[imc-tech-solidarity] Re: Help fix computers for Indymedia Argentina in Berkeley Jan 1-12

[Mic Westcoat]

I have a computer I'd like to donate to the cause, it's a 233MHz 
Pentium with 32MB RAM, and probably at least 1GB hard disk, with modem 
& ethernet cards. Also has a monitor and keyboard, but no mouse or 
power cables with it.

The only catch is that some one would have to pick it up where I live 
in the Sunset in San Francisco, as I have no means of getting it to 
Berkeley.

Please let me know soon if you're interested.

Thanks,
Mic

>
> Help build computers for Indymedia Argentina. We are working on putting
> together a shipment of a couple hundred computers to support their 
> work.
> This is a follow-up to a shipment of 235 computers which we sent to the
> Ecuador Indymedia Center in November.
>
> The Argentina indymedia center is the nexus of communication for the
> popular movement against neo-liberalism and the IMF. Their website gets
> over 25,000 page views a day. Yet they only have two computers. This
> shipment will help indymedia centers in Buenos Aires and Rosario,
> Argentina as well as other near by IMC's in Chile, Southern Brazil,
> Bolivia, and Uruguay. They will also be used to support other social
> movement groups who are on the forefront of the struggle for a better
> world.
>
> We hope to change the situation. We'll be refurbishing donated used
> computers for the next two weeks. We need your help. No technical
> knowledge necessary. We an teach you everything you need to know. But 
> if
> you happen to be a Linux geek we definitely have things to do for you 
> too.
> We are installing Spanish language Debian GNU/Linux on the boxes.
>
> We will be working ACCRC's NEW warehouse in Berkeley. We will be here 
> 24
> hours a day from now through the 12th of January. The weekends of the 
> 4th
> & 5th, and 11th & 12th we will be doing big install fests. Please stop 
> by
> for an hour or an evening to help out. This is a huge job and we need 
> more
> volunteers.
>
> Want to know more? Read the Salon article which was written about our
> first shipment to indymedia Ecuador.
> www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/09/23/antiglobal_geeks/
>
> Project website: docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/SendingComputers
>
> If you have any questions or planning on coming to help out, please 
> either
> email imc-tech-solidarity@indymedia.org, come on to irc.indymedia.org 
> in
> the #boxes channel, or give us a call. (Our phone number through the 
> 5th
> is 541-941-8903, after the 5th we'll have another number.)
>
> We are working out of the new ACCRC warehouse in Berkeley. NOTE: THIS 
> IS
> NOT WHERE WE WORKED ON THE ECUADOR SHIPMENT.
>
> 1501 Eastshore Hwy
> Berkeley, CA 94710-1702
>
> Map: tinyurl.com/3zvy
>
> DIRECTIONS:
> 	To get to the warehouse via public transportation you can either
> 	walk from North Berkeley bart or take the bus and walk. If you
> 	need it, you can call us from bart and we'll and drive over to
> 	pick you up. It's on the corner of Eastshore Hwy and Jones St.
> 	Jones half way between Gilman & University. To drive just get
> 	off at either of those two exits and take Eastshore to Jones St.
>
> BART:
> 	Walk from the North Berkeley BART station which is 1.6 miles to
> 	the warehouse: Directions from North Berkeley Bart:
> 	tinyurl.com/3zww
>
> BUS:
> 	Another option is to take BART to El Cerrito Plaza where you can
> 	get on AC Transit Bus 72 to San Pablo & Gilman. From there it is
> 	a short walk to the warehouse. Directions for Bus:
> 	tinyurl.com/3zx1
>
> More Information:
> ACCRC is Alameda County Computer Resource Center, www.accrc.org, who 
> are
> providing a lot of support for this project in terms of the computers 
> and
> warehouse space.
>
> FreeGeek, www.freeegeek.org, is a similar group to ACCRC where 
> indymedia
> Portland people are preparing 80 computers for the shipment to 
> Argentina.
> They are also looking for help on this project.
>
>
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