At 09:33 PM 9/13/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Greetings from the GreatWhiteNorth:
>
>northern Alberta that is. And not white yet, although it is getting frosty
>We got some computers into the small communities, but we put them with
>gifted-kids' families, we did it through a loose community group, (so as to
>be an example of empowerment, and provided a 'package' of software,
>programmingtools, etc.
>
>Our group is "Mamawe Payowin" Cree for "Get Together" - or meeting. We put
>the name all over the computer with ear tag pen (eats into the paint). Thus
>everybody else "Knew" to leave the machines alone. We also provided a
>mini-kit for the kids to decorate the computers themselves. Most of the
>originals have now upgraded - purchased new machines! Great ! except I
>still have lots of tech support to do.
>The points raised in Yolanda's post were very good, and things I had not
>thought of. I hope I am excused for jumping in like this
>PS if any one else wants more details on how we did our "Working Computer
>Museum" project, please ask. People who are poor/??/whatever do not like
>to/find it very difficult to accept 'charity, cast off rubish, others'
>leftovers, etc. There always has to be some love and empowerment with it.
>
>Paul
I'm very excited to see your post here. Your idea with the marking pen and
well thought out name is very good and would help a lot, if the place in
question had enough PR. I like the idea. I would like to know a lot more
about what you did, and I'm sure many others on this list would like to
know the details of how your program grew and operated. I have a long haul
to achieve the same, your experience could shorten the time for me. I'm
very glad you "butted in" please continue!
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