On 4/4/07, Guy Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm considering volunteering some of my time with ERA > (http://www.era.ca/) here in Calgary. I was wondering if any of you > have worked with them at all? Heard anything good or bad? > > Are there any other organizations like this in town that put Linux on > donated PCs? Do you think there is a need from low-income families for > refurbished PCs or does the free access at Calgary libraries cover it? > > Also, is anyone setting up low-cost/free wifi in Calgary at all? This > project in San Francisco looked interesting. > http://www.wired.com/politics/onlinerights/news/2007/04/wifiproject_0403
When I was working at the Calgary Drop-In Center, ERA donated some equipment. I haven't worked there for 2 years, so I'm not sure what the relationship between the two is now. My experience with them was positive. The ERA has a list on their website of who they donate machines to: http://www.era.ca/donations/recycling/donations.html When I was working at the Drop-In, I worked on the "Computers for Low Income Calgarians" (CLIC) program for about half the time I was there. I believe it is still around, and if so, they are probably still looking for used computers (to run Win2k and maybe still '98? They may even be looking for volunteers to do installs, but I'm not sure...) No Linux boxes, which has been discussed already on this list. -Mark _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
