I'm interested :)

fwiw, some context and background:

- we initiated Laptops For All as a fiscally sponsored project under Sudo Mesh about 5 years ago after receiving a donation of > 100 nice laptops from Credit Karma: https://laptopsforall.org

- in recent year or two, sudo room received many chromebooks and have also been fixing and distro'ing laptops - I'm not so familiar with how this work has gone, so would love a summary

- sudo mesh has approximately $500 remaining in a designated fundraising account, which we've previously spent on things such as RAM upgrades, SSDs, and bits

happy to continue the convo - beyond repairs we should explore best ways to distro repaired laptops. in the past this was largely done through existing omni channels targeting the unhoused, civil rights activists (especially those working with media), and local youth

Love,

Jenny

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On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 2:27 PM Jake Watters via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:

I'm available Sunday to help with this!  Who else is in?

-jake

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 7:59 AM Anca Mosoiu via sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss@sudoroom.org> wrote:

Well, considering that I've got this pile of laptops, maybe I can organize this event.   What are folks doing this Sunday?

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 5:04 PM Jake <jake@spaz.org> wrote:

If they are laptops then we can triage them and redistribute, as part of the
Laptops For All project.  But if they're desktops, we can't physically deal
with them and there won't be any demand for them in our audience.

Speaking of which...the Laptops For All project needs volunteers!  Who wants
to organize an event where we go through the enormous stacks of laptop
donations and sort the good from the bad?

-jake

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024, Anca Mosoiu via sudo-discuss wrote:

> A friend of mine is trying to get rid of 6 old macs.  Is this something
> Sudo would be interested in?
>
> They are 2011-2015 vintage.
>
> Anca.
>
>
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