Thanks Isla!
Will get in touch with Jaime. Will also check out the links.
On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 11:45 AM, < african-wikimedians-request@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
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Message: 1 Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:06:48 +0000 From: Kangah Donatien KOFFI donatien.kanga@gmail.com To: Samuel Guebo samuelguebo@gmail.com, Mailing list for African Wikimedians african-wikimedians@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Announcing the Hardware donation program Message-ID: <CADWy+57ht9QgC-NoutTXDDd9=0JXRG8aRo9OrUPGRXAq06t=Lg@ mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Great, I appeciate.
2017-03-17 9:12 GMT+00:00 Samuel Guebo samuelguebo@gmail.com:
Thank you for sharing Asaf.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 5:07 AM, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
FYI.
A.
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:06 PM Subject: Announcing the Hardware donation program To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Dear Wikimedians,
The Wikimedia Foundation is pleased to announce a small new program called the Hardware Donation Program. In a word, it is a program
designed
to donate depreciated (but fully working) hardware from the WMF office
to
community members who would put it to good use.
The program, including instructions on how to apply, is described on Meta, here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hardware_donation_program
Please read the information carefully. I especially encourage you to pay attention to the program's design considerations, which determine most
of
the decisions we'll be making.
We currently have approximately 20 laptops ready to be donated. Applications are welcome.
The upcoming Wikimedia Conference in Berlin (in about two weeks) would
be
an excellent opportunity to deliver some of those laptops in person to approved applications, so if you think you might be interested, I'd encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Please also help spread the word about this program, by forwarding this e-mail to other Wikimedia lists you're on, and posting the link to the program page on village pumps and *community* (not public) social media channels or other communication forms you use.
Special thanks to User:Anntinomy from Wikimedia Ukraine, who had the
idea
of asking about possible donation of older machines from WMF, and
inspired
this program.
Mini-FAQ:
Q: Why are you doing this? A: WMF's Office IT determines a lifetime for work machines, and
regularly
replaces older machines. This creates a stock of older, working
machines,
that are available for donation. We can donate them locally to San Francisco charities, but figure that if we can find low-cost ways to deliver them to our own community members, that's so much better.
Q: Am I eligible? A: Read the fine program documentation.
Q: If I'm eligible, am I guaranteed a donated laptop? A: no.
Q: Once these 20 laptops are donated, will there be others? A: yes, eventually.
Q: How can you ensure people would use the machines for Wikimedia purposes? A: We can't. We'll be making a good-effort assessment of the likelihood of Wikimedia use, and make a decision to donate (or not) the equipment. Once donated, the equipment no longer belongs to WMF. We encourage, but can't enforce, reporting on impact achieved using the equipment.
Q: I need a few laptops for my event in two weeks! Can I get them
through
this program? A: No. Read the fine program documentation.
Q: I'm really happy about this! A: So are we! :)
Q: I'm really angry about this! A: So it goes.
Q: I have more questions! A: Hit 'Reply'. :)
Cheers,
Asaf
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