[161] in UA Exec
Re: Notification of 'Printer in the W20 "Game Room"' Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Austen McRae)
Sat Dec 5 12:43:25 2009
In-Reply-To: <9d4f87ed0912050916mf02a7ebre10fd0dad7f2ba2e@mail.gmail.com>
From: Austen McRae <amcrae@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:42:36 -0500
To: hwkns@mit.edu
Cc: "Vrajesh Modi (UA Special Projects Committee)" <ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu>,
Owen Derby <oderby@mit.edu>, ua-senate@mit.edu, ua-exec@mit.edu
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Agree that this is a great idea.
-Austen
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@mit.edu> wrote:
> This is awesome.
>
> ++,
>
> -hwkns
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Vrajesh Modi (UA Special Projects
> Committee) <ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Good question - a new one will be purchased, and an old one will be taken
>> out of service. IS&T will service the new printer, but they don't want the
>> total amount that they spend to go up, so they'll stop servicing the one
>> that they remove from the 5th floor.
>>
>> Best,
>> Vrajesh
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Owen Derby <oderby@mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Vrajesh,
>>>
>>> You mention the printer will be removed from the 5th floor to "avoid
>>> ongoing costs to IS&T". Do you mean that a printer from the 5th floor will
>>> be relocated to the 1st floor, or a new one will be purchased? And if IS&T
>>> will no longer be servicing the printer, who/where will the upkeep and
>>> consumables(ink,paper) funding come from?
>>>
>>> Sounds like a great idea to me!
>>>
>>> -Owen
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Vrajesh Modi (UA Special Projects
>>> Committee) <ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> *This message is being sent to formally notify Senate and Exec about
>>>> the 'Printer in the W20 "Game Room"' project (in accordance with section 4.1
>>>> of the Cover Letter to the Fall 2009 Budget).*
>>>>
>>>> This project entails replacing one of the printers on the 5th floor with
>>>> a "blazingly fast" (50ppm duplex, ~6s from power save to first page) printer
>>>> and quickstation in the former game room on the first floor of W20 (Student
>>>> Center). This project will save students' time by allowing them to quickly
>>>> print something on their way to class on the first floor instead of having
>>>> to go the the 5th floor Athena cluster. A printer on the 5th floor would be
>>>> removed to avoid the ongoing costs to IS&T of servicing an additional
>>>> printer.
>>>>
>>>> The UA CIT has been spearheading the communication - MIT IS&T is already
>>>> on board. I'll be meeting with CAC on Monday at 2:45pm to verify that they
>>>> are willing to use some space in the former game room for this purpose. If
>>>> they have no objections, it is likely that this project will enter the
>>>> implementation stage in the next several weeks.
>>>>
>>>> Please send me an e-mail with any questions or concerns. (A request for
>>>> funding will also be sent out shortly.)
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Vrajesh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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Agree that this is a great idea.<div><br></div><div>-Austen=A0</div><div><d=
iv><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Dan=
iel Hawkins <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:hwkns@mit.edu">hwkns@mi=
t.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">This is awesome.<br><br>++,<br><br>-hwkns<d=
iv><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, =
Dec 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Vrajesh Modi (UA Special Projects Committee) <span=
dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu" target=3D"_b=
lank">ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 2=
04, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">Good question - a new o=
ne will be purchased, and an old one will be taken out of service.=A0 IS&am=
p;T will service the new printer, but they don't want the total amount =
that they spend to go up, so they'll stop servicing the one that they r=
emove from the 5th floor.<br>
<br>Best,<br><font color=3D"#888888">Vrajesh</font><div><div></div><div><br=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Owen Derby=
<span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:oderby@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">=
oderby@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 2=
04, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">
Vrajesh,<br><br>You mention the printer will be removed from the 5th floor =
to "avoid ongoing costs to IS&T". Do you mean that a printer =
from the 5th floor will be relocated to the 1st floor, or a new one will be=
purchased? And if IS&T will no longer be servicing the printer, who/wh=
ere will the upkeep and consumables(ink,paper) funding come from?<br>
<br>Sounds like a great idea to me!<br><font color=3D"#888888"><br>-Owen</f=
ont><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 5, =
2009 at 10:32 AM, Vrajesh Modi (UA Special Projects Committee) <span dir=3D=
"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">u=
a-projects-chairs@mit.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 2=
04, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"><i>This message is bein=
g sent to formally notify Senate and Exec about
the 'Printer in the W20 "Game Room"' project (in accordan=
ce with section 4.1 of the Cover
Letter to the Fall 2009 Budget).</i><br><br>This project entails
replacing one of the printers on the 5th floor with a "blazingly fast&=
quot; (50ppm duplex, ~6s from power save to first page) printer and quickst=
ation in the former game room on the first floor of W20 (Student Center).=
=A0 This project will save students' time by allowing them to quickly p=
rint something on their way to class on the first floor instead of having t=
o go the the 5th floor Athena cluster.=A0 A printer on the 5th floor would =
be removed to avoid the ongoing costs to IS&T of servicing an additiona=
l printer.<br>
<br>The UA CIT has been spearheading the communication - MIT IS&T is al=
ready on board.=A0 I'll be meeting with CAC on Monday at 2:45pm to veri=
fy that they are willing to use some space in the former game room for this=
purpose.=A0 If they have no objections, it is likely that this project wil=
l enter the implementation stage in the next several weeks.<br>
<br>Please send me an e-mail with any questions or concerns.=A0 (A request =
for funding will also be sent out shortly.)<br><br>Best,<br><font color=3D"=
#888888"><font color=3D"#888888">Vrajesh</font>
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