On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Dave,

My name is Larry Thel and I run the regular Intallfests we do once a month down at UAT and I am somewhat involved in others. I don't really see a reason for us to move but we could surely do some additional events at your facility given a reason to do that. We don't really need any equipment though we could perhaps turn one of your machines into a PXE/file server instead of one of the machines we use now which Todd and I personally own. I will try to stop by this weekend to introduce myself and look at what you have.

There is another group that runs a [mostly] security workshop a couple times a month and they may have a need for some of that equipment. Lisa may contact you about that. They have a meeting location at Gangplank and I have no idea if they would entertain moving.

There are a number of people capable of doing some service on those systems though it sounds like you have the capability as well. We can talk about that this weekend as well as get some simple inventory of what is available if you have it. Otherwise, there are a couple of places in town that could take the donations for good causes.

For any readers who are wondering about the "Dell capacitor problem" Dave mentioned, here are a couple of good articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,13709831

On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Dave U <lookleftgoright@gmail.com> wrote:

This is Dave Uhlman, I am a previously active contributor and more recently a longtime lurker on the list. I own Maker Bench in Tempe which is opening this weekend on June 11th, we're a makerspace and workshop. One suite of our setup is a pretty good meeting place and I wanted to put it out there that if there are any PLUG/user group/open source activities or events that need a physical home we have some nights and times available for hosting them (for free). All the usual requirements in terms of easy walking distance to bars/food, good parking, and convenient highway access are there plus we 'get' what you folks are trying to do. We have soda and snacks on site too.

On another note we have somewhere between 4-12 (some work only partly) fairly modern PCs that would be good linux systems we were looking to give or donate. We also have another set which has the DELL capacitor problem, the machines are 3ghz+ I believe but need $20-30 worth of electronics and elbow grease to work. Is there a current best person/group to work with so they see a good home?

If there are any current inkscape experts interested in working with us on some classes for that, drop me a line at a info@makerbench.com

Feel free to stop by this weekend or anytime, 2010 E University Drive, Tempe, Suite 4. Opening is 11am-7pm this saturday. For all the hardwork you folks have done over the years I want to give back and anyone who mentions PLUG can take our laser cutter safety training for free. It's normally $55. Thanks, have fun, good luck.

-Dave

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