[nylug-talk] recommendations on donating equipment

[Edward J. Weinberg]

PC Renew is a non-profit that refurbishes computers and gives them to
non-profits.  Not sure if they want this, but the Westchester chapter is
sponsored by the Westchester PC Users Group ( http://www.wpcug.org/ )
and my son volunteers there.

On Mon, 2008-01-07 at 11:13 -0500, Michael Bubb wrote:

> Hello -
> 
> After a move to a data center we have about 10 working rackmount
> batteries APC Smart-UPS 1400 and 1500s. And 2 Nortel Baystack 5510-24T
> Switches. We attempted to auction then twice on eBay and were
> unsuccessful. Not surprised as I am not sure if I wwould buy ethernet
> switches or ups batteries items on auction - even with a deep
> discount.
> 
> I've floated the idea of donating them to charity and getting a tax
> writeoff, etc.
> 
> Can anyone recommend an org that does this? Or that might need this stuff?
> 
> I have found a few to try on google (isa.org, recycle.org) but I
> wouldn't be surprised if nylug had knowledge in this area that a
> google search might miss...
> 
> The equip is in Hoboken, 1.5 miles from midtown Manhattan.
> 
> cheers
> 
> Michael