[Consortium] Hardware loan policy

Hello all, I've been talking to a couple of companies about loan hardware for libre software developers. Does anyone have suggestions about how we might distribute this fairly, given that members are geographically distributed? The best two options I can think of are: 1. Set up a 'centre of excellence' which builds up a good collection of hardware - this might be at a university, or in part of a commercial studio complex perhaps. 2. Loan the hardware for a fixed period of time, after which it gets sent on to the next person who needs it. I think the drawbacks to each option are fairly obvious. What do you lot think? Cheers Daniel