thanks chris <br><br>a few things :<br><br>after we got our heads around financials from last year, <b>we approved a contract for the GEO printer/copier at finance</b>. our only questions were: can we network it? does it print and not just copy? <br>
<br>i thought we already had the printer/copier at the IMC - is this not true? <br><br><b>who can a) get the GEO printer/copier b) set up the contract and have them invoice the IMC and c) network the bugger so we can use it from multiple locations?</b><br>
<br>what is missing now is not money or decisions but someone to implement a decision.<br><br>also, is anyone looking at cost of servicing the brother? i don't think we need to buy a new printer (although having some donated backups is great), we need to fix the one that we have unless it is more expensive than buying new.<br>
<br>OJC has a totally functional laser jet i am close to getting donated.<br><br>- danielle<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Chris Ritzo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.ritzo@gmail.com">chris.ritzo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">On behalf of Tech, I just wanted to enter this conversation with a<br>
voice of support for Finance. I can't make it to the meeting on<br>
Thursday at 4:30, but wanted to voice support from tech. Brian and I<br>
will continue to support the installation and configuration of current<br>
or future printers.<br>
<br>
One option that might help temporarily is to clean the print heads.<br>
This may stop jamming temporarily. The manual for the Brother printer<br>
is in the right-hand drawer of the Finance desk which details the<br>
cleaning procedure. This type of routine maintenance is something the<br>
working group should handle (unless there's some sort of maintenance<br>
contract, like is being discussed for a new printer).<br>
<br>
If Finance is still interested in the printer that the GEO was<br>
offering, Brian's contact was Stephanie Seawell at the GEO.<br>
<<a href="mailto:stephseawell@gmail.com">stephseawell@gmail.com</a>>. The Ikon representative for a service<br>
contract for the GEO printer/copier is Jeremy Bennett<br>
<<a href="mailto:jerbennett@ikon.com">jerbennett@ikon.com</a>>. Brian can provide details about appropriate<br>
page counts if this is the direction Finance decides to go.<br>
<br>
As always, if working groups have support requests, please email the<br>
Tech Listserv so we both have a record of the request and can respond<br>
in a timely manner. <a href="mailto:imc-tech@lists.chambana.net">imc-tech@lists.chambana.net</a><br>
<br>
Thanks for doing what you do, Finance! Please let us know what you<br>
decide to do about the printer(s) and where you need Tech's<br>
assistance.<br>
<br>
- Chris R.<br>
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Jan & Durl Kruse <<a href="mailto:jandurl@comcast.net">jandurl@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Just asking, has anyone looked at the 2011 budget to see if monies are<br>
> available for this. It's only February and I see under Office & Business<br>
> Expenses $1000 budgeted for media equipment, $1000 for computer equipment,<br>
> and $1250 for photocopier. Can these be modified to allow $300-$500 to be<br>
> placed in line 2104 office equipment. Maybe we need to just slightly modify<br>
> and prioritize our office needs in the budget. There's money in the budget,<br>
> it's just how you want to spend it. Of course, once its gone, its gone, but<br>
> that's not the case now.<br>
> Durl<br>
> On Feb 14, 2011, at 5:01 PM, Isak Griffiths wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hmmm....<br>
> I don't think I've expressed either apathy or anger about finance. A little<br>
> confusion sometimes, but seeing as not everything here is self-evident and<br>
> self-explanatory I think that's fair.<br>
> I also think it is fair to be frustrated when I can't print out a membership<br>
> form when we are out and someone is ready to write a check for $50. (Yes,<br>
> that has happened, and not everyone will submit a check with a makeshift<br>
> membership form.)<br>
> An appeal to the membership for a printer? Sounds like a good idea. But I<br>
> suggest it come from a long-standing volunteer and not an americorps members<br>
> whose name no one knows. But if that's going to happen, I'd suggest a VERY<br>
> short email (to encourage reading) that includes two or three key items that<br>
> are strongly needed.<br>
> Just my two cents.<br>
> Isak<br>
> ____________________________<br>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Mike Lehman <<a href="mailto:rebelmike@earthlink.net">rebelmike@earthlink.net</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Isak,<br>
>> There's an easy answer to this. Global Funds are segregated from IMC<br>
>> funds, so the fact that we have $2000 to send to a global Indymedia project<br>
>> unfortunately doesn't mean we have a penny for printers.<br>
>><br>
>> And please don't take this personally, as your question and concern is a<br>
>> common one. In fact, it was exactly the problem I was referring to last<br>
>> night. Finance functions because we spend a lot of time saying no to<br>
>> perfectly reasonable requests, because there have been no funds raised to<br>
>> fund a printer purchase.<br>
>><br>
>> And it's at the root of people displaying first apathy and in some cases<br>
>> hostility about what Finance does. It's easy for them to stay angry if they<br>
>> don't want to learn more about why Finance does what it does. They just want<br>
>> their problem fixed and because there is money around, they see Finance as<br>
>> the heavy, since we have to explain our refusal to meet their perfectly<br>
>> reasonable request.<br>
>><br>
>> Repeat as necessary over 5 to 6 years. Do little fundraising for the IMC<br>
>> as a whole. Presume they've done their part. Move on to complaining about<br>
>> how Finance is obstructing their big plans because they won't cooperate with<br>
>> their perfectly reasonable request -- reasonable at least until the context<br>
>> within which a reasonable request is made.<br>
>><br>
>> If Finance hadn't said no to so many people over the last 5 years,<br>
>> everyone would be happy now? Not likely, as we would have closed the doors<br>
>> by now.<br>
>><br>
>> But we still need a printer. Has anyone tried an appeal on the IMC list<br>
>> for a working printer? Even if we come up with funds for a new one after the<br>
>> budget is resolved, it would be good to have a back-up anyway. Maybe this<br>
>> could tide us over though?<br>
>> Mike Lehman<br>
>><br>
>> On 2/14/2011 11:08 AM, Isak Griffiths wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> If we have $2000 to send to San Francisco, what will it take to get $200<br>
>> for a printer that works here? Isak<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
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