[UCIMC-Tech] Production room clean out this Saturday at noon!

[Marti]

I don't know if I will be able to come as early as noon tomorrow, but I
would like to check out the setup of the production room.

In regards to theft issues - I don't know what the protocol has been in the
past, but I do have some ideas based on my own experience.

Years ago when I worked out of the local cable office I used to be the staff
person on hand when a group of volunteers would tape a film review show. One
of the 'rules' we had was that no one could use the studio or the equipment
without a staff member present. One of the producers of this show was late
in getting his production started and when his studio time ran out tried to
persuade me to let him and his crew have the run of the place. My response
was to shut the studio down for the evening. 

Bottom line is when there are volunteers engaged in creative endeavors there
needs to be someone taking a 'hands on' approach to make sure that there is
no funny business. Investing in an alarm system for specific areas might be
a good idea as well. Put some type of security strips on equipment so that
it would set off alarms at all exit points. 

--Marti


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[mailto:imc-tech-bounces at lists.ucimc.org] On Behalf Of Josh King
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 6:33 PM
To: Danielle Chynoweth
Cc: tech at ucimc.org
Subject: Re: [UCIMC-Tech] Production room clean out this Saturday at noon!

I don't know if I need to reconfirm it, but I will definitely be there
tomorrow.

Danielle Chynoweth wrote:
> Come one come all!
> 
> Dan, Josh, myself, some students of mine
> - and YOU! -
> are gonna sort the broken from the not broken,
> the needs to be here versus the needs to be there,
> and generally going to make a more usable production room
> this Saturday from NOON until 3 PM.
> 
> We will also start building a computer lab in the lower level
> which is now a lovely rust color
> with white clouds floating against the sunset.
> 
> If anyone has computer leases to lock down the equipment, let me know.
> Otherwise, I am going to go buy some.
> 
> By the way, many thousands of dollars of equipment has been stolen from
> the IMC in the past 9 months, so as part this production room fix up, I
> am going to request a new combo on the door and investigating further.
> 
> We are also locking down everything and will e-mail a process by which
> people will have to talk to a person to check out anything.
> 
> If anyone knows the fuckers who might be involved in taking shit from an
> imporvished community center that so lovingly provides its services for
> free, please give me anonymous or not so anonymous tips so I can break
> their knees.  I wish I was joking, but I am not.
> 
> see ya!
> 
> Danielle
> 
> 
> 
> 
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