Tailgate Swap Meet and FreeIT Donation Drive:
Thursday, July 16th, 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm

FreeIT Athens Build Party Road Trip:
Saturday, July 18th, 10:30am to 7:30pm

Sponsored by Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts and Ubuntu Georgia LoCo.

TAILGATE SWAP MEET and FreeIT Donation Drive:

This event will be held in the Emory Law School ground level parking lot (immediately East of the Law School building) preceding the regularly scheduled ALE Central monthly meeting for Thursday, July 16th. The Swap Meet will run from 6:00 pm to ~7:15 pm with the ALE monthly meeting following at 7:30pm.

• In addition to buying, selling and swapping of geek gear, volunteers for FreeIT will be on hand to accept donations of computers, components and related items for that organization's work delivering low cost computers and FOSS to educational institutions, non profit groups and less privileged communities. Please see the FreeIT donations "wish list" at: http://www.freeitathens.org/donate for details on needed equipment and support.
• Note that USB/PS2 Keyboards & Mice are especially helpful at present, but anything on the wish list will be welcomed. Donated equipment will be stored by Atlanta volunteers until they are delivered to FreeIT on Saturday, July 18th, with the FreeIT Athens Build Pary Road Trip.

FreeIT Athens BUILD PARTY ROAD TRIP:

This volunteer event will be taking place on Saturday, July 18th, 2009 from 10:30am to ~7:30pm. The plan is to travel as a group to the FreeIT facilities in Athens, Georgia and spend the afternoon building, repairing, assembling and installing Linux computer systems that will be donated to regional educational institutions, non profit groups and community members in need.

• To facilitate delivery of donated equipment and car pooling, the Road Trip caravan to FreeIT Athens will congregate at the Fry's parking lot (S.W. corner) near I-85 and Pleasant Hill road, adjacent to the Gwinnett Place Mall. Volunteers should arrive between 10:00am and 10:30am as we hope to depart by 10:45am and arrive at FreeIT in Athens by about Noon. Plans are to work at FreeIT until about 6:00pm, then drive out to arrive back at Frys by 7:30pm.
• NOTE: Additional equipment donations will be accepted in the Frys parking lot (S.W. corner) from 10:00am until departure time. See the FreeIT donations "wish list" at: http://www.freeitathens.org/donate.
• Volunteers can bring their own lunch or participate in a group lunch order; collections will be taken and food ordered upon arrival at FreeIT Athens. Donations of frosty beverages for the afternoon will also be most welcome. Dinner and post-road-trip frivolities at an establishment in the vicinity of Gwinnett Mall may ensue as participating volunteers are motivated.
• All volunteers and participants are, of course, welcome to make their own travel arrangements to FreeIT Athens as they see fit, though we request that you still RSVP to help us better coordinate the event effort.

Contact

RSVP and QUESTIONS and IDEAS and CONCERNS and PUBLICITY ASSISTANCE welcome! Please contact:

Aaron Ruscetta,
ALE Events Coordinator (etc)
arxaaron @ gmail.com
cell: 404.315.0406 [ 11am to 11pm any day ]

Location

Free IT Athens is located at

594 Oconee St
Athens, GA 30605
(706) 621-6157

Directions to Emory Law School, the regular ALE Central meeting venue, can be found via the ALE.org web site: http://mail.ale.org/?page_id=2