Re: [TTLUG] Free Geek: “Helping the needy get nerdy since the beginning of the t hird millennium.”

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Anil Ramnanan wrote:
> The concept is simple, really.  Hire a handful of staff members, pay
> them the same hourly figure from the top down, train volunteers to run
> the business and work solely with donated electronic items to make them
> reusable or recyclable. In the process, teach volunteers how the
> business works and how to rebuild computers, allowing them to adopt a
> computer after 24 hours of volunteer service, giving them on-the-job
> training, as well as a social outlet.  The result of the effort keeps
> harmful products out of landfills and enables schools and groups who
> desperately need computers to receive them at no cost. Last, but not
> least, make it all a democracy so volunteers and employees can
> participate in the direction of the collective.
> 
> http://news.designtechnica.com/featured_article46.html
> 
> 
> Anil
> 

I was actually going to post this.

Worth thinking about.

- -rj
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