[tech] Clubroom cleanup on 2018/06/23: Tech/Wheel needed!

[Felix von Perger]

Calling all tech subscribers, old and new!

A reminder to all that a tech related clubroom cleanup is scheduled on 
Saturday 23rd June 2018 (2018/06/23), starting at 10:00 in the clubroom. 
UCC will be providing pizza for lunch at around 13:00.

The focus of the event will be to inspect the items currently stored in 
the clubroom, decide what must be kept and what can be given away (or 
thrown out) and sort through the piles of unidentified computery 
thingamies, adapters, cables and peripherals into appropriately labelled 
boxes and crates in order to improve their accessibility and usefulness 
to the club.

Following the cleanup, items which are marked for disposal will be 
posted to the mailing lists and there will be a grace period of a few 
weeks during which people can take what they want. An e-waste skip will 
later be ordered to dispose of anything that is left.

Any suggestions for new storage related equipment are welcome - we will 
be purchasing a number of new crates to replace ones which are old or 
broken, and items stored under desks in cardboard boxes may need to be 
moved and repackaged due to constantly being kicked and damaged.

Since there has not been a SOC/Tenancy cleanup recently, there will be 
plenty of dust and dirt involved in this process. Please bring gloves 
and any other accessories that may be useful.

For the various unusual and interesting items that the club owns (such 
as the Alpha Micro system, BeBoxen, Silicon Graphics boxes, the 
MicroVAX, etc), another objective is to consolidate what items we have 
which relate to these machines (documentation, manuals, installation / 
storage media and so on) and store and label them appropriately such 
that they have an increased chance of surviving future cleanups and are 
more easily accessible to members who wish to experiment with these 
machines. If time permits, there may be the possibility of attempting to 
power on some of these machines and have a play with them :)

The committee looks forward to seeing you all there!

Best regards,

Felix von Perger
UCC Secretary 2018