Re: Donate your unneeded stuff! was - Re: [Avid-L2] Anyone need 2tb drives?

I love the concept.  Maybe when I retire I can find a local group that
does this and volunteer time.  Thanks.  --J.B.

Jo's Mailinglists wrote:
> This is the Austrian way doing it - aside "sing-a-long" Sound of Music
> Stuff:
>
> (it's in German, however, it 's legit and no wikipage)
>
> <https://www.pcsfueralle.at>
>
> Before trashing your gear think of donating it.
> If you have no place to donate to: set up a small thing for your
> community (if you can, have the and your innerst eagerness!), help
> before ditch!
>
> Well, that's just me and my - no, in this business I'm not even left with:
>
> 2¢.
>
> Best
>
> Jo
>
>
> Jochen "Jo" Hermann
> filter Media Postproduction
> Salzburg, Austria
>
>> On 22. Oct 2021, at 03:34, Secret HQ <Greg@secrethq.com
>> <mailto:Greg@secrethq.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Great idea.
>>
>> Here in Los Angeles we have 'homeboy industries'  which is a sort of
>> a halfway-house-first-employer/job skills training for ex-gangsters,
>> ex-cons, and at-risk youth.  They run a bakery, they have a salsa
>> company, a grocery store, a cafe, etc., and best of all, electronics
>> recycling and e-waste.  When I closed my brick-and-mortar post house
>> in 2018, any infrastructure I couldn't resell or donate to someone in
>> one of the social media groups, went to their recycling operation.
>>  Several SUVs worth!
>>
>> Refurbishing surplus computers for donation is a great idea, too!
>>
>>
>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeboy_Industries
>>
>> I'm currently remodeling an old duplex, and the amount of landfill is
>> embarrassing, even though I know all the LA trash companies recycle
>> what they can.
>>
>> GH
>> ________________________
>> Greg Huson
>> Secret Headquarters, Inc
>> GK Huson, LLC
>> Greg (at) SecretHQ.com <http://SecretHQ.com>
>> www.SecretHQ.com <http://www.SecretHQ.com>
>>
>>
>>> On Oct 21, 2021, at 18:14, Jo's Mailinglists via groups.io
>>> <http://groups.io> <lists=filter-media.net@groups.io
>>> <mailto:lists=filter-media.net@groups.io>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm jumping this for a totally off-list reason:
>>>
>>> We are all working on 'puters and components that might have been
>>> ended their life from our perspective.
>>>
>>> Well, we here (Austria, "old world") have an "NGO"  that is
>>> collecting "old" computers and parts, get them set-up by experienced
>>> (even retired by now) individuals, putting together _your_ left-over
>>> parts, configuring and setting up a new system. And they then just
>>> donate it to the people, which cannot afford any computer.
>>>
>>> Wherever you are: you can set up the same, same big scale. Or at
>>> least: animate others to do the exact same thing!
>>>
>>> I do not know about your individual communities, but: me,
>>> personally, I did rather give this group all I have before get it
>>> dumped, trash it, maybe even pay for disposal.
>>>
>>>
>>> It's 2021, Avid still is sometime like Meridian - but here's the
>>> catch: you can change the future, at least help, enable other to do
>>> thus.
>>>
>>>
>>> sry4justtelling you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Jo
>>>
>>>
>>> Jochen "Jo" Hermann
>>> filter Media Postproduction
>>> Salzburg, Austria
>>>
>>>> On 21. Oct 2021, at 17:03, Secret HQ <Greg@secrethq.com
>>>> <mailto:Greg@secrethq.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I retired my Terrablock a few years ago, but kept the drives. 
>>>> Turns out I have plenty of spinning media and really haven't found
>>>> a use for them.  I'm pretty sure the drives are 2tb WD enterprise
>>>> drives, so they're good drives, though very very likely out of
>>>> warranty now. Still, you know, free.
>>>> I have a box of 20 looking for a new home, free to you if you take
>>>> them all.  I'll even pay the UPS bill.  I hate making landfill when
>>>> it can be avoided.
>>>> gh
>>>> Greg Huson
>>>> GK Huson, LLC
>>>> Secret Headquarters, Inc
>>>> Santa Monica, CA 90405
>>>> Greg (at)SecretHQ.com <http://secrethq.com/>
>>>> www.secrethq.com <http://www.secrethq.com/>
>>>
>
>




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