OT: Red Cross needs tech

You could always try BillG@..., that's pretty direct :)

Actually, MS has already contributed:

SEATTLE--Microsoft said on Thursday it is giving $5 million in cash and $5
million in software and services to help relief groups and government
agencies deal with the devastating attacks on the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2812174,00.html

> -----Original Message-----
> Bill Gates... how about those licenses? (I sent a copy of
> this request to
> the Microsoft support site. But I don't know if I got the
> right place. If
> anybody else knows a more direct route to Bill, take it.)
Please forgive me if this is not the proper venue, but given the
recent events it seems appropriate. The following article was posted
on www.thescreensavers.com, and I thought someone may have some extra
hardware laying around that could be put to god use.

John Elder
Penn State Tool & Die Corp.

The New York American Red Cross is in dire need of technology
equipment and services. The field workers and sites have little, if
any, means of communication and the central office is processing way
too much on completely paper systems. Your help in acquiring these
resources would be greatly appreciated.

If you can help, please contact:

Joe Leo, Assistant Director, Business Applications, IT
American Red Cross in Greater New York
phone: 212.875.2409
email: jleo@...
150 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10023

PLEASE NOTE: His email is slammed, so don't resend your messages over
and over again.

Following is the list of equipment that the Red Cross needs for its
field workers and expanded Emergency Operations Centers. It also
needs certified Citrix engineers and Microsoft-certified consultants.

40 IBM computers and laptops (with NICs)
Monitors (with desktops)
Any storage solutions
25 10/100 hubs (8+ Ports)
100 Cat5 cables (All lengths)
50 power strips
Any IBM-compatible memory
Any 3Com wireless NIC cards and LAN products
30 desktop-size UPSs
15 LaserJet printers (HP 1100 or faster) and printer supplies
20 external Zip drives and disks
Any diskettes and R/W CDs
5 external CD burners
5 duplex document scanners
25 extension cords
any colored tie wraps
any Velcro cable wraps
50 Citrix client licenses
12 PCMCIA LAN cards for IBM P20 ThinkPads, preferably 3Com (in
addition to those in the new PCs)
50 Microsoft Exchange CALs
35 Microsoft SQL CALs
50 Microsoft Office Professional licenses
15 PC Anywhere licenses
DSL lines
PDAs with wireless capacity and service
Nextel cellphones and service

Thanks in advance for your generous assistance. Any donation will
help greatly.
Bill Gates... how about those licenses? (I sent a copy of this request to
the Microsoft support site. But I don't know if I got the right place. If
anybody else knows a more direct route to Bill, take it.)

Gary

-----Original Message-----
From: penntool@... [mailto:penntool@...]
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 9:29 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] OT: Red Cross needs tech


Please forgive me if this is not the proper venue, but given the
recent events it seems appropriate. The following article was posted
on www.thescreensavers.com, and I thought someone may have some extra
hardware laying around that could be put to god use.

John Elder
Penn State Tool & Die Corp.

The New York American Red Cross is in dire need of technology
equipment and services. The field workers and sites have little, if
any, means of communication and the central office is processing way
too much on completely paper systems. Your help in acquiring these
resources would be greatly appreciated.

If you can help, please contact:

Joe Leo, Assistant Director, Business Applications, IT
American Red Cross in Greater New York
phone: 212.875.2409
email: jleo@...
150 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10023

PLEASE NOTE: His email is slammed, so don't resend your messages over
and over again.

Following is the list of equipment that the Red Cross needs for its
field workers and expanded Emergency Operations Centers. It also
needs certified Citrix engineers and Microsoft-certified consultants.

40 IBM computers and laptops (with NICs)
Monitors (with desktops)
Any storage solutions
25 10/100 hubs (8+ Ports)
100 Cat5 cables (All lengths)
50 power strips
Any IBM-compatible memory
Any 3Com wireless NIC cards and LAN products
30 desktop-size UPSs
15 LaserJet printers (HP 1100 or faster) and printer supplies
20 external Zip drives and disks
Any diskettes and R/W CDs
5 external CD burners
5 duplex document scanners
25 extension cords
any colored tie wraps
any Velcro cable wraps
50 Citrix client licenses
12 PCMCIA LAN cards for IBM P20 ThinkPads, preferably 3Com (in
addition to those in the new PCs)
50 Microsoft Exchange CALs
35 Microsoft SQL CALs
50 Microsoft Office Professional licenses
15 PC Anywhere licenses
DSL lines
PDAs with wireless capacity and service
Nextel cellphones and service

Thanks in advance for your generous assistance. Any donation will
help greatly.



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