[tech] RESCHEDULED: Tech/wheel cleanup now on Sunday 2018/06/24

[Felix von Perger]

Dear wheel and tech subscribers,

There has been some confusion relating to the date of the June 
SOC/Tenancy busybee, and as a result the tech cleanup was incorrectly 
scheduled at the same time.

As a result it is being rescheduled to Sunday 24th June 2018 
(2018-06-24), one day later than the original plan, staring at 11:00 in 
the clubroom. Pizza will be provided for lunch at around 13.00.

The Tenancy busybee will take place the day before, so things may be 
somewhat cleaner than they would have according to the original plan.

Door members are being requested to attend the Tenancy busybee on 
Saturday and are not expected to attend the tech cleanup on Sunday. If 
you are both a door and wheel member and wish to attend the tech cleanup 
instead, you must send apologies for the Tenancy busybee in order to 
avoid penalty as a door member.

Apologies for the inconvenience and the committee looks forward to 
seeing you there.

Best regards,

Felix von Perger
UCC Secretary 2018


On 10/06/18 22:30, Felix von Perger wrote:
> 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