I would be interested in helping/donating/etc. I guess we contact this person Kent/Kenter?
-------------------------- Scott Thistle [email protected] http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottthistle On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Shawn <[email protected]> wrote: > Reposting here for any who may be interested. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Calgary-Hackspace] Free Geek Calgary? > Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 09:22:29 -0700 (PDT) > From: kenter <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: Calgary Hackspace <[email protected]> > > Has anyone looked into starting a FreeGeek in Calgary? It is a non- > profit running in over a dozen cities in North America that takes in > computers meant for recycle to rebuild into working computers > (salvaging working parts), and to provide computers for low income > people or other non profits. > > From what I understand, the more established locations don't rely on > donation money anymore and are completely self sufficient. But the > actual startup is quite a daunting task due to the need for storage > space for donated computers. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Geek - Wiki article > > http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Main_Page - The free geek wiki > http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Free_Geek_Startups - Guideline for > new startups > > http://freegeekvancouver.org/ - Free geek Vancouver > http://www.freegeek.org/ - Free geek Portland > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Calgary Hackspace" group. For list options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/calgary-hackspace > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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