My apologies. Many folks still go through me for donations. I typically don't like to make funders do more work to donate - and Bob is an important supporter of the IMC beyond this particular donation - so I didn't want to send him on a circuit to be able to donate. I did send him to the IMC at a time I knew it would be staffed and assumed (wrongly) that AmeriCorps members know how to take donations. Hope we can correct this. - D<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Brian Duggan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bcdugga@gmail.com">bcdugga@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I need to point out for the Tech group that we need to be involved in<br>
any equipment donations for two reasons.<br>
<br>
First, we can't take unfiltered boxes of equipment because we can't be<br>
someone's junkyard. One of us literally needs to be present to<br>
physically sort through equipment to tell the donor what we can take<br>
and what we can't.<br>
<br>
Second, we should be involved to prevent situations like this one. If<br>
a member of the Tech group had been present to intake the donation,<br>
one of us would be in a position to send the donor a thank you note.<br>
In this case, the donation appears to have been handed down to various<br>
parties within the IMC and the donor's identity was lost.<br>
<br>
I will send a thank you note if we can confirm the donation I<br>
processed is indeed from Kirchner Law office and someone can give me<br>
the contact info for Kirchner. The donation included mice, keyboards,<br>
hard disks, Iomega removable storage, odds & ends and many video, USB<br>
and Firewire cables. I found it in six or seven filing boxes by the<br>
refrigerator in the IMC.<br>
<br>
In the future, when anyone has contact with a possible technical<br>
equipment donor, please forward them directly to someone in the Tech<br>
group.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<font color="#888888">Brian<br>
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On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Brian Duggan <<a href="mailto:bcdugga@gmail.com">bcdugga@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> About a month ago Carol told me about a large donation, but didn't<br>
> specify who it was from and I didn't ask. The donation included some<br>
> junk, but also several external USB hard disks and Iomega storage<br>
> devices. Does this sound like the donation from the law office?<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Nicole Pion <<a href="mailto:nicole.pion@gmail.com">nicole.pion@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Thanks, Danielle.<br>
>> I was not aware that we had received these items - can anyone give me more<br>
>> detail on what they are and who arranged for this?<br>
>> I don't think that there is currently any mechanism for notifying bookkeeper<br>
>> list about in-kind donations, is there? If not, I'll implement on and let<br>
>> WG's know.<br>
>> Nicole<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Danielle Chynoweth <<a href="mailto:chyn@ojctech.com">chyn@ojctech.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Can we please send a thank you and acknowledgement of receipt to the<br>
>>> Kirschner Law office ASAP. Nicole, can you work with working groups to<br>
>>> ensure all in kind donations are recorded and acknowledged? This note<br>
>>> below is a kind way of saying they were not thanked.<br>
>>> -D<br>
>>><br>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
>>> From: Ruth Wyman <<a href="mailto:rewyman@hotmail.com">rewyman@hotmail.com</a>><br>
>>> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010<br>
>>> Subject: computer parts<br>
>>> To: danielle chynoweth <<a href="mailto:chyn@ojctech.com">chyn@ojctech.com</a>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> hi danielle,<br>
>>> bob dropped off the extra computer-relatd parts, hard drives, etc at<br>
>>> the IMC. He wanted me to tell you that he hopes you found them<br>
>>> helpful.<br>
>>> hope all is well.<br>
>>> ruthie<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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>> Outreach and Development Adviser<br>
>> AmeriCorps CTC VISTA<br>
>> Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center<br>
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