Subject: [Fwd: FW: Cooperation with AKLUG possible? Divesting our sole sponsorship of existing non-profit organization]
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Wed Dec 31 2003 - 18:43:15 AKST
I have talked with John Rathjen. I informed him of our Friday Night get-togethers and mentioned
that there may be Aklug members who would help with talks or demonstrations to groups
trying to decide whether to deploy Linux .
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Rathjen
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003 5:34 PM
> To: info@aklug.org
> Cc: Partners
> Subject: Cooperation with AKLUG possible? Divesting our sole sponsorship
> of existing non-profit organization
>
>
> To Whom it may concern:
>
> I am CEO of DataFlow/Alaska, Inc. We have been the sole sponsor of a
> Computer Explorers Post, under Boy Scouts of America Learning for Life
> Program since 1998. DataFlow is finding it increasingly difficult to be
> involved with the group at an appropriate and sustainable level, but
> strongly beleives in the group's mission.
>
> I'm interested in exploring whether AKLUG is interested in working with,
> or partially absorbing another non-profit computer group with somewhat
> similar goals. I'm primarily interested in seeing if AKLUG can provide
> the group some consistent and ethical leadership in it's redeployment of
> the Explorer Post's approximately 200 surplus PCs back into the
> Anchorage community, preferably at no cost or low cost.
>
> Most of the PCs are recognizable major brand models in groups of
> identical hardware configuration. I have generally advocated the
> preloading and configuration of Linux and other GPL software on the PCs
> for redeployment.
>
> To spread the load, I'm also seeking involvement by Parachutes, another
> non-profit which is located in the same building. There is some
> potential synergy in their mission of keeping youth productively
> occupied and engaged in a way that builds their skill-sets.
>
> We're located at 800 E. Dimond Blvd, 4th floor above the ice-rink, Suite
> 450. We currently donate office and storage space, broadband access,
> technical expertise, time and leadership to the Explorer's Post, but
> again, find we can't keep this up at an appropriate level. If we can't
> find another group, with we'll liquidate the organization's assets and
> reclaim the office space for DataFlow corporate use.
>
> Call or write me if you're interested in exploring this. I hope you
> are.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> John Rathjen
> President/CEO
> DataFlow/Alaska, Inc.
>
> www.dataflowalaska.com
>
> e-mail: jrathjen@dataflowalaska.com
> main: 365-2700
> direct: 365-2704
> cell: 223-2439
>
> P.S. I dual-boot using the retail-box version of SuSE Professional 8.2,
> both at work and home.
-- Greg Madden Precision Air Balance, Inc. Phone: 907-276-0461--------- To unsubscribe, send email to <aklug-request@aklug.org> with 'unsubscribe' in the message body.
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