[Discussion] Fundraiser, promotion, and MORE

[Mark Terranova]

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Mark Terranova <mark at partimus.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
> A while ago I met with the nice folks at ECS, they had helped Gidget
> Kitchen set up plans for an equipment/hardware drive. We liked the idea of
> $500-3000+ being raised. The plan is to promote a city wide donation of
> hardware. They provide the trucks to take the unusable junk and haul it to
> their location. They pay for all of this. They had no problem with us
> grabbing hardware that meets our minimum specs. GK started work on a triage
> system to best identify what is worth keeping and what should go.  This was
> modified from the original Free Geek flowchart. We have some businesses,
> Chambers of Commerce, etc. interested. Our main issue was finding homes for
> the  computers. Good thing there are some nice folks at Patimus :)
> I was giving a tour of ECS by one of the owners James Taggart of their
> facility. They are a family owned business, that leads the way on ethical
> practices. They are a very open company- we can go on a tour sometime- let
> me know if you are interested.
>
> *"ECS Refining - E-Waste Stewards<https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.206255999411346.43070.194279050609041>
> *
> Any equipment, computers, etc that can't be used in one of our computer
> labs - are ethically taken care of. Our donors can rest assured that they
> are not sending hazardous waste to Third World countries. It would not make
> sense to help kids here, and pollute children/families in faraway lands now-
> would it?"
>
> So I have video footage as well as pics, I want to make a short video to
> promote Partimus. Unfortunately my Strata has still not been fixed (and no
> ETA of when that might be.) So that leaves me with the only option is using
> a friend's Mac computer to do it.
>
> Another thing I have decided to do is nominate Robert Litt as volunteer for
> Diablomag. I could use some input here. I need to quantify his deeds- actual
> numbers. lINK<http://www.diablomag.com/Diablo-Magazine/Threads-of-Hope-Nomination-Form/>
>
> I also have some more stuff ready for donation to Patimus- a big business
> printer- and more ink, a 15" lcd monitor, and most likely a P4 machine. I
> hope to be able to trace these as they go thru the process. It will be a
> story that lets folks know how what they donate makes a real difference.
> I am also VERY proud to announce that I am now a North American Mentor for
> the Fedora Project's Ambassador program. This has some high visibility and I
> hope to leverage some eyeballs to some worthy causes ;)
> -Mark
>
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