Re: [Nolug] boat anchor laptops

From: Joey Kelly <joey_at_joeykelly.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:06:42 -0600
Message-Id: <200812161406.42986.joey@joeykelly.net>

> Joey Kelly wrote:
>> But about those boat anchors... I've been asked to scrounge old laptops for
>> a couple of schools down in Haiti. I do not want to give them anything a
>> sane person would consider "fast"... if you've got it, and it's worth
>> anything at all, don't consider donating it to the cause.
>>
>>
> Joey,
>
> How long do you expect to be doing this? ? ? I ask because if you can
> write something up for me, I can present it to my employer as a method
> of disposing of our older laptops in a "green" manner. ? ?It would be a
> nice tax write-off for the company, a great public service cause and
> good publicity for all the parties involved.
>
>Jeremy
>

I would imagine I'll be doing it indefinitely... years, at least. The only
downside I see is that customs agents on either end might want to get
involved, which would bankrupt my little project.

Thanks, this is a really neat development. Let's chat about this off-list.

-- 
Joey Kelly
< Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
http://joeykelly.net
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