its green !
aka . . "The Goon Squad"
i got tired of flying . .
Gartner research estimates
133,000 PCs in the USA are
disposed of  . . . . .
Computer sales projections:  
worldwide in 2009 282 million  worldwide by 2012 426 million
oh!  . . . there is
another problem . . .
about 78% of people in poverty do not have a pc
22% of Savannah in poverty
we have something that no one wants
we have people that 
need the same thing
remember the AWOL kids?
chatham county library registers over 1,000,000 sessions
per month
our recycling partner is GoodWill Industries
GoodWill and Dell in the 
GoodWill Industries and Dell in the                  program guaranteeing no exportation of e-waste
AWOL KIDS
PEOPLE NEEDING A PC
OLD PCs
ubuntu
is: an African word meaning 'Humanity to others' and brings the spirit of Ubuntu to the software world.
ideally suited to this project meeting our requirements on all fronts.
methodology
Users engaged 
and encouraged with 
AWOL Support forum
Over 130 postings to-date
Users offering support to each other
moving forward
accreditation with savannah tech - later this year
install proccess was tedius - evaluated network install but required too much space
built a 'gold master' disk and low-level duplication
we can duplicate 2 x drives in 15 minutes
developed a user 1st time log-in screen user name and password simplification
we use google apps/educational and they have now granted us 3,000 accounts @awolmail.com for all users
we want to explore community applications
city wi-fi nearly ready, we have been testing PEP modems
planning huge give for the holidays
so . . . .
how did I get  mixed up in all of this ?
so
we have a workforce wanting to help and learn
1
severe
risks !
our
workforce
at risk
youth
better
paying
jobs
we recycle kids 
technology
questions?
for the greater good . . .
murray wilson - all walks of life
tps is an operations and 
workflow consultancy 
in the professional broadcast
 television industry for 20 years
operations and launch consultants on the largest digital brodcast facilities world-wide. . . .
a synopsis . . . 
of the AWOL Youth Tech Program
all walks of life
the history
meanwhile . . . 
there had been some discussions . . .
workflow
so what DO you do with old PCs ?
print servers
music machines
firewalls
voip phone systems
bookends
throw them away
cd trays make good cupholders
turn them into smart switches
beer server
technology people . . . .
 . . . . . we have a problem
every day
In 2008 around 180 million PCs were decommissioned. Unfortunately many of the  PCs sent to landfills where potential environmental contamination is possible.
"We estimate a fifth of these, or some 35 million PCs, will be dumped into landfill with little or  no regard for their toxic content," said Meike Escherich, Gartner researcher. 2008
remember - in the USA alone 
133,000 every day 
an estimated 68% of used electronics are stockpiled in storage including 99 million TVs
EPA estimate 2007
remember AWOL?
 no shortage of pcs
labor-intensive workflow
turns out no shortage of kids
evaluate / process
recycle / re-use
training, training, training
recycle kids
keep out of the social landfill

initial findings
absolutely no shortage of PCs
we set a target of 20 per week
now we are 60 /week
all about AWOL kids
domestic donations yield about 18%
corproate donations yield 92%
evaluate / process
recycle /re-use
ususally a straight upgrade
usually being thrown out
no hard drive no RAM
another even 
more
exciting triangle
reliable
supportable
good performance on older PC
free of license fees
embracing open source
exisiting technical resources
training materials
support most accessories
fun to use
easy install of programs
must look good
customizable
robust
easy to use
support all media
Chosing an OS
suitable GUI
run on limited resources
internet anyone?
obvious we needed a low-cost internet option
CIty of Savannah was planning a roll-out of public/lowcost but could be another year.
Cricket wirelss already an AWOL sponsor
Cricket provided 30+ accounts
We quickly resolved a way register modems
and rolled out 25 machines at the first giveaway
Some basic training for the first-time users
created a forum for confirmation of connectivitiy
offered support and called the few who had tech issues


we learned a lot  . . .
fini
we wanted to address this problem
by placing PCs in the community . . .
we developed an
applcication proccess
1 pc per household
school aged kids at home
income verification
and more lurking . .
murray wilson mwilson@tpspcorp.com
http://tpscorp.com