Posted on 09/13/2001 11:37:00 AM PDT by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
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So many people in need of help....
http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/showtell/story/0%2C23008%2C3347294%2C00.html
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@arcgny.org 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.
As in........
God bless America and GW.
GM has donated ten million dollars to the families of firefighters and EMT families and AT&T is handing out cell phones and Verizon offering free services, multiple large companies like Cisco offering 6 million and the list goes on.
Of course as individuals we want to do something but please stick with angencies and addresses you can trust and are sure your good deeds will get where they are supposed to go.
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