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End-of-year update

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I’ve been swamped of late, as Wilderness was scrambling to test and refurbish all kinds of machines over these past couple months. We just completed a huge rollout of 110 or so Pentium 4 computers to 11 new WildTech member schools. Held the big seminar this past Friday. Absolute chaos all ‘round, but somehow, we came through for the better. This in spite of very low donor input for the quarter resulting in a severe shortage of essential parts like RAM and hard drives.

First Few Days at the Egleston Sq. CyberY

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Yesterday and today have been my first few days at the Egleston Sq.  YMCA coordinating the CyberY computer labs.  My full title is CyberY Youth and Teen Media Developer, sounds so official.  Well, I have just been getting a feelof howtheyrun things at this YMCA and the computer lab. Irealize that I have a lot of work a head of me and mad volunteers to recruite!  Otherwise, everything is pretty cool.  My apartment is in walking distance, I have free laundry, and a pretty purple room that I painted all by my self!  that's enough more serious stuff next time, when something is actually happening.

Hard work and fresh faces

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After lackluster performances in July and August, the back-to-school rush has given WildTech new life--and a new volunteer with it. Jesse Crowther, an Americorps recruit from the area, has been instrumental in this sudden resurgence. He came to us through the Washington Service Corps with high expectations and an insatiable curiosity. Since his entry earlier this month, the gears of a sophisticated machine are slowly falling into place. Mr. Crowther has exhibited phenomenal organizational ability as well as unmatched capacity to adapt to whatever challenges are thrown his way. Case in point: Our main work area was absolutely unusable before he arrived; and we were not exactly a model for speed and efficiency. Mr. Crowther saw this and took steps to fix it, installing a priority board and creating a workable system for maintaining the tools we use. The long-overdue cleanup, combined with some well-timed elbow grease, has netted WildTech two large sales totaling over $5000--and the final numbers are still unconfirmed.