[ubuntu-uk] UKTeam parts exchange proposal

Daniel Lamb daniel.lamb at openyourwindows.com
Mon Aug 18 20:35:26 BST 2008


Looks good,

I shall list some of my hardware on there also.

Regards,
Daniel

Philip Wyett wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 12:46 +0100, Philip Wyett wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Having a bit of a clear out of smaller PC hardware... I thought better
>> than throwing things away, could I offer good working components for
>> other UKTeam members who may make good use of it?
>>
>> Thanks to Ging for the initial idea of using the team wiki for parts
>> exchange! :-)
>>
>> I would like to propose such a section where essentially:
>>
>> * Listing hardware.
>>
>> Person offering hardware will list hardware with as detailed spec as
>> possible and a contact email address.
>>
>> Note: The wiki will have a column that will show if the hardware is
>> available or not. Page mock-up to follow in next 48 hours.
>>
>> * Requesting a listed item.
>>
>> A UK Team member will request a piece of available hardware by email to
>> the person offering.
>>
>> * Confirmation of allocation and sending items.
>>
>> The offering person will allocate (on a first come first served basis)
>> and notify a user by email if they are to be sent a piece of requested
>> hardware.
>>
>> The requester will supply a UK mailing address for the hardware by
>> email.
>>
>> Note: Be aware you will have peoples private data. Please show due
>> respect when storing and handling it!
>>
>> The offering person upon receipt of an address shall send the item and
>> mark the item on the wiki as allocated/sent.
>>
>> Postage costs shall be paid by the offering person and no request for
>> postage costs or other money shall be made to the recipient!
>>
>> * Receipt of item.
>>
>> The recipient shall mark the wiki for that item as received when they
>> get the hardware.
>>
>> * Warranty.
>>
>> No sent item will have warranty or a guarantee to work. No communication
>> shall be entered into directly with the sender about working or non
>> working state of items. Any support requests should be made through
>> normal channels i.e. mailing lists, IRC etc.
>>
>> * Primary contact.
>>
>> I am willing to be a primary contact via email for this project, but all
>> emails should have the subject 'UKTeam parts exchange. Look I get a few
>> thousand emails a day and if not marked maybe missed or a delay may
>> ensue. 
>>
>> Feedback welcome. :-)
>>
>> P.S. CC me for discussion on list for the moment on this subject as I am
>> having a bad delay in getting list email from Ubuntu at the moment. :-(
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Phil
>>     
>
> A mockup page for review and feedback can be viewed at:
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PhilWyett/MockUps/PartsExchange
>
> Regards
>
> Phil
>   

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