UK

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Fri May 25 12:09:51 2001

At 08:19 AM 5/25/01 -0400, joe wrote:
>>The prblem with school equipment is the disposals policy. As they are bought
>>with public money the requirements for disposal are very strict. In my area
>>the policy is:
>>
>>1) Offer to other departments
>>2) Offer to other schools
>>3) Offer to other local authority departments
>>4) Offer to charitable institutions
>>5) Offer to staff
>
> The policy in the US is the same except there's no **requirement** to offer the stuff to the staff. Although mandy places do.

And here, they're required to erase all software, and apparently
any docs or disks also get chucked before the item is put up
for surplus sale.

- John
Received on Fri May 25 2001 - 12:09:51 BST