Goodwill Computerworks Museum is open

From: Lawrence Walker <lgwalker_at_look.ca>
Date: Wed Aug 23 11:57:52 2000

> I don't trust Goodwill, they are a fickle fairly political (as in
> corporate politics) group. Without a "real" charter as a museum, the
> items on shelves are protected only by the grace of whoever the
> current "boss" of that area happens to be. Some Monday morning the
> whole lot could be in the dumpster, or the back of some scrappers
> truck.
>
> I know this since I have been one of the scrappers to show up when a
> new boss takes over and wants the place cleared out.
>
> Now the Austin Goodwill Computer Works IS a bit special, this is the
> store Jag works at, and my guess is that they have a fairly deep
> volunteer effort that would at least try to protect things.
>
> ************
>
> Now on a completely personal level, I also think it sucks. Goodwill is
> a powerfull magnet for sucking up all donations available in the area,
> regardless of their ability to process the stuff properly, ie some big
> loads of computer stuff comes in, it gets a quick and dirty dock side
> sort with all the excess going to whatever vendor they have a deal
> going with. The amount of damage internal handling at Goodwill and its
> ilk do to computer stuff is very disgusting too.
>
>
 I agree. They claim to provide job training as their charitable
offering but from what I can see, that is only as dockside workers or
sales clerks, and they suck up most of the donations in a region
that could be used for thift shops like Sally-Ann that do provide
help from the proceeds for societies casualties.

 For those that missed Mikes' reference to "Jag" : He had a great
software site for users of old Macs until forced to shut down by
Apple.

ciao larry


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Received on Wed Aug 23 2000 - 11:57:52 BST