[frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - 8/16/2007
- From: "Kevin Yendes" <kevin.yendes@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:12:59 -0400
The chassis on the floppy is aluminum, and the guys picked up the other rack
today, they would like the server boxes as soon as we can get them (the
server boxes) to them, they do want the fans left in and keep all mounting
hardware attached aswell, everything thing else inside the box is of no use
to them.
On 8/17/07, Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> :: Deman Continues
>
> Dale, Kevin and I chewed (nibbled) on the last major donation. John took
> a skid of steel to the recycler so we would have a fresh gaylord to fill.
>
> The short term warehouse schedule is this.
>
> * Weeks 1:
> - deman below spec computers
> - recycle computer components
> * Week 2:
> - deman two gaylords of monitors
> - recycle monitor components
> * Week 3:
> - deman hard drives (and possibly other drives)
> - recycle drive components
>
> The schedule represents quite a bit of work. We need to purchase
> rechargeable power drills with bits and extenders appropriate to the
> components. And, we need a few more volunteers to help us.
>
> Once we chew through the skids on the floor in front of our offices,
> John suggests that we erect shelves against the office wall to hold
> component bins and place tables on the floor to do the deman work in the
> warehouse, not in the offices. The offices will be reserved for
> refurbishing primarily.
>
> :: Deman Floppy Drives?
>
> Dale proved that disassembling monitors is safe and recycling components
> can reduce our CRT disposal costs.
>
> Last night, we disassembled a floppy drive. Kevin asked a welder at the
> warehouse to determine whether the drive frame is aluminum. The welder
> believes it is aluminum. Kevin will get a second opinion on Friday. If
> the second expert confirms the frame is aluminum, we may begin to deman
> floppy drives as well as hard drives. Floppy drives contain a small
> circuit board, a tiny amount of copper, a bit of steel, a small motor
> and the aluminum frame.
>
> :: Sales
>
> John found a customer for some of our data center inventory. The
> customer purchased a few racks and rack servers. The company also agreed
> to colo our web/email server at their facility as an in-kind donation.
>
> Kevin and Dale began to remove the drives, mobo and power supplies from
> the servers -- the company just wants empty boxes because they plan to
> upgrade the components anyway. It takes considerably more time and care
> to pull components out of server boxes than PCs so we don't want to do
> this as a regular service.
>
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