Feedback from last meeting resulted in these changes/additions listed in *BOLD. *This will be voted on tomorrow.
ALL MACHINES WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT HARD DRIVE AND RAM BUT MUST PASS A POST TEST USING KNOWN GOOD RAM, ALL SALES FINAL: - DDR1 Desktops @ $20 - DDR1 Laptops @ $40 - DDR2 Desktops @ $40 - DDR2 Laptops @ $60 - DDR3 Desktops @ $60 - DDR3 Laptops @ $80 This is an easy matrix to follow, there is no refurbishing involved, no need to go elbow deep into pricing by individual model/specifications. Just make sure it turns on, screen is not cracked, and then put it up. Once a set of computers are identified as redundant/excess, the sale procedure would be as follows: 1. A announcement is made on the announce list listing the models up for grabs, by serial number and the pricing matrix is listing. The items will be available for 2 weeks. 2. A person that wants one *MUST respond to the announcement *claiming the serial number they want to get. *FIRST COME FIRST SERVED. Open to everyone at the same time.* 3. Members can veto an item's sale by claiming it for a project (I.E. A members wants to turn a laptop into a slideshow picture frame for the welcome bar). They have until the end of the sale period to coordinate a pickup time with a Synhak keyholder. *An item already claimed for sale CANNOT be vetoed. Only unclaimed computers may be vetoed.* 4. Anything not sold by the end of the time period goes up on Craigslist. Anything not sold on Craigslist gets donated/given away to anyone wanting it. 5. Money goes directly to Synhak Inc as a Quid Pro Quo donation.<http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Charitable-Contributions-Quid-Pro-Quo-Contributions> There is no disclosure statement necessary (See section ii under no disclosure necessary if...) but a receipt of purchase will be issued proving transfer of ownership. ALSO, keep in mind that Justin has expressly stated that his donations to Synhak are to benefit Synhak, as such they are the property of Synhak Inc. NO ONE may pick one up to take home as personal property, and a member sale veto must have the purpose of benefiting the space in some way. On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Omar Rassi <omar.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks to Justin Herman's generous donations, its safe to say we have > quite a bit of excess and we can put it to good use to benefit Synhak, > here's how! And please feel free to speak up and discuss, I promise there > will be no bruised ego or hurt feelings from me, I want constructive input. > However, lets first remember that Synhak is NOT a place for e-waste > storage/disposal, lets not encourage hoarding of computer assets at Synhak > please. Also, I know its long, but please read my entire post before > responding. > > Of the laptops and desktops we have, I'll sort out first which ones Synhak > will use as public workstations for the infrastructure, after that, I'll > identify a small set of laptops/desktops to donate to CanHax to help them > with their infrastructure, then the rest will be sorted and priced by RAM > type. This is what I was thinking for pricing, ALL MACHINES WILL BE SOLD > WITHOUT HARD DRIVE AND RAM BUT MUST PASS A POST TEST USING KNOWN GOOD RAM, > ALL SALES FINAL: > > - DDR1 Desktops @ $20 > - DDR1 Laptops @ $40 > - DDR2 Desktops @ $40 > - DDR2 Laptops @ $60 > - DDR3 Desktops @ $60 > - DDR3 Laptops @ $80 > > This is an easy matrix to follow, there is no refurbishing involved, no > need to go elbow deep into pricing by individual model/specifications. Just > make sure it turns on, screen is not cracked, and then put it up. Once a > set of computers are identified as redundant/excess, the sale procedure > would be as follows: > > 1. A announcement is made on the announce list listing the models up > for grabs, by serial number and the pricing matrix is listing. The items > will be available for 2 weeks. > 2. A person that wants one responds to the list claiming the serial > number they want to get. Members can veto an item's sale by claiming it for > a project (I.E. A members wants to turn a laptop into a slideshow picture > frame for the welcome bar). They have until the end of the sale period to > coordinate a pickup time with a Synhak keyholder. > 3. Anything not sold by the end of the time period goes up on > Craigslist. Anything not sold on Craigslist gets donated/given away to > anyone wanting it. > 4. Money goes directly to Synhak Inc as a Quid Pro Quo > donation.<http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Charitable-Organizations/Charitable-Contributions-Quid-Pro-Quo-Contributions> > There > is no disclosure statement necessary (See section ii under no disclosure > necessary if...) but a receipt of purchase will be issued proving transfer > of ownership. > > ALSO, keep in mind that Justin has expressly stated that his donations to > Synhak are to benefit Synhak, as such they are the property of Synhak Inc. > NO ONE may pick one up to take home as personal property, and a member sale > veto must have the purpose of benefiting the space in some way. > > This plan benefits the space by bringing in funds, keeps donated items > moving along so we have room for new donations, and allows a chance for > everyone to get a machine for themselves or a project. There are already > plenty of computers for everyone to use at synhak for projects, not all > unused computers will be sold, some will be kept as spares, and to set up > for a class that may need it. Any laptop/desktop that is not a complete > system will be retained for hacking purposes, keeping these kinds of things > were instrumental for previous projects like the Element14 movie, and > projects that needed capacitors or spare computer parts to make/repair > another computer/electronic gadget. This procedure and price matrix will be > brought up as a proposal at this Tuesday's meeting to discuss and to be > voted on with any changes agreed on at next Tuesdays meeting. >
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