TechShop

[fouldragon at aol.com]

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 <lisakachold at obnosis.com>
To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
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?


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