There are many communities (Communities) on the Internet. There are large and small forums that provide help to help themselves. And this applies not only to do everything to do with computing or IT. There are also assist the comunities in secret. With fall just as the
Com for a children, the IT-bridge or a little younger the
Herz4PC community.
All of these communities have one thing in common, they want to help. And it works even across community boundaries. Microsoft MVPs come from many such communities, because they have been awarded by Microsoft for their volunteer work. Just today, which again been appointed. Congratulations Stephen.
Why am I telling this? I have today once again realized how important and how helpful community members. I desperately needed hardware for someone who can venture without a PC does not start. And this new beginning, he must start from the bottom. There is nothing more for him as it once was. Even the roof over your head is missing. And who has no home in Germany, receives no support, but he who does not get any support, so gets no apartment. Our state is again reached the main story of the man of Köpenik who got a job without a passport and work without a passport. But there are still people in Germany who want to watch not there.
the roof over your head, the man of today, what is missing is a PC that helps him his enormous skills again to unfold. He is an IT professional. And the PC I have tried to raise. I remembered a friend from a German community in Italy and I just asked if he has an idea where I could be a possible fit for Vista and Office PC this fall. He agreed to write an email to a friend who lives near me and with whom he works in his community. He also gave me the URL for the page
Herz4PC , a community has set itself the task of impoverished people who desperately need a PC or a spare part, so the PC is working again to help. Herz4PC get the hardware through donations by private individuals or companies. PCs are no longer needed to be reassembled and running made, sometimes upgraded and transferred to people who need them urgently.
So I wrote to the admin page, email, told him the story and asked him if he could help. It had to be a complete PC, a housing and a hard disk is present with me, but the motherboard, the processor and the memory is gone. Also missing the power supply. Even in the evening I got an email from him in which he wrote that he had a motherboard for me.
Now, however, was my "Italian" friend in Bolzano not idle. I got by him through the Messenger, the message that he had found a motherboard. And this one in my area. So there was a messenger conference with Italy and an MVP from Bremen, where we discussed the next steps. The MVP was able to make a motherboard with processor available and also a power he can get. It was missing the memory and then came the help of Herz4PC. The admin was now also online and even offered his own bone to test PC apart if there was no other way. But that will probably not be necessary. I am sure that we have until the end of the week a PC that meets the requirements of Vista and Office 2007 to some extent.
Allen in the night just a thought had to help someone else, they did not know me, many thanks. For me, a great example of community. There were two forums and the Herz4PC-Communtiy involved. Help communities across the borders, because they have one thing in common, they want to help.
I asked in the title: What is community? Now it is clear
This is a community Who PC parts to spare, which he does not need or licensed software that is out of date for him to help others but still can, which should not be afraid , to leave this
Herz4PC . He can be sure that this applied to a good cause be. Also companies should feel addressed here. Much has been written and is no longer needed, what other can perhaps help give a new life.
