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Dear LUG person,

I am working for an NGO (& NPO) called Community Technology.

We recycle computers which are donated to us from various sources, as and 
when they upgrade their own systems.

These businesses/organisations would otherwise literally 'skip' the 
computers, as the costs involved in recycling such poisonous materials is 
tremendous.

Any broken parts or 'antique' parts that can no longer be used, we separate 
into plastic/metal/mobo bins and recycle them, in accordance with the 
Environmental Protection Act (1992).

Comtech, as an organisation, can be divided into 4 parts. 'IT Aid' assists 
campaigns/charities and community groups with hardware/software/computer 
usage support, both locally and to some extent internationally. 'Comtech 
Computers' refurbishes and recycles and maintains, primarily for retail. 
Research & Media Monitoring does basically what it says on the label. The 
Education & Skills department is where the training happens, from DTP to 
Internet Security (a little bit of Linux used here).

'Comtech Computers' and the 'Education & Skills' departments finance our free 
pick-up service and rent, through training and reselling some of the 
refurbished systems we may reap.

In addition to those computers that we resell, we also end up with a great 
deal of lower end systems (386 & 486s) which we'd love to be able to use 
rather than break apart for scrap. 'Beowolf Cluster' springs to mind at this 
juncture!

As a Linux 'newbie' I'd love to learn more, and I believe Linux could well be 
the way forward for us, as a charitable educational establishment, and for 
all NGOs in the future, if only for the huge costs to M$ Software, let alone 
the community spirit involved with both Charitable philosophy and Linux 
philosophy.

I was wondering if any one of your 'reps' would like to come down and visit 
us, to see our layout, find out more about us, and perhaps try and work on 
getting together as a Linux Education Network.


Tel:	020 7733 3334
email:	info at communitytechnology.org.uk

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