What happens to the computers a library does not take?
The Gates Foundation identified a list of libraries as alternates. While these libraries obviously demonstrated need, it was not as great a need as some other libraries demonstrated. When a library chose to accept only a portion of its Opportunity Online Award, the unallocated computers were offered to an alternate. However, shifting of computers to alternate libraries only occurred before the commitment deadline (December 15, 2007.) If, later on in the program, a library does not meet grant requirements, computers will not be shifted from that library to another library. Those funds will be returned to the Gates Foundation through the New York State Library.
