AmesMUG Officers: Re: New MUG server

[John Rearick]

These strings seem reasonable.  I have CCed the officers list so we  
have a record of the terms.  I don't think we will have any  
objections.  You can ship the machine to:

AmesMUG c/o John Rearick
301 Curtiss Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011

Thanks a lot.

John Rearick

On Oct 17, 2006, at 4:50 PM, Travis wrote:

> Sorry, John, you're email got lost in my inbox.
>
> I have the machine already to be shipped.  I'll pay for UPS ground,  
> so I'll need an address that it be accepted at.  Should it go to  
> Curtis or somewhere else?
>
> Does the following also sound reasonable?
>
> *  The club gets full privileges for the machine for as long as  
> they want to use it, but it if is retired or not used (e.g., if the  
> video problem can't be fixed by you guys), then the machine comes  
> back to me.  This is just because it is a favor for me to get the  
> machine, and I feel responsible for its final resting place.  I'm  
> perfectly happy if it is used as the server, but otherwise maybe it  
> should head back to me.
>
> *  Ben, Corey, myself and other donors get the usual privs (though  
> Corey doesn't seem to need them at the moment).  I don't think this  
> has been much of a burden and is actually beneficial for money and  
> support.  I know when the G4 was bought, it was said that donors  
> get an account in perpetuity, which still makes sense to me.
>
> *  The G4 finds a new purpose or is sold.  Corey, Ben and I co- 
> bought that, so we'd like to see it used or maybe sold to give the  
> club some funds.  This can be discussed and I have no strong  
> opinions, but just that it is thought about.
>
>
> Hope this makes sense.  Let me know what you think and what address  
> you want me to send it to.  I'll try to ship it before Friday,  
> because I'm out of town all next week.
>
> Travis
>
> p.s.  I feel horrible "attaching strings", but I guess I'm just  
> trying to be clear about things up front.  These shouldn't change  
> anything though...
>
>
>
> On Oct 6, 2006, at 7:49 PM, John Rearick wrote:
>
>> I believe the consensus is that we would like the G5.  What do we  
>> need to do?
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Oct 4, 2006, at 1:48 PM, Travis wrote:
>>
>>> It runs headless now, I'm just worried about OS upgrades.  For  
>>> instance, I don't know how you would install OS X Server on this  
>>> machine.  Yeah, you could swithc the harddrives between machines,  
>>> but that is a pain and you might not want that for your (suppose  
>>> to be dependable) server.  Also, in the future, it might be a  
>>> pain to upgrade headless to 10.5.  And this machine could never  
>>> get an official repair, if that ever needed to happen.
>>>
>>> Just trying to outline the concerns.  Let me know what the club  
>>> says.
>>>
>>> Travis
>>>
>>> p.s.  btw, I tried a PC video card in it and didn't get anything,  
>>> but it could also be just because it wasn't a Mac card.  I know  
>>> sometimes there are still mac-specific versions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 4, 2006, at 2:35 PM, John Rearick wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sounds like a great deal.  I can probably borrow a different  
>>>> video card to troubleshoot.  If it is the video card, I'm sure  
>>>> we can probably just run it headless.  I will bring it up at the  
>>>> officer's meeting tomorrow and hopefully have an answer there.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 4, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Travis wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John,
>>>>>
>>>>> Did you want to weight in on this?  Too much trouble to get the  
>>>>> new machine working?
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't have another G5 video card to see if that is the  
>>>>> problem (which was be a simple fix).  In my limited diagnosis,  
>>>>> it is either the card or the slot/motherboard.
>>>>>
>>>>> Travis
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sep 26, 2006, at 7:40 PM, Ben Reagan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Travis,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ultimately, the MUG should make this decision.  I do like the  
>>>>>> idea of having a newer machine than what we have; however, the  
>>>>>> G4 machine we have is quite stable and although it's not brand  
>>>>>> new, it meets the club's needs as far as I know.  My opinion  
>>>>>> is to pass on this newer machine, but John's opinion will  
>>>>>> carry more weight.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ben Reagan
>>>>>> ben at benreagan.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sep 25, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Travis wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey you guys,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm writing the two of you first, just to fly this by you.  I  
>>>>>>> got permission to pass along a dual-G5 1.8 Ghz tower for the  
>>>>>>> MUG to use.  The only problem is that the graphics card is  
>>>>>>> really flakey.  Normally it takes about 30 mins of playing  
>>>>>>> with (zapping pram, restarting, etc.) until it turns on and  
>>>>>>> powers the monitor.  Today I've been trying for several hours  
>>>>>>> with no luck.  VNC works and all, but it will be hard to  
>>>>>>> install a new OS on the machine.  The other catch is that  
>>>>>>> this machine can't go into a shop to get repaired (the main  
>>>>>>> condition that allows me to pass on the machine), so if it is  
>>>>>>> the motherboard or something, it would have to be done by us  
>>>>>>> or not at all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thoughts?  Is this worth something to the MUG, even though we  
>>>>>>> just got the server up and running again?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> travis
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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