Repair centers

(notes on community repair centers go here - anyone want to take notes from the extended support-gang email thread?)

Meeting minutes

• /Jan 27 2008

Meet Others who will Support You

Grassroots organizers of Community Repair Centers are strongly encouraged to discuss their plans and share their successes on the grassroots mailing list. Also consider joining OLPC 50+ Community Support Volunteers who are driving many of these plans forward.

Map of Repair Centers

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Potential locations

Vancouver, Canada

• Contact SNelson, with the very active Computer Recycling & Linux Users Group Free Geek Vancouver

Boston

• Olin college; see their draft

Seattle

• SeaXO

Bellingham

• Bellingham, WA - iainD via Myna IT Consulting and local Bellingham Linux Users Group (BLUG)

Raleigh

• TriLUG has expressed interest.
• Meets at Red Hat, Centennial Park, NC - RLUG
• Contact "sph0lt0n AT gmail DOT com" for info
• Oak Hill Academy has also expressed interest.

DC

• Washington, DC - FFM's LUG

Pittsburgh

• Pittsburgh, PA - ttuttle is starting a users' group at Carnegie Mellon University that may spawn a repair center

Nashville

• Nashville / Murfreesboro, TN - kfx and his incipient student group @ MTSU

Middletown

• Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT - Kate Davis

Cincinnati

• Cincinnati, OH - Ian Daniher + Local Highschool + University Team; hosted at resident MegaChurch w/ free wifi, kitchen areas, meeting rooms.

Chicago

• Aurora, IL - IMSA
• Glenview, IL / Downtown Chicago (temporary) - OLPC Chicago office, starting full-time this summer. Mchua and Nlee will be there.

Cleveland

• Cleveland, OH - Case Students led by Steve Burns(?) if needed

Southern California

• Orange County, CA - scorche volunteers himself.