On Monday, September 16, 2013 10:29:34 AM Justin Herman wrote: > Omar, > > I dropped off some computer parts yesterday. A harddrive, motherboard w/ > CPU, Video cards and an LCD monitor that needs triage. Hopefully this will > help with this project. > > Along with this I dropped off some Cisco IPPhones and some other misc stuff. > > Justin
FYI, its pretty confusing when people pick a random post in a thread and reply to someone else. > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:21 AM, alex kot <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a large amount of parts laying around and also extra computers. > > > > What is the intent for this/these PC? > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *From:* Chris Egeland <[email protected]> > > > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Monday, September 16, 2013 8:50 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [SH-Discuss] Proposal for new computer workstations... > > > > On 9/16/2013 5:10 AM, Torrie Fischer wrote: > > > On Saturday, September 14, 2013 08:55:58 AM Jeff Nielson wrote: > > >> Is synhak a 501c3 now? > > > > > > Nope, not quite. Still waiting on the IRS to process us. I do not know > > > > when > > > > > that happens or how much longer it'll take. There is nobody we can talk > > > > to to > > > > > speed things up. That is exactly 100% of the information I know about > > > it. > > > > To give the tiniest bit more of information on our 501c3 status: > > > > The IRS currently has a MASSIVE backlog of nonprofit applications, and > > is currently processing applications received in April 2012. Ours was > > submitted and confirmed to have been received by the IRS in September of > > 2012. > > > > If anyone is ever curious where we stand in line on the 501c3 status, > > you can check the IRS's current backlog at this URL: > > > > > > http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Where-Is-My-Exemption-Applicati > > on > > > > You want to read the part that says "Currently, we are assigning > > applications received in....." and compare that to September 2012 to get > > an idea. > > > > The optimist in me is hoping that we should be 501c3 approved by the end > > of this tax year, but given the glacial rate the IRS has been moving at > > with these nonprofit applications, that may not be the case. > > > > Thanks, > > Chris Egeland > > > > >> Jeff Nielson > > >> > > >> (Sent from mobile) > > >> > > >> On Sep 13, 2013, at 12:46 AM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]> > > > > > > wrote: > > >>> On Thursday, September 12, 2013 04:41:35 PM Byron Moran wrote: > > >>>> I have an old desktop I would mind getting rid of. I'm not going to > > > > use > > > > >>>> it > > >>>> in the foreseeable future. If I donate it, can I write it off? If > > >>>> not, > > >>>> I'd > > >>>> be willing to sell it for relatively cheap. > > >>> > > >>> Yup. We've got a form for that. Bring in the computer and we'll write > > > > you > > > > >>> a > > >>> donation reciept. > > >>> > > >>>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Omar Rassi <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > >>>>> To add on to what Torrie is saying, these systems can also be > > >>>>> resold, > > >>>>> spend $100 to make one, sell it back out at $150 on craigslist. > > >>>>> Refurbishing old machines can be a source of income for the space, > > >>>>> instead > > >>>>> of just dues and cash donations, I'm more than happy to put in the > > > > work. > > > > >>>>> As I asked in my original post, if anyone has any *working *socket > > > > 775 > > > > >>>>> motherboards, power supplies, DDR2 or DDR3 RAM and working monitors, > > > > or > > > > >>>>> a > > >>>>> reputable source of working parts at a cheaper price, please let me > > > > know > > > > >>>>> as > > >>>>> Craig did (Craig we can go over the details in person and contact > > > > your > > > > >>>>> guy > > >>>>> about stocks and price.) Justin, I chose these parts because they > > > > come > > > > >>>>> from > > >>>>> reputable dealers where I know we'll get working components with a > > >>>>> recourse > > >>>>> if the turn out to be faulty vs buying on Craigslist or Goodwill > > > > where > > > > >>>>> quality can be suspect and no returns are possible. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I also support the idea of holding off on this as suggested by > > > > Xander to > > > > >>>>> find out what we are going to do about our location before > > >>>>> purchasing > > >>>>> new > > >>>>> assets. For now, I've already created one working computer using > > > > what we > > > > >>>>> have, I can set that up in the electronics lab as an electronics > > > > design > > > > >>>>> station like Torrie suggested which is a FANTASTIC idea that I > > >>>>> didn't > > >>>>> think > > >>>>> of. That I can do tonight. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Torrie, Xander, Justin, Craig, I really love and appreciate your > > > > input, > > > > >>>>> great ideas are coming from everyone on this, I look forward to next > > >>>>> meeting :) > > >>>>> > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>> Discuss mailing list > > >>>>> [email protected] > > >>>>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Discuss mailing list > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Discuss mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
