Re: Recycled Macs and Junk where do you draw the line
Re: Recycled Macs and Junk where do you draw the line
- Subject: Re: Recycled Macs and Junk where do you draw the line
- From: Gary Lists <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 15:28:11 -0500
Joe Ferguson wrote [2/26/04 8:43 AM]:
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Our MUG just completed a 10 hour move of Macs and other peripherals new
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a new storage facility where we could actually work on them and be able
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to distribute macs to children in need here in Chicago.
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I ask other MUGs that have Mac recycling programs where do you draw the
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line on which Macs your MUG will accept?
There is no specific answer, because the question _really_ is:
What do you want an 'older' Mac to do?
Every Mac that still boots has some use. We gave 2 truckloads (piled HIGH)
to a group called Project STEAM. We worked directly with their youth to
sort and identify each piece of equipment against a list of their goals and
needs.
We could say:
Okay, Mac Classic 1. Yep, they say they need 2 computers for other-abled
perons who need some assistance at home. [We outfitted 2 Classics with some
extra RAM, put on HyperCard and X-10 extension stuff, and we made 2 lighting
and electrical outlet controllers.]
Every Mac can have _some_ use. The question is: Is there someone who
needs/wants something that Mac can do.
Recycling programs need to (not that yours is not ;) creative, and I think
that they should include folks from the intended user community.
Identify the needs first, then look at what you have that can match it.
--
Gary
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