">(TCPC member since about 1984)</span></font></div> <div><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy;"> </span></font></div></div> <div><span> <div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color blue; border-width: medium medium medium 1.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;"> <div><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;"> Subject:</span></b> [tclug-list] Slightly OT: Twin Cities Free Geek?</span></font></div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hey all-</span></font></div></div> <div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div></div> <div> <div><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></div></div> <div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div></div> <div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks,</span></font></div></div> <div> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Brian Dunnette</span></font></div></div> <div> <div><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></div> </div></div></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div> _______________________________________________<br>TCLUG Mailing List -
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