[olug] small pentiums receive a home

[Dave Thacker]

On Thursday 21 July 2005 06:59, Craig Wolf wrote:
> 
>
> Pass along my email address to the troop or troops that have them if
> you'd
> like. I've recently offered one of the scout leaders here in Glenwood to
> help
> provide some more balanced PC OS education than they are likely to get
> otherwise and some of the resources I'm planning on offering them might
> be of
> interest to them as well.

If you're interested in what a Scout needs to do to earn a Computer Merit 
Badge, check out the requirements at www.meritbadge.com.   Merit badge 
instructors for scouting must be registered adult scouters, and have the 
troop certify them as a Merit Badge Counselor for the specific badge they 
teach.  There have also have been a couple of interesting Linux Journal 
articles about Linux and Scouting. 
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7533
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7813

Another possibility for getting putting older equipment to good us is starting 
something like Freegeeks. www.freegeek.org, beginning on a *much* smaller 
scale.   There are still people locally, who have very basic computer needs, 
and are unable to fill them.  IMO, recycling and donating some of that 
equipment would be a very positive way for OLUG to contribute to the 
community.  

And finally, don't we have a someone affilliated with Computers for Africa on 
the list?  They might be able to give you a good idea for getting rid of 
working equipment.

Dave


Dave