[OT] "Freecycle", was: Desire for a new kind of list?

[Jeff Kinz]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 03:23:57PM -0400, Drew Van Zandt wrote:
> Brian et al., 
>    Did anything ever happen with this?  Itseemed like such a good idea...
> 
> --DTVZ
> 
> On Mar 1, 2005 10:30 AM, Brian <lists at karas.net> wrote:
> > Many of the people that came to claim the "free crap" from my house over the

"free cr*p"   ?


Ahem, really bad segue:

Possibly of interest (sideways to the above topic):
http://www.freecycle.org

MA and NH chapters listed here:
http://www.freecycle.org/display.php?region=US%20Northeast

Quote from the website:
The Freecycle Network was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction
in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken
over by landfills. The Network provides individuals and non-profits an
electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items. One person's trash can
truly be another's treasure!

How does it work?

When you want to find a new home for something -- whether it's a chair,
a fax machine, piano, or an old door -- you simply send an e-mail
offering it to members of your Freecycle group.

Or, maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself. Simply respond
to a member's offer, and you just might get it. After that, it's up to
the giver to decide who receives the gift and to set up a pickup time
for passing on the treasure.

One main rule: Everything posted must be free, legal, and appropriate
for all ages.

Non-profit organizations also benefit from The Freecycle Network. Post
the item or items you want to give away and a local organization can
help you get it to someone in need.

Who can use The Freecycle Network?

Think globally, recycle locally. The Freecycle Network is open to all
communities and to all individuals who want to participate. Freecycle
groups are run by local volunteer moderators from across the globe who
facilitate each local group - grassroots at its best!




-- 
"The only system which is truly secure, is one which is switched off
and unplugged, locked in a titanium lined safe, buried in a concrete
bunker, surrounded by nerve gas and very highly paid armed guards. Even
then, I wouldn't stake my life on it" - Gene Spafford 
(Good thing. the law of unintended consequences: A laptop, w/wireless
NIC and wake on "date" set in the BIOS)

Jargon file, abrgd.: The September that never ended. On the Internet,
every September's freshmen influx got their first accounts and, not
knowing how to post/email, always made a nuisance of themselves. Usually
they were trained in a few months. But in September 1993, AOL users
became able to post, overwhelming the capacity to acculturate them; to
those who recall the period before, this triggered a decline in the
quality of online communications. Syn. eternal September.

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Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA.