Donating to Cajun Clickers
Minimum Standards For Donation
Adopted by CCCC Technical Committee
April 1, 2006
About Donating to Cajun Clickers
THE CAJUN CLICKERS COMPUTER CLUB RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY EQUIPMENT DONATION. THE CAJUN CLICKERS COMPUTER CLUB WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY COMPUTER WHICH DOES NOT MEET THE BELOW CRITERIA.
Computers
- No Monitor Required
- Pentium-II 500mhz or better
- Complete systems only – must have RAM, Hard drive, power supply, etc
- With or without operating system and discs
- No apples or Mac systems unless new with operating system software
Monitors
- Cajun Clickers is not accepting monitors at this time due to limited space
and human resources.
Printers
- Disc with drivers preferred or not required
- Must be in full working order
- Must have power supply
- Must have USB Interface – no parallel or SCSI only printers
- Must have enough ink to test the printer or bring in a recent test page
- All fully working laser printers with good toner and fuser/drum units not needing new parts or repair
- NO DOT MATRIX PRINTERS – NO EXCEPTIONS
Scanners
- Must be USB
- Must have power supply (if not USB Powered)
- Must have driver disc to accept
Keyboards & Mice
- Accepted ONLY with the donation of a computer
Other
- NO random bags/boxes of parts and cables unless they are part of a computer system brought in.
- Speakers: Must be working and have power supply if external power is required
- BRAND NEW components may be accepted even if below the above specifications
The Cajun Clickers Computer Club (CCCC) is a 501-C3 non-profit organization which means that when you donate items to us, you can write your donation off your taxes. The CCCC welcomes your donations but due to limited human resources we have changed our minimum standards for computer donations.
The technical committee has raised the minimum donation standards so that we receive only equipment which we can use. The new standards are posted on our main website at www.clickers.org so please check before bringing in your old computer.
The basics are:
- We will accept equipment that is working, but can’t take broken items
- Printers must have all connector and power cables/adapters
- Computers should be at least 550 Mhz CPU speed (Pentium or better)
If you have more than one computer to donate, please contact our technical director, Mark Lappin to see if we can use the equipment. If you have non working equipment or equipment that does not meet our minimum standards please contact the Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council at: 225-379-3577.
We accept more than just equipment, if you would like to make monetary donations to the club please contact our board of directors for more information by e-mailing cajun.clickers@clickers.org.
Your donations of equipment, software, or other items are used to not only benefit the community but also to improve member services. Remember - Your donations are tax deductible!
This article appears in the April 2006 edition of the Cajun Clickers
Newsletter
Written by Glenn Young & Mark Lappin
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