June 18th Meeting - Hardware drive with FreeGeek
"Bring Out Your Dead!"
- Eric Idol
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- When: June 18th, 7:30
- Where: 117 E 2nd Ave, between Main & Quebec
- What: Computer hardware drive
- Who: VanLUG and FreeGeek with a speaker from IBM
In a break from our normal meeting format VanLUG will be joining FreeGeek to hold a computer hardware drive on June 18th at 7:30 at their new warehouse at 117 East 2nd Avenue (between Main & Quebec).
Clean out the old computer gear in your basement and earn kudos from your significant other while ensuring it is reused or at least responsibly recycled. We will have door prizes for the most hardware donated, the most obscure hardware, and the oldest running system.
IBM will be providing a speaker to talk about the greening of electronics.
VanLUG will be providing pizza and pop. Please us the RSVP form to ensure that we order the correct amount of food. If you have any specific food requirements please be sure to let us know.
Please be aware that FreeGeek charges $10 per CRT (monitor) in order to offset their costs. For more information about the hardware they accept please visit http://freegeekvancouver.org/?q=en/computer_recycling.
Don't worry if it's not dead yet, FreeGeek builds complete Linux systems out of the reusable hardware and makes it available either through their adoption or hardware grant programs.
As always, VanLUG meetings are free and open to everyone. You are welcome to come with our without any hardware to donate.
Parking: There is a loading dock in the lane between 1st and 2nd for dropping off equipment. Free parking in the area is sparse, however there is pay parking at the north-east corner of Terminal and Quebec and the Science World/Main Street SkyTrain station is nearby.
Please remember to RSVP so that we can order the right amount of food.