[committee] Headphones for club machines

[Matthias Liffers]

Loan headphones have hygiene implications.  They aren't expensive -
why not sell them to members?

- Matthias

On 11/20/06, Luke Williams <shmookey at shmookey.net> wrote:
> So the consensus at the cleanup was that having speakers on each
> machine is more trouble than it is worth. I agree: it's not done
> anywhere else where there are lots of computers and for good reason,
> it's just really annoying.
>
> Audio is a pretty significant part of computing though, so I suggest
> we get some clubroom headphones for our seven high-use machines
> (cybium, cobbler, pitch, velvet, arctic, chas' machine and my one).
> These would come in very handy come O-Day when we get a lot of
> freshers in. Nothing assimilates freshers like gaming. Altronics have
> headphones for $14 that look okay here:
> http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=item&id=C9002
>
> The total cost to the club would be $98, and I'd be willing to put in
> $14 for the first one. Perhaps we could do another fundraiser.
> Thoughts?
>
> shmookey
>