[hblug] Refurbishing Computers

[Daniel Faulknor]

Ok, inline replies on both posts below.
I like the idea, but we would need COMMITMENT from LUG members, we dont want
to get this all going, and then suddenly find nobody wants to help.
But i think its a great idea, and am more than happy to help with "leading"
the project.

Cheers

On 1/16/07, chris morris <racepics at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
> What we need is a temporary empty shed / warehouse /building for the
> initial drop-off and sorting point.
> Don't suppose your contact has one available?


We would hope so,  we need somewhere.... and a fair amount of time to sort
through it

Most of us have limited available spare time, but could put in a few
> hours here and there.
>
> I think your "target market" is not so much kids and family, but older
> retired people who just want to send/receive email, communicate with
> family etc.
> They are not gamers
> They wont fiddle with the system
> They dont know about viruses / spyware ( and it wont matter that they
> dont with linux :)
> They probably have very little, or no computer use history so they
> haven't been "polluted" by the windows way of doing things. ( eg: they
> wont expect it to behave like windows )


Agree, and that makes our lives easier too


>     Michael Adams wrote:
> > Talked to a bloke from the regional council today, and brought up the
> > refurbishing computers idea. He gave me some interesting information.
> >
> > *****
> > He has been looking for something like this, as he gets about six phone
> > calls a week asking about recycling/disposal of computer parts.
> >
> > There is funding available from government for anyone starting a
> > recycling initiative.
> >
> > Recently on a Dell recycle drive in Wellington they got 44 tons of
> > computers in 4 hours.
> >
> > We therefore suspected that we would get between 6 - 20 tons if it was
> > advertised properly. An estimated 75% would be rubbish and be destined
> > for his landfill.


Thats a hell of a lot for us to sort through :P

>
> > He would be happy to work closely with us. Free disposal of unwanted
> > parts. They do the advertising from the govt funding. We sell the
> > resulting good boxes.


Free disposal makes the idea sound better. and as we profit i like the idea
:)

> *****
> >
> > I told him we had discussed it but may decide not to proceed. The ball
> > is in our court.
> >
> > How much space did you say you had Perry? LOL
> >
> >
>
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