As of the latest QGM today, we have set a tentative move day of December 13th, depending on circumstances.
This is a little over one month from today, and I am proposing that we clear some necessary space.
The two elephants in the room (as I see them) are the District 9 server blades and the powder printer.
The printer
This has been in the space for a year and a half without being run once. There have been at least three people (that I know of) on point in trying to get it working, but they have all moved on to other things. The intention was that once it starts working, it will draw in members. After looking into it, I disagree, and I don’t believe it is an asset to VHS.
Reference: tool:z-corporation_z402_3d_printer [Vancouver Hack Space]
Cons:
- Has never been used/fixed
- Will require significant repairs and maintenance that are currently outside the wheelhouse of any of our members
- Is huge and heavy
- Requires expensive consumables
- Does not print significantly better results than our (working) FDM printers (Source: 1 2)
- Does not significantly draw in more members than our actual working printers
I do not see any pros in keeping this printer at this time.
Server Blades
I have never seen anyone working on these or show any interest in getting them useful. I’m not sure how they are useful.
Further Action
If there is nothing anyone would like to discuss, I will attempt to list these on Craigslist and donate any profits to the VHS moving fund. If I cannot get any interest in buyers, I will do what is required to e-waste them responsibly.
I anticipate that there will be some dissent, though, so I propose this:
We do not move either of these two pieces of equipment if they are not working by the time that we intend to do the bulk of the moving (December 13th). That is one month.
If there are no objections, I will move on this immediately.