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[B.S.]

That assumes they are working and viable on a go forward basis. e.g.
Working batteries, at least one USB port (bootable), and so on.

Part of Paul's call for help is first in determining that.

No doubt it won't be too difficult to usefully distribute, but first he
has to find out what he has, if anything, to distribute at all.

Let alone not so slow or loses power as soon as you disconnect the AC
that it's essentially useless to whomever it's given. Making the
recipient feel cheated at being given a 'laptop' that isn't able to
operate as what any recipient might reasonably expect of a laptop.

First things first - first he needs bodies to determine and give him a
list of viable hardware. And viable to what extent - ac terminal only,
openwrt capable only, or full fledged viable laptop with a couple
hours, at least, of battery time.

All of which takes bodies and time, and that's what he's called for,
first. If you can help with that, he's asked people to let him know.


On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 15:15:58 -0400
CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:

> If the issue is getting rid of the laptops, I'm with the Knights of
> Columbus.  I'm sure we can find a few homes for them.
> 
> 
> On 13 October 2014 14:05, <jekerr at sdf.org> wrote:
> 
> > Re: [kwlug-disc] Volunteer help wanted: save some laptops!
> >
> > Hi Paul
> >
> > One problem that I face is that I have way too much volunteer work
> > on my plate as it is -- I have to cut back, have you considered the
> > group "Bridges out of Poverty"? My minister at my church works with
> > this group and providing people with working laptops with FOSS
> > would be a good step.
> >
> > Before they go to the dump, call me. Keep me posted about this
> > project.
> >
> > John Kerr
> >
> >
> > > This is a quick note thanking everybody who volunteered to help
> > > out. We are still trying to figure out how to organize this. If I
> > > do not get back to you folks within a week then kick me.
> > >
> > > We do have regular hours when we are open to volunteers a little
> > > later: Wednesdays from 5-7pm. CR is also open 10am-5pm from
> > > Tuesdays to Fridays, but those hours do not work for a lot of
> > > people who have to go to school or work for a living. We may be
> > > able to do something on 1-2 Saturday afternoons a week, or maybe
> > > we could arrange for an after-hours day some other time (maybe a
> > > Monday when there is no KWLUG or WWITPro?)