Am 06. Sep, 2005 schwätzte der.hans so: moin, moin, it looks like FEMA might be paying a contractor to take care of this. I will send more info as I have it. Thanks for the offers to help! ciao, der.hans > moin, moin, > > the state is putting evacuees up at the coliseum/fairgrounds. They will > likely be there for a month ( longer at other locations ). They do have > cell phones, but do not have Net connectivity. > > I have approached the state about setting up a few boxen for the evacuees > to use for email and resumes. > > The IT department is interested in assistance in getting the evacuees > setup with Net access. > > I already have a few volunteers for setting up the network. > > We might be able to get boxen from STRuT, but we won't know until > tomorrow. If that falls through I'll likely need help getting donations > that we can setup in the next few days. > > I would like to say this is a PLUG effort ( most everyone involved thus > far is from PLUG ). Is that cool with everyone? > > If this goes well we might be asked to do the same thing in Tucson and > maybe at ASU as well. > > ciao, > > der.hans > -- # https://www.LuftHans.com/ # "I have faith in debian-legal." -- Ted Gould --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss