[council] Fwd: GNSO and Adopt a School -donate a used laptop

[Michele Neylon - Blacknight]

Heather

Thanks for sharing this.

I've no idea if this is really a "council issue" or not, but it's definitely a "human being" issue and one that those of us who work in technology should engage with.

It would be helpful to get some parameters around this in terms of what people actually need. A 10 year old laptop probably won't even boot a modern OS, so some minimum specs etc., would be helpful. Also could there be any issues with travelling to PR via the US or other countries? I know I've had raised eyebrows in the past when I've had multiple devices.

Regards

Michele

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From: council-bounces at gnso.icann.org <council-bounces at gnso.icann.org> on behalf of Heather Forrest <haforrestesq at gmail.com>
Sent: 09 November 2017 05:19:22
To: GNSO Council List; gnso-secs at icann.org
Subject: [council] Fwd: GNSO and Adopt a School -donate a used laptop

Dear Council colleagues,

An initiative is underway to support the local community in Puerto Rico through donations of laptops. I only had a brief chat with Glenn McKnight about this, but what little I heard sounded promising, particularly in light of the recent circumstances in Puerto Rico.

Is this something that we as the GNSO Council would like to pursue further? Or perhaps within SGs/Cs? Please give your thoughts so we can determine next steps, if any.

Best wishes,

Heather


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From: Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn at gmail.com<mailto:mcknight.glenn at gmail.com>>
Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 12:42 PM
Subject: GNSO and Adopt a School -donate a used laptop
To: haforrestesq at gmail.com<mailto:haforrestesq at gmail.com>, Pablo Rodriguez <pablo at nic.pr<mailto:pablo at nic.pr>>, Alfredo Calderon <calderon.alfredo at gmail.com<mailto:calderon.alfredo at gmail.com>>


Hi  Heather

As per our short conversation at ICANN 60  I mentioned that we working requesting that  ICANN participants consider bringing a used laptop or phone to San Juan in March.   The  host organization .PR and ISOC PR are working on the logistics for selecting the schools and distribution of the laptops

We are asking folks to  remove all their data, reformat the system.  Our volunteers will install Linux and other Open Source software

We spoke with  Goran and Nick Tomasso on ICANN support and involvement and perhaps they can coordinate with their communication team supportive information.   We expect an information page in spanish and English soon.

Please let your community know about the initiative

Thanks

Glenn McKnight
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