[BALUG-Talk] Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a LUG

[Michael Paoli]

Also replied to 'em off-list regarding Partimus and such.

references/excerpts:

> From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu>
> To: "Cameron Abrams" <cameronabrams25@gmail.com>, "Christian  
> Einfeldt" <christian@partimus.org>, "Grant Bowman"  
> <grant@partimus.org>, "James Howard" <james@partimus.org>
> Cc: "Rick Moen" <rick@linuxmafia.com>
> Subject: Re: Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a LUG
> Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:15:09 -0700

> Cameron / Partimus folks, perhaps y'all ought connect.  :-)
>
> I believe Partiums is (approximately?) based in(/around?) San Francisco,
> and also does / has done work with some East Bay (Oakland, if I
> recall correctly) school(s).  I believe Grant is also out in East Bay,
> East of Concord.
>
> Also including link to list of lists (of [L]UGs), in case that's
> also useful.
>
> Thanks for reaching out and asking!
>
> http://www.partimus.org/
> http://www.partimus.org/contact.php
>
> https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:bay_area_open_source_linux_bsd_unix_user_groups_and_related_associations_and_events#meta-list_-_list_of_lists
>
> references/excerpts:
> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/dvlug/2020q2/000608.html
> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/dvlug/2020q2/000609.html
> https://groups.google.com/g/berkeleylug/c/Tr_WRg1STpI/m/qOZ_8bheCQAJ
> https://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk/2020-June/000213.html
>
>> From: "Rick Moen" <rick@linuxmafia.com>
>> To: dvlug@linuxmafia.com
>> Subject: [dvlug] Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a LUG
>> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:02:25 -0700
>
>> ----- Forwarded message from Cameron Abrams  
>> <cameronabrams25@gmail.com> -----
>>
>> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:28:39 -0700
>> From: Cameron Abrams <cameronabrams25@gmail.com>


> From rick@linuxmafia.com Thu Jun 25 18:11:04 2020
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 11:10:49 -0700
> From: Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com>
> To: BALUG-Talk@lists.balug.org
> Subject: [BALUG-Talk] Company in Concord seeks to donate older PCs to a LUG
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Cameron Abrams <cameronabrams25@gmail.com> -----
>
> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:28:39 -0700
> From: Cameron Abrams <cameronabrams25@gmail.com>
> To: dvlug-owner@linuxmafia.com
> Subject: Do you take donations?
>
> Hello,
>
> I am contacting you on behalf of the company I work for. We are located in
> Concord, and are in the midst of a transition. We would like to get rid of
> some older PCs we have replaced with newer ones, and we are in the midst of
> wiping all of our hard drives. We were wondering if perhaps this was a
> Linux group that took donations, as we would rather put the PCs to use than
> scrap them as e-waste. If you do accept donations and would like to discuss
> this matter further, or if you do not accept donations but do know of other
> local groups that accept donations, please email me back.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cameron
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----