[nylug-talk] recommendations on donating equipment

[Ruben Safir]

Contact Micheal Richardson at NYLXS - he's setting up a childrens center

Ruben


On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 01:04:10AM -0500, Edward J. Weinberg wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
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