[164] in UA Exec
Re: Notification of 'Printer in the W20 "Game Room"' Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Abdulaziz Albahar)
Sat Dec 5 17:16:50 2009
Cc: Austen McRae <amcrae@mit.edu>, 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
From: Abdulaziz Albahar <albahar@MIT.EDU>
To: Nathaniel Fox <natefox@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <33f5b87f0912051216i18c48370x296ddcc7ee23b346@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 17:03:25 -0500
I concur on the name.
Aziz
On Dec 5, 2009, at 3:16 PM, Nathaniel Fox wrote:
> 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
>> <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '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 <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. 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
>> <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '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 <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" (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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
