[wplug] Homeless Shelter Help

[Shawn Henderson]

Im in .. let me know what I can do..

Wise, Jeremey wrote:

> I was out all last week on vacation which was actually a service trip to
> Pittsburgh PA to help in a food pantry / homeless shelter. I was in no
> way expecting to do computer work but found that they are in dire need
> of help. I only had four days and as such did not accomplish a tenth of
> the things they needed to have done. Typical in that they have no
> backups, no AV, older computers. The worst part is that they have no
> help for doing their computers. I did get Best Buy do donate some hard
> drives for them (the one on MC. Knight road) to start to build what
> could be a 'server' in that it is a class of system that could be setup
> as a Linux server with mirrored drives and use it's CD burner to kick
> out backups. I also got forms for them to get a donation of a UPS from
> Circuit City to support the server. At this point it it a simple XP load
> because I did not want to introduce Linux without a way to support it.
> They do have DSL for remote access.
> 
> All that to say.... I live in Cleveland and as such could not make the
> (after things got repaired and patched:>) half a dozen onsite trips
> required for supporting such a system. I support several other small
> networks here and as such could not carve out the time. Is their a group
> of people that would be willing to COMMIT to helping them out. I can
> supply more details. They are very grateful for any help. This could be
> a great opportunity for a few Linux newbies or those looking to bit into
> Linux as a new OS to try it out. They are OK with that theory and would
> work with whatever they can get. 
> 
> Please RSVP to the list. I am still buried in emails in my personal
> mailbox. If we have enough group interest I can setup a concall and we
> can review their total site information.
>