Connecting kids across the digital divide

[Brenda D Lundt]

Lila-

Many people have jumped in with good information about hardware and other
resources.  One thing I wanted to remind you is about licensing software for
the computers.  Recently Pam forwarded an article about Microsoft suing a
non-profit agency for re-distributing computers without legal copies of
their operating systems.  It is vital that you license all the software
appropriately for your goals.  Especially when you are talking about such a
large quantity of machines.  Since the cost involved with that could be
prohibitive to your program, I would suggest you investigate that before you
worry about the hardware and labor problems.

Brenda D. Lundt
Manager of Information Technology
Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson
Voice: 520-573-3533
Fax: 520-573-3569
blundt at bgctuc.org

> -----Original Message-----
>
> Our YMCA has been promised up to 2000 computers to
> recondition and deliver
> to at risk families in our service area.  We have been in
> contact with the
> Univeristy of course with some real support for the concept.
> I am trying
> to figure out what we need to do to get the computers
> reconditioned and
> ready to train & distribute.  Any suggestions?
>
> Lila de Klaver
>

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