[frgeek-michiana] Re: Existing South Bend community tech center
- From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:01:45 -0500
Lab is open Thu. as usual.
Tom
At 08:40 PM 12/30/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Cool, sounds great Tom. btw are we going to meet this week at the Salvation
>Army Lab?. Sorry I didn't make it on the 26th, sounds like you made great
>progress.
>
>Mike
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Brown" <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "FreeGeek Michiana" <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 6:51 PM
>Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Existing South Bend community tech center
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>> When JohnB and I worked on his grant app to LaPorte County United Way, we
>> leaned heavily on the Community Technology Centers Network (CTCNet) web
>> site. CTCNet lists the Urban League of South Bend as a member. There is
>> also a Boy and Girls Club in Valpo, a few blocks from John, which is also
>a
>> member.
>>
>> I called the South Bend contact, Keith Blanchard, thinking he worked for
>> the Urban League as listed. However the phone number is the South Bend
>> Housing Authority (SBHA). Keith was out sick. I spoke briefly to Steve
>> Peterson, an administrator at SBHA. Steve told me that SBHA received an
>AOL
>> "PowerUp" grant in partnership with the Urban League. Steve is the SBHA
>> grant writer (hoorah!!). The grant was for a bunch of Gateway computers
>and
>> Microsoft software. The SBHA has three computer labs and two staff geeks.
>>
>> I gave Steve the 15-second executive summary of FreeGeek. I asked to visit
>> their labs and invited their staff to visit our demo lab. Steve said he is
>> eager to work with us in "any way" he can. He asked me to follow up next
>> week.
>>
>> Hhmm...grant writer...three labs...
>>
>> Tom
>> tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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