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	SOUTH FLORIDA--May 20, 1996--(Technology Recycling Grant Project)
Computers from Recycled parts made available free to students in Broward &
Palm Beach County when built by students as part of demonstration project. 
	PROS & SKILLED COMPUTER HARDWARE HOBBYISTS NEEDED TO VOLUNTEER
TIME IN INNOVATIVE "MINORITY" KIDS PROJECT IN POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS 
(Broward and Palm Beach Counties currently, but later to expand to others)
	Tech volunteers needed to set up donated $150,000 of computer
diagnostic & test equipment (that didn't go to Austin, lucky us) for
public service prototype recycling demonstration project. (includes 
flukes, oscillators, callibrators, upc coders, etc.)
	South Florida retirees, unemployed "down-sized" victims, university
engineering students, and field techs welcome to work with students,
repair computers, and network with other "techies."  Skill to set up
electronic BBS, & teacher for summer computer camp & adult/night
school also sought. (the latter $17.per hr. to qualified tech/teacher)
	Please e-mail to Grant@Gate.Net--send a brief description of your
knowledge, skills, etc., and available hours, days, and day/night tel# if
you need to talk.  User groups are welcome to hold their meetings and SIG
groups (free of charge) in return for volunteering. 
	Please pass this message along to others--large companies,
especially, that might match the IBM largesse, or may have large
numbers of older computers to donate as the raw material of our project,
or employees to volunteer time as part of their "corporate responsibility"
policy. Our goal is "A free (recycled) computer to every student who needs
one!"
	Note:  If you are a SUPERINTENDENT or principal of a middle or
high school, and want to develop a computer recycling project as part of
your curriculum, and have a large vacant or underutilized space (woodshop,
for example), please write in your official capacity providing details of
your readiness to undertake such a conversion and start-up.  This
information will be collected and passed to state officials and potential
sponsors for their consideration.
	SPONSORS: If you want to support such conversions with grants,
construction labor & materials (a local builders association or retailer),
or have large quantities of computers & peripherals to donate (tax
deductible to schools and not-for-profit groups), or are a
legislator, corporate executive, or philanthropist that wants to promote
"equity" and equal access to the "information super-highway" for all young
people and their families, please detail your interests and
desired geographic location (city, state, or national scope of
interest.) We can try to match you with schools capable of implementing
your ideas and using the resources you provide.
	Please include a CEO name, your name & title, a mailing address
and telephone number for verification and contact. Thanks for your
attention, GRANT PROJECT: e-mail:  Grant@Gate.Net