[163] in UA Exec
Re: Notification of 'Printer in the W20 "Game Room"' Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathaniel Fox)
Sat Dec 5 15:16:52 2009
In-Reply-To: <eb87f3c10912050942q5dba875dx6ec57332c11625cc@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 15:16:29 -0500
From: Nathaniel Fox <natefox@MIT.EDU>
To: Austen McRae <amcrae@mit.edu>
Cc: hwkns@mit.edu,
"Vrajesh Modi (UA Special Projects Committee)" <ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu>,
Owen Derby <oderby@mit.edu>, ua-senate@mit.edu, ua-exec@mit.edu
This idea is clutch.
For that reason, I think the name of this printer in the printer
database should be "clutch."
On Saturday, December 5, 2009, Austen McRae <amcrae@mit.edu> wrote:
> Agree that this is a great idea.
> -Austen
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@mit.edu=A0<javascr=
ipt:_e({}, 'cvml', 'hwkns@mit.edu');>> wrote:
> This is awesome.
>
> ++,
>
> -hwkns
>
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Vrajesh Modi (UA Special Projects Commit=
tee) <ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu=A0<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ua-projects-=
chairs@mit.edu');>> wrote:
> Good question - a new one will be purchased, and an old one will be taken=
out of service.=A0 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 on=
e that they remove from the 5th floor.
>
> Best,
> Vrajesh
>
> On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Owen Derby <oderby@mit.edu=A0<javascript=
:_e({}, 'cvml', 'oderby@mit.edu');>> wrote:
>
>
> Vrajesh,
>
> You mention the printer will be removed from the 5th floor to "avoid ongo=
ing costs to IS&T". Do you mean that a printer from the 5th floor will be r=
elocated 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 consumab=
les(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 Commit=
tee) <ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu=A0<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '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" (5=
0ppm duplex, ~6s from power save to first page) printer and quickstation in=
the former game room on the first floor of W20 (Student Center).=A0 This p=
roject 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 5=
th floor Athena cluster.=A0 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.=A0 I'll be meeting with CAC on Monday at 2:45pm to verify that th=
ey 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 will enter t=
he implementation stage in the next several weeks.
>
> Please send me an e-mail with any questions or concerns.=A0 (A request fo=
r funding will also be sent out shortly.)
>
> Best,
> Vrajesh
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