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

[mic]

hi Mic,
your name caught my attention.  i can pick up your comp this coming monda=
y eve

and bring it to the accrc in berkeley.  please contact me directly at =

mic@linefeed.org to work out details.
thanks
mic

Mic Westcoat <mic@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
> 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 putti=
ng
> > 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 t=
he
> > 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 ge=
ts
> > 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 sto=
p =

> > 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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> > Imc-tech-solidarity-anc@lists.indymedia.org
> > http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-tech-solidarity-anc
> >
> >
> >
> =

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