Sounds like a nice thought :) But maybe first go through this round, and see how that works out? It sounds like a big challenge, and I'm really curious how they are going to limit overhead. It still sounds like a big project to me. So lets reduce the amount of community requests that may make it more complicated to a minimum :P
If it works well, maybe you could look for some community member(s) that want to help in scaling it up a bit? Best, Lodewijk 2017-03-17 18:19 GMT+01:00 Yuri Astrakhan <yuriastrak...@gmail.com>: > I wonder if it would make sense to solicit 3rd party laptop donations for > this program? E.g. some businesses may be happy to donate their old laptops > to Wikipedia volunteers... I am not sure how big of an overhead it would > be, but if WMF is already doing it, 20 vs 200 might not be a significant > difference (?) . > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 1:14 PM Michael Maggs <mich...@maggs.name> wrote: > > > Thank you Asaf. Did you know that there is already a Commons page for > > Community donations? > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:Equipment_exchange > > > > It would be worth linking your new Meta page to the existing one. > > > > Michael > > > > > Asaf Bartov <mailto:abar...@wikimedia.org> > > > 17 March 2017 at 6:06 am > > > Dear Wikimedians, > > > > > > The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program > > called > > > the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program designed to > > > donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office to > > > community members who would put it to good use. > > > > > > The program, including instructions on how to apply, is described on > > Meta, > > > here: > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program > > > > > > Please read the information carefully. I especially encourage you to > pay > > > attention to the program's design considerations, which determine most > of > > > the decisions we'll be making. > > > > > > We currently have approximately 20 laptops ready to be donated. > > > Applications are welcome. > > > > > > The upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (in about two weeks) would > be > > > an excellent opportunity to deliver some of those laptops in person to > > > approved applications, so if you think you might be interested, I'd > > > encourage you to apply as soon as possible. > > > > > > Please also help spread the word about this program, by forwarding this > > > e-mail to other Wikimedia lists you're on, and posting the link to the > > > program page on village pumps and *community* (not public) social media > > > channels or other communication forms you use. > > > > > > Special thanks to User:Anntinomy from Wikimedia Ukraine, who had the > idea > > > of asking about possible donation of older machines from WMF, and > > inspired > > > this program. > > > > > > Mini-FAQ: > > > > > > Q: Why are you doing this? > > > A: WMF's Office IT determines a lifetime for work machines, and > regularly > > > replaces older machines. This creates a stock of older, working > machines, > > > that are available for donation. We can donate them locally to San > > > Francisco charities, but figure that if we can find low-cost ways to > > > deliver them to our own community members, that's so much better. > > > > > > Q: Am I eligible? > > > A: Read the fine program documentation. > > > > > > Q: If I'm eligible, am I guaranteed a donated laptop? > > > A: no. > > > > > > Q: Once these 20 laptops are donated, will there be others? > > > A: yes, eventually. > > > > > > Q: How can you ensure people would use the machines for Wikimedia > > > purposes? > > > A: We can't. We'll be making a good-effort assessment of the likelihood > > of > > > Wikimedia use, and make a decision to donate (or not) the equipment. > Once > > > donated, the equipment no longer belongs to WMF. We encourage, but > can't > > > enforce, reporting on impact achieved using the equipment. > > > > > > Q: I need a few laptops for my event in two weeks! Can I get them > through > > > this program? > > > A: No. Read the fine program documentation. > > > > > > Q: I'm really happy about this! > > > A: So are we! :) > > > > > > Q: I'm really angry about this! > > > A: So it goes. > > > > > > Q: I have more questions! > > > A: Hit 'Reply'. :) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Asaf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
