Many thanks from the Family Help Trust to Roger for the monitor donated to them.
Cheers, Adrian On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 19:14 +1200, Adrian Mageanu wrote: > Thank you again from FHT and myself to Chris and Steve for their > donations. > > As it happened, none of the PCs donated so far have a monitor. So > following Steve's suggestion, I'm abusing the list again with another > request, this time for one or two monitors to go along with those PCs. > > If you have some spare ones lying around, please let me know. > > Thank you in advance. > > Adrian > > > On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 13:41 +1200, chris wrote: > > Would a p3 do? > > Chris T > > On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 13:19 +1200, Adrian Mageanu wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > I have seen some offers on this list in the past and I thought to fire a > > > question/request here. It is Linux related, you'll see from the rest of > > > the message. > > > > > > Through a set of circumstances I got involved in helping a volunteer > > > organisation that does a lot of good work in the community in > > > the difficult area of child abuse prevention. > > > > > > They are growing and need a bit of help with that, hence my message. > > > > > > What they need is a PC or a server, given to them as a donation, to be > > > used as a development environment in a transitional phase. > > > > > > The machine will run a LAMP + Reporting configuration, with the Linux > > > being Ubuntu, and the reporting system most likely to be Jasper. > > > > > > The size of the database to be supported I estimate it at between 10GB > > > and 50GB. > > > There will be one developer at a time on the system, probably 2 power > > > users (running analytical reports), and up to 10 regular/light users, > > > not all of them using the system concurrently. The load shouldn't be too > > > heavy. > > > Video/Graphic is not an issue so (evidently) the better the processor, > > > the bigger the HDD and the RAM the better. > > > A network card is a must though. > > > > > > I believe a system made of the cannibalisation of other two or more will > > > do, as long as it will still run Ubuntu > > > > > > The organisation I'm talking about is Family Help Trust (FHT). > > > > > > To show their appreciation to the potential donor(s) they are offering > > > the following: > > > > > > First, FHT will give you a Letter of Acknowledgement for the donation > > > received. > > > > > > Second, they can offer exposure for the donor's logo (with a link to the > > > donor's website) for a year on their website > > > http://www.familyhelptrust.org.nz > > > There is good company to be in on that page, with the likes of Duncan > > > Cotterill, Contact Energy, Radio Network and others - see their web site > > > for more info. > > > Their statistics count over 4000 individual visitors every month - quite > > > impressive for a non-profit of their size. > > > > > > Third, the donor's logo will also be printed on the brochures they hand > > > over to countless of individuals and organisations every week. > > > To see samples and how your logo will look on paper, click on any of the > > > brochures (pdf format) listed here: > > > http://www.familyhelptrust.org.nz/resourses-referral.html > > > The logo will be visible on the reverse of the brochure, no un-folding > > > necessary to be seen. > > > > > > > > > The machine(s) can be donated directly to FHT or I can facilitate some > > > (or all) of the details, including pick-up and transport. > > > > > > > > > Many thanks in advance for all potential offers. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Adrian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
