[LUGSB] We need to spend money.

[William Lahti]

About the domain name, LUGSB wouldn't by any means be the only group with 
their own domain, so I doubt that's a problem. Examples include USG, GSO, 
SBCS, and the Independent.

William Lahti

On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Jonathan Dehan wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Benjamin Kudria <ben at kudria.net> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:08, Ilya Sukhanov (dotCOMmie)
>> <lugsb at sukhanov.net> wrote:
>>> Jonathan Dehan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 1) A Projector
>>>
>>>        Not enough $$ and waste of money as there are about 1000
>> projectors
>>> on campus.
>>
>
> A projector can be used for cool projects, like multitouch, and guerrilla
> showings of cool (geeky) movies. Heck we can have shadow puppet night. And
> projectors can be made for as cheap as $50. Or bought for $350.
>
>>
>>>>
>>>> 2) New Server hardware
>>>
>>>        Waste of money you can get loaner hardware gratis.
>>>>
>>
>
> I agree server hardware is unnecessary.
>
>
>>
>>>> 3) A OpenMoko Freerunner
>>>
>>>        for development? I think the dev kit tops 400, plus its kind of
>> silly
>>> as its a
>>> resource thats hard to share
>>>>
>>
>
> Yeah for tinkering. It is hard to share but we want to increase involvement
> - new hardware = new project ideas = more involvement. Plus we might be able
> to get a break on the price if we explain we are university funded etc...It
> could be any hardware though, not just the freerunner but maybe old nokia's.
>
>
>>
>>>> 4) A Bunch of Tux Plushies
>>>
>>>        score
>>
>
> Unless we are giving these out to random people to increase awareness (which
> will probably have a really low turnover rate), how is this going to
> increase involvement?
>
>
>>
>>>>
>>>> 5) Other: Please explain
>>>
>>>        Domain Name. 2 domains 10 years ~ $200 rest for plushies and maybe
>>> some give aways
>>
>
> Domain name is a good idea, though I don't know if the university is going
> to be upset that we aren't under their sunysb domain since we are funded by
> them. I will investigate this though.
>
>
>>
>> I think I agree with these points.
>>
>> -Ben
>>
>