In case anyone has spare laptops sitting around...
Begin forwarded message: > From: Jennifer Reiners <jreiners at u.washington.edu> > Date: June 10, 2008 4:33:57 PM PDT > To: ewb-uw at u.washington.edu > Subject: [EWB-UW] Laptop(s) needed for Bolivia Trip > > Hi all. I hope many of you are enjoying a much needed break or at > least are getting close to it. > > For our upcoming trip to Bolivia in a couple of weeks, we are > looking to find one or two laptop computers that we can take down > with us and leave for the community. Preferrably we'd like to get > them donated, but we may be able to pay up to $250 each for them if > that was our only option. Only catch is that they need to be new > enough models to be converted into Spanish. > > If you have any leads for getting them donated (in a short time, we > need them by June 26) or if you know someone or someplace that would > be willing to sell a laptop or two for cheap, please email me (jreiners at > u.washington.edu > ) or David (dallosto at u.washington.edu). > > Any information you might have would be helpful. > > Thanks, > Jen > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 06:52:10 -0700 > From: Donee Alexander <doneealexander at gmail.com> > To: Jennifer Reiners <jreiners at u.washington.edu>, > David Dall'Osto <dallosto at u.washington.edu> > Subject: laptop > > hi guys, > > i also need one of you to obtain at least one laptop (or possibly 2) > that is > new enough that we can convert it to Spanish. we are taking them to > the > teacher. we would love to get these free, but if we have to pay > that is ok > too. i don't think we want to pay over about $250 though. the > first place > i would look is UW surplus. also, you might want to email out the > EWB-UW > listserv (the big one) and the EC listserv. i think craig's list > would be a > great place to look too. lastly, robyn has said she might know how > microsoft can get us computers, so you might want to check this > avenue out > too. > > at any rate, we want at least one and as many as we can get our > hands on, > but 2 would be great. > > thanks, > > donee > > p.s. please email me back and let me know who is taking charge of > this. > this is a priority b/c we promised them we would bring at least one > computer. > _______________________________________________ > EWB-UW mailing list > EWB-UW at u.washington.edu > https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/ewb-uw
