[frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report 9-23-2010
- From: Tony Germano <tony_germano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 11:25:00 -0400
Regarding no internet connection, I sent an email a while back about AT&T DSL
being only $14.95/mo for the first year and didn't get any feedback on it. They
still have this rate available. I looked back at some of the old discussions
and Tom mentioned there was already telco wiring in the warehouse so the
installation fees probably wouldn't be too bad. Is this something we should
pursue?
Tony
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:13:27 -0700
From: shadowvar8541@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report 9-23-2010
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yes, I can. However, without internet access, there will be difficulty in
identifying some of the video cards or RAM. Sure, it's one thing to look at a
video card and determine it is either AGP or PCI, and most cases, who
manufactured it. But it's another to know its memory capacity, because not all
the video cards we have identify whether it's say 32 MB or 256 MB. Same goes
for RAM, it's not always labeled as to what it is.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
--- On Mon, 10/4/10, Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report 9-23-2010
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, October 4, 2010, 3:12 PM
Can you train our volunteers to do any of these tasks?
Tom --
From: frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Phil Goldbach
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 10:44
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report 9-23-2010
Just ask Phil, I know pretty much the levels of everything. We have plenty of
AGP video cards, but it would probably be best to go through them and also sort
them by memory size, and I'd say anything that is less than 32 MB goes to
recycling. Also, the tote that holds the AGP cards is pretty much overflowing.
We're low on PCI sound cards and video, so we can build up stock on those.
We're okay on hard drives, and we're very well set on optical drives. I think
we're okay on keyboards, mice are always nice to have. The major thing we need
is RAM, since most of the systems use DDR or newer RAM, with a few RAMBUS
machines. We may need to resort RAM, as it's all gotten mixed up, and the
ancient RAM that we use for keychain fobs should be set aside in boxes,
recycled, or perhaps invest in buying keyrings and putting the RAM on there,
then selling them.
Yes, it really is that simple.
Phil Goldbach
"Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
--- On Fri, 9/24/10, Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Mike Cook <mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report 9-23-2010
To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, September 24, 2010, 7:42 PM
Discussions about what to do with surplus are ongoing. At the moment we don't
have a great deal to send to eBay but that could easily change when we start
getting more donations. We have a lot of ancient and/or broken laptops that we
need to get rid of after the hard drives are either destroyed or wiped. We need
to make a decision about what to do with these. I am working at determining
minimum/maximum stock levels for various components.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
>From: chuq <chuq00@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sep 24, 2010 6:37 PM
>To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report 9-23-2010
>
>Someone should make a run to the I-Sold-It ebay store, and get rid of
>the extra components. When Goose and I had discussed our plans for the
>warehosue inventory, we felt it best not to keep every component that we
>get in and hopefully use it one day, we would decide how many of each to
>keep on-hand in-case we need one to replace one in a system, and the
>rest sell off either thru the "garage sales" or through the I-sold-it.
>
>Chuq
>
>On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 18:25 -0400, Tom Brown wrote:
>> Could we put FreeBoxen in gaylords until shelving is purchased or built?
>>
>> The shelving at the initial testing end of the workshop is full so
>> components end up on the floor. FreeBox gaylords would allow us to clear the
>> floor and open space in the shelves immediately. The completed FreeBoxen can
>> be transferred from gaylords to new shelving once the latter are in place.
>>
>> Tom --
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Cook
>> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 18:03
>> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report 9-23-2010
>>
>> Moving the gaylords out of the work area is a good idea. We need to also
>> break down some of the excess gaylords to free up room in the warehouse
>> area.
>>
>> I would like to avoid putting completed Freebox systems in gaylords if at
>> all possible due to the likelihood of them being damaged. I would rather
>> have them put on shelves and covered for storage until they are given out.
>>
>> New volunteers are excellent news. We could certainly use them for deman as
>> well as assembling shelving, cleaning and testing systems and loading the OS
>> on Freeboxen.
>>
>> We may have second steel gaylord in the warehouse already but I can't
>> remember.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: Tom Brown <tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Sent: Sep 24, 2010 10:19 AM
>> >To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report 9-23-2010
>> >
>> >Thanks for the report.
>> >
>> >Here's my plan for next Thursday.
>> >
>> >1. With the ADEC shipment out of the way, we have at least 8 skid spaces
>> >open in the warehouse. I will move the steel and wire gaylords from the
>> >workshop to the warehouse which will open up the workshop and make it
>> >neater.
>> >
>> >2. Finished FreeBoxes have been staying on the shelves in the workshop.
>> >Once the wire gaylords are out of the workship, I can put a gaylord for
>> >finished FB systems (FB, monitor, kybd, mouse, pwr cords) at the end of
>> >the software install and testing tables. When the FB gaylord has enough
>> >gear for a Title 1 class, I'll mark it, cover it with shrink wrap and
>> >move it into the warehouse. All I am likely to accomplish on Thursday is
>> >to get the FB gaylord installed.
>> >
>> >3. We have a gaylord of power supplies in the workshop. If we test the
>> >power supplies, we can store the good ones in the warehouse and move the
>> >bad ones to the warehouse for recycling. I doubt I'll finish this task
>> >next Thursday, but I can start the process.
>> >
>> >4. 3-4 new volunteers tell me they intend to show up next Thursday. Phil
>> >will train them to deman. We'll put one of them on the deman table and
>> >the rest on other tasks which require less training.
>> >
>> >Once we accumulate at least 2 gaylords of steel, I'll borrow a pickup
>> >truck from my employer and make a recycling run. We'll need to empty the
>> >steel from the gaylords to the bed of the pickup truck by hand unless I
>> >can borrow a stake bed truck. In the latter case we can load the truck
>> >from the docks with our pallet jacks.
>> >
>> >Tom --
>> >
>> >Phil Goldbach wrote:
>> >> Present: Tom, Mike Cook, Dale, Olin, Kelsey, and myself (Phil)
>> >>
>> >> While Tom, Mike, Dale, and Olin went to Arby's to celebrate the goal
>> >> of an ADEC pickup, Kelsey and I remained at the warehouse. I came to
>> >> FGM tonight with the purpose of cleaning up the deman corner, so
>> >> Kelsey and I sorted processors into the appropriate plastic jugs,
>> >> placed computers for deman on a pallet, and sorted some of the items
>> >> scattered around the deman table. It looks 100% better than it did
>> >> when we arrived. There's still a bit more cleaning to be done, but I
>> >> would suggest that from now on, that whoever works in the deman area
>> >> is responsible for cleaning up the work area when done.
>> >>
>> >> I don't expect it to be perfectly clean, after all, it is a warehouse
>> >> and the nature of the work is messy, but I would hope that the deman
>> >> area never looks like it did again. Even if I have to make idiot-proof
>> >> labels for things, that's fine, as long as it's clear. I'm even
>> >> willing to write a how-to guide on demanning computers. I don't have a
>> >> problem training new volunteers on deman. I'll just politely ask that
>> >> they clean up their work area when finished.
>> >>
>> >> Next week, the plan is for Dale and Mike to work on building more
>> >> shelves, either at the warehouse or up in Michigan . Either way is fine
>> >> by me, but I plan on cleaning off the deman carts so that they can be
>> >> used for the purpose of deman. I also plan on cleaning up in general
>> >> to help eliminate the numerous boxes filled with random things.
>> >>
>> >> By the way, our steel gaylord is full. Not sure how we've been
>> >> recycling steel, but a steel run does need to be made.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Phil Goldbach
>> >>
>> >> "Men cry not for themselves, but for their comrades."
>> >>
>> >>
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