Thanks Isla!
Will get in touch with Jaime. Will also check out the links.
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Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Fwd: Announcing the Hardware
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Great, I appeciate.
2017-03-17 9:12 GMT+00:00 Samuel Guebo <samuelguebo(a)gmail.com>om>:
Thank you for sharing Asaf.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 5:07 AM, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> FYI.
>
> A.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org>
> Date: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 10:06 PM
> Subject: Announcing the Hardware donation program
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)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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