Time to get this moving again. At one point a printer was approved and ordered, then canceled.
If you are planning on selling the old large format printers let me know. I need to move them out of the storage units.
CA will need to figure out a solution for holding on to them to sell. They can’t just stay in storage forever.
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The CA meeting is tonight at 7.
Per discussion at comittee the SIG meeting is in the calendar. 1PM Saturday June 22 at 1PM
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I’m not in a “legal” position to make the final call, but my recommendation is to simply throw them out. Period Dot Done.
They had a minimal value a year ago in a semi working condition, and after a year in storage they’re now a fully clogged/jammed/unworking hunk of tech that isn’t worth any effort in our part to even wait on trying to sell.
Trash em and be done with it.
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Another option is to call a few printer companies and ask them if they want them. Or call whomever sells that model. They might be able to salvage some for parts. Recycling is always an excellent idea. If I had the model numbers I could do the calling.
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I’m sure voting on what to do with the old ones will be a high priority since it’s in offsite
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I’m telling you no one wants them, it’s not worth their time to try and evaluate if there are any spare parts that are worth salvaging.
DUMP THEM. We’ve already burned SO many volunteer hours in these things it is not worth spending anything more on them.
I vote to dump them. @BarkingChicken @Board_of_Directors do we have approval.to just dump these and regain paid storage space?
I was never against it. I was told that the then board of directors were the ones who had voted requirements on selling them and I have found no documentation on why. If the current BOD doesn’t care I don’t either.
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I vote dump them. I don’t believe either model is still being sold, and with the treatment they’ve gotten over the last year I would doubt they would even be worth parting out. I say post them on Craigslist as free to whoever will come get them, as-is.
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I don’t want this to become a space bus thing. If the board says we can dump them let’s do it, but not until then.
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wonder if the DPRG folks have any interest…
regrettably, I don’t really know who amongst us is a part of that venture…
EDIT: have heard they are not interested.
I realize it’s the board’s call but I also agree with consigning them to recycling/dump/whatever’s necessary to get rid of them.
I also agree with dumping. I just didn’t know we could officially say we would until the board clarifies and the SIG votes.
I can ask at the next RBNO if there are useful parts. They may want to take it and pick the carcass
During the SIG meeting last weekend, did y’all discuss the dead printers? As in submitting an agenda item to get permission to dumpster the carcasses?
some discussion here
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Dead printers are being taken off DMS property. We will try to sell for parts and if successful money will go back to the SIG.
Both HP were accepted as donations. Only 44 inch will be available for general use for a while
I assume by “being taken off DMS Property”, you mean being removed from inventory.
To that end, I have removed the line referencing one of them from the CA tools list on the wiki.
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Yes taken out of inventory but the comittee has not voted to that effect yet