[UCIMC-Tech] [Imc-bookkeeper] computer parts

[JOY]

Good point Danielle. It may be time to update the "staffing" handbook on
this topic.

Joy

On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Danielle Chynoweth <chyn at ojctech.com>wrote:

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