[committee] For your approval: Insurance Money

[Anil Sharma]

Hi Bob

Just wondering why this is going to committee@ rather than ucc@

Surely the general membership should have some discussion about purchases?

Cheers,
Anil.

On 21 August 2010 22:05, Bob Adamson <bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> Let me know if you don't agree with this, otherwise I'll send it to ucc@ on
> Monday.
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> You might have heard that UCC recently got a very large insurance payout
> from the hail storm - just under $55k in fact. Committee will be calling a
> general meeting in the next 2 months to discuss what to do with this money,
> but in the mean time we will be spending a small amount of it (a couple of
> thousand or so). This is your chance to have some input! DO NOT SEND
> PROPOSALS TO THE LIST, there is a wiki page set up at
> http://wiki.ucc.asn.au/MoneyMoneyMoney for people to put discussions and
> ideas. Create subpages where necessary.
>
> In related news, we now have to deal with a large stack of old gear that got
> written off in the hail. All of it got wet, and is in various states of
> broken, but you may want something for parts or hacking. Items being offered
> to members include:
> -some PS2 mice and keyboards
> -some broken usb webcams
> -approx. 5 P4 spec machines
> -a couple of dual P4 xeon 1RU servers
> -a heap of CRT screens
> -1 LCD screen with power supply issues
> -1 LCD screen without a power brick
> -old mermaid, dual 2.4GHz xeons, 2GB ram, first preference to wheel and
> people who help out the club
> -a laminator that doesn't get hot anymore
> -3 1Gb FC disk shelves
> -8 port dlink switch
> -an ultrasparc II box (that's about P2 speed btw)
>
> You have a week to get anything you want, after this it will be going to a
> skip. Be sure to check with myself or another wheel member before you take
> anything.
>
> Bob Adamson
> UCC Treasurer
>
> |"Bureaucracy is a challenge to the be conquered with a righteous        |
> |attitude, an intolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary" |
> | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
>