| Art Alexion on 12 Dec 2008 10:21:55 -0800 |
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On Friday 12 December 2008 1:08:43 pm jonathan@jdsnetwork.com wrote: > This would work, only if there were enough folks contributing. In my > experience, these rental units start around $100 a month (they may be > cheaper in some places, this is personal experience only). > The problem is, I think too many folks would be a one-time thing. Also, how > do you choose a location for the storage site? We're mostly all in the > Philadelphia area, but even so that's pretty wide spread. > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org > [mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of Art Alexion > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 1:06 PM > To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List > Subject: Re: [PLUG] OT: hw repo (was What to do w/ 3-yr-old outboard CD > burner?) > > On Friday 12 December 2008 11:47:09 am jonathan@jdsnetwork.com wrote: > > As you say, storage is the problem. > > We could rent a storage garage, and charge a small fee to all who > participate, donate or pick up, to pay for the space. The next two > problems would be (1) establishing guidelines for acceptable stuff, and (2) > staffing the thing. > > (1) odd stuff is probably good, but broken stuff not. Shouldn't be serving > as a dump for trash. > > (2) the u-store-it place will want names on a lease, and someone needs to > administer it. Well, I'm not sure it will work at all. Though I've seen units for $35, that's $420 a year. Who would want to be personally responsible for it? It could be expanded to a larger community to make it work, but... Attachment:
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