The Community Workshop

Archive — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:09:00 GMT

The "Community Workshop" is a special group of private forums dedicated to EggXpert user community projects. Currently, this group is home to three forums which the general public cannot view -

1. Ask Root: root and his assistant, PROACEX1, have an ongoing thread in the Introductions forum in order to help out any new members with questions that they may have. Sometimes, the answers are complicated and long enough that they require an entire blog post to which all the volunteers in the Ask Root forum contribute. If you are truly interested in helping out, please contact root or PROACEX1.

2. The Computer Tree: Originally planned for the '07 winter holidays, the Computer Tree is an ongoing charity effort where EggXpert users can work together and donate computer systems to the needy. In this forum, users can decide what is sent out, who receives what and other issues. If you would like to join in the efforts, please contact root or IamHydrogen.

3. The Man Pages: This forum is dedicated to a group of users who are putting together a series of blog posts on EggXpert regarding Linux. Their goal is to introduce the average Windows user to Linux, its history and usage just in case a body is thinking about switching over to a new OS. If you are versed in Linux and wish to help research or compose, please contact root directly.

These are all user projects. The private forums are a quick and easy way for anyone working on them to coordinate and work together until the fruits of their labor can be publicized. If you are interested in contributing to any of these worthy aims, please send a Private Message to the appropriate parties listed next to each project above. If you have an idea for new projects, please send a Private Message to any official Egg Staff for review.

Computer Tree

Archive — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:06:00 GMT

The following is a proposal only, and nothing is finalized or concrete until EggXpert can obtain approval, guidelines and disclaimers from our Legal department. Still, we are eager to help out and hope for more information soon, especially in regard to the roles that our community and Newegg will play. Be sure to keep an eye on the forums as we continue working out the exact details in the coming weeks. This idea and draft (albeit with some details edited out as of right now) originated with root and IamHydrogen, and the inspiration was a result of the good will in this thread.

Draft#1:

Subject: EVERYONE READ: Computer Tree

ATTENTION ALL GUILTY PEOPLE!

Do you feel guilty about something, or just want to help someone less fortunate this holiday season?

Today is your lucky day. We are hosting the first annual Computer Tree event!

What is the Computer Tree?

Similar to the Angel Tree, the proposed project would involve building machines for those less fortunate. Tons of people have spare (working) parts lying around that could be used towards a Frankenstein computer. While not powerful, these machines would be a working computer for people who can't afford one.

How can I help?

If approved, we would need donations. Lots of donations! Whether it's 5 dollars, an old 5GB hard drive, or a legit copy of windows XP, we can use it! If you have any spare parts (or money) that you are willing to donate for a good cause, please keep this in mind. More details will be released in the near future. We have a number of builders that will be building these machines and the bigger the inventory, the more machines we can build!

I know someone who could really use a computer ...

If you know of someone close to you that you feel could really use a computer, you'll have an opportunity to let us know and tell us why you think so. Remember, this would be for those out there who do not have a computer and could really benefit from one. Please know that you would be required to give us your physical shipping address (no PO Boxes) as well as the person you have in mind. We will also be publishing your story to the community, so they know who they helped and why they did it. If you have a camera and could record the 'unveiling' of the computer to the recipient, even better!

We hope to make this a learning experience for our community as well. So, as we begin to build these machines, we will be documenting all of the builds, step by step, from start to finish and publishing our work to the site.

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