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| DATE | 2004-07-13 |
| FROM | Michael Richardson
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| SUBJECT | FW: [hangout] Mike, take a look, NYDailyNews-Boroughs-Civic group
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I had sent this to hangout before asking for comments.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruben I Safir [mailto:ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:19 PM
> To: hangout-at-nylxs.com
> Subject: [hangout] Mike, take a look, NYDailyNews-Boroughs-Civic groups
> go hi-tech with donated PCs
>
>
>
> On 2004.07.12 21:40 vin wrote:
> I'm sending this again, and cc'ing Ruben, because I don't know if you
> (Mike)
> got this or not. I'm having problems with email. Also, if responding,
> to
> ensure you get around my email filters, put "nylug-talk" (without
> quotes)
> somewhere in the subject line. Email from Ruben gets passed my filters,
> but
> email coming from NYLXS may not, unles nylug-talk is in subject, as
> nylug's
> filter is higher in my filter rules than nylxs blocking.
>
> Since Ruben gets my email, no response is necessary, I'll know your
> group got
> it just by cc'ing Ruben.
>
> Once again, good luck.
>
> --vin.
>
>
> Mike,
>
> This is something NYLXS should look into:
>
> http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/210280p-181228c.html
>
> The computers are coming from a health/ health insurance group, and it
> looks
> like they want to be at the table while giving away the computers, so
> they
> can promote their services. Maybe you can work something out where the
> health group donates to NYLXS for the non-profit deduction, NYLXS
> refurbishes
> and installs Gnu/Linux, and someone from NYLXS volunteers to hold a one
> day
> intro class for the donated computers/Linux, and you work it from there
> (more
> advanced classes, $5 per person with 20+ seniors per class should cover
> stipends/etc.)
>
> If it works out with one group donation from the health group, you may
> be able
> to expand it, and get a lot of publicity out of it at the same time,
> along
> with getting a good source for old computers, and at the same time
> getting a
> good reference for other corporations to follow their lead. There are
> plenty
> of corporations out there that are ending software assurance contracts
> with
> Microsoft, with a lot of nt servers coming off contract, and the newer
> windows (2000, xp) won't run on the nt servers, but would be perfect for
> desktops for web surfing, email, word processing, which would probably
> be the
> bulk of the use for the seniors.
>
> Try and get someone on this. You may get a follow up Daily News
> article, and
> this type of publicity (and reference) is very hard to come by without a
> lot
> of work. This is a very important opportunity that you shouldn't pass
> up
> imho, even if it is in Queens, but they health group may also operate in
> Brooklyn or Manhattan as well, and if not, it's still worth the effort
> to go
> to Queens for this one.
>
> Good luck, and I hope everything is going well for you and your group.
> Say hi
> to Ruben (hi, Ruben!), and you should cc him this if you don't post it
> on
> hangout (strip or munge my email if you post it on hangout, I'm getting
> killed on spam just from NYLUG recently, and I'm trying to avoid more
> spam
> while I figure out how to stop the rest of it. Thanks)
>
> -vin
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