What I'd like to see is a combined "donation/thrift shop" approach. I could see going somewhere where I could drop off my evol old rubber-dome keyboards, the Umax SuperMac which won't run OSX, and that 66MHz Windows NT PowerPC workstation, and dig through a pile of everyone else's equally abandoned parts for items to fill up the space those were taking. But I think that there's a tendency to usually only want to take or refurbish "marketable" gear. -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Kachold To: Main PLUG discussion list Sent: Tue, 5 May 2009 5:29 pm Subject: TechShop A good idea for Phoenix? http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/28/boing-boing-video-re-2.html Anyone want to invest? Okay, well if not for profit TechShop workshop membership, how about a nice FreeGeek recycler endeavor? Well, yes, it might not work, since one can toss out anything here without having to pay landfill prices like Boregon! How about something in between?  A non-profit renovation that takes old equipment for a write off and renovates them for other non-profits?  I think federal grants are available? -- www.obnosis.com (503)754-4452 "Contradictions do not exist." A. Rand --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe,=2 0or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss