[SoCoSA/discuss] [SoCoSA/notify] Meeting Tuesday, Apr 1: Computer Recycling
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Thu Mar 27 20:27:53 PDT 2008
Greetings fellow sysadmins,
Our April meeting is coming up. Yes, I know it's on April 1st. It's not a
joke, it's just the first Tuesday of the month. Don't worry, there won't be
any Sardine and Mango pizzas ordered!
Ever wondered why it can be so hard to get rid of old computers? Got some
old equipment that you think maybe somebody could put to use but never quite
knew what to do with it? Got a ton of ancient hardware you have to pay big
$$$ to get rid of? This is the meeting you want to attend to learn all
about that.
Meeting Details:
Day: Tuesday, April 1st
Time: 7pm for speaker starting, doors open at 6 for social hour
Pizza: show up by 6:10 to get in on order; or bring your own food
Topic: Free Software, The Environment, Social Welfare, and the Digital Divide
Who: James Burgett, Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)
Where: The usual spot; Tarsier Conference Room at O'Reilly (there's a sign!)
URL: http://socosa.org/node/736
James will recount the path ACCRC has taken as it’s grown in the last five
years to reclaim and reuse computers, peripherals, and other electronic
devices people donate. In general, ACCRC gives computers to individuals and
worthy organizations without charge or strings. ACCRC uses Linux on the
systems it gives away and has developed quite a bit of expertise in
installing various Linux distros on various (old) hardware.
Note:
At the last meeting, there was a question about bringing old computers (or
other electronics) for recycling/donating. Unfortunately this won't be
possible at this meeting due to notification requirements of California
regulations. In other words, by the time somebody asked at last meeting,
it was already too late to set up for this meeting.
About SoCoSA:
SoCoSA.org is a group of SysAdmins in Sonoma County and the surrounding
areas. (Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Petaluma, Novato, Windsor, etc.)
We meet the First Tuesday of each month. Meetings are at O'Reilly Media's
offices in Sebastopol. Social hour and food at 6pm, speaker at 7pm,
finished by 8:30pm. Meetings are open to all (you don't have to be a
sysadmin to show up!) and free except for the pizza. Feel free to bring
your own food.
Directions to get to the meeting location:
URL to map: http://xrl.us/u6vz
Directions from the south (petaluma, marin county, other parts of the bay
area): Take 101N up to 116W at Cotati/Rohnert Park and turn right (ignore
116E several miles back!). O'Reilly is three white three-story buildings
on the right as you're about to leave the town of Sebastopol.
Directions from Santa Rosa, Sonoma, etc: Take 12W to Sebastopol, turn
right on 116W (Gravenstein Hwy), continue until you're about to leave
Sebastopol; O'Reilly is three white three-story buildings on the right.
From the north (windsor, healdsburg): probably easiest is to head to Santa
Rosa and follow the earlier directions. Or if you're in Forestville, 116E
towards Sebastopol and on your left just as you're about to enter town.
From the west: it's on the north side of sebastopol on Gravenstein Hwy.
I'm betting anybody west of O'Reilly knows how to get to Sebastopol. :)
Public transit: Sonoma County Transit route 20 runs right past; from
either direction you can arrive almost in time to get in on a pizza order
(you can email ahead to be sure); getting back means leaving the meeting
by 8:35 to get back to Santa Rosa or waiting until 9:30 to get further
west/north, so you probably want to ask if somebody can give you a ride
home. It's under a mile and a half from where the Sonoma County Transit
express routes 22 and 26 drop off.
Bicycle: The Joe Rodota trail runs right behind O'Reilly and even has a
small connecting path onto O'Reilly between Hurlbut and 116.
Directions from the parking lot to the room: Look for the giant metal
tarsier (like a lemur with big eyes) between the two rightmost buildings,
and follow the sidewalk back; look on the right and you should see us
waiting for you.
--
Eric Eisenhart <freiheit at SoCoSA.org>
SoCoSA Founder and President
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