Attendance:
John Von Hollen: 5-7:30pm
Anthony Hamlet: 5:15-7PM
Corey: 5:15-6PM
Work Done:
Corey, a new volunteer. stopped by to check out common ground brifly. We gave him a tour. [John + Anthony]
Charles stopped by and donated a computer w/ monitor. It was parted and shededed (is that correct english for "put in the shed?"). [John]
Dre finally has Fiesty installed, and updates are runnning. He is also having some trouble with X. [John]
Ken from Bike Athens stopped by for some help with database troubles they are having. After working in the lab for a little bit, Anthony and Ken went to Bike Athens to get the database problem fixed.[Anthony]
Checked emails. A new volunteer: Lauren McCall will said she will come by Sunday. [John]
Added back the "Upcoming Hours" to the bottom of the meeting report. If anyone else wants to add themselves feel free to. [John]
Helped get Tom Garrett get some drivers working on his computer. [John]
Arthur's computers were checked out should be ready to go. I may try to meet him to to pick up the computers one day. [John]
To do list:
Create Hours spreadsheet for July
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window--
everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
Upcoming Hours:
Sunday, July 1: John, Lauren
Monday, July 2: John
Wednesday, July 4: John
Sunday, July 8: John
Monday, July 9: John
Wednesday, July 11: John
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Meeting Report: Monday, June 25th
Attendance:
John Von Hollen: 5-7pm
Matthew Williams: 5-6:15PM
Work Done:
Worked on another likly testing board cadidate [Matthew + John]
I found the banking folder. It was in the Common Ground office. I put it back on the shelf in the lab. [John]
Dre's upgrade did not work, so we did a fresh install. However it now does not have the right login (use cguser for root access). And X is being wierd. [Matthew + John]
To do list:
Create Hours spreadsheet for July
Finish computers for Arthur!
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window--
everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
John Von Hollen: 5-7pm
Matthew Williams: 5-6:15PM
Work Done:
Worked on another likly testing board cadidate [Matthew + John]
I found the banking folder. It was in the Common Ground office. I put it back on the shelf in the lab. [John]
Dre's upgrade did not work, so we did a fresh install. However it now does not have the right login (use cguser for root access). And X is being wierd. [Matthew + John]
To do list:
Create Hours spreadsheet for July
Finish computers for Arthur!
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window--
everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
Saturday, June 23, 2007
About Free IT Athens and what I do
Some information from our charter about our goals at Free IT Athens:
As for me, I am on the "Primary Staff." So I am responsible for running things at Free IT along with several others. I run open hours and over see projects that we work on at open hours. Basically everything that needs to get done is done by primary staff. Free IT Athens is led by a "Board of Directors" that meets every few months to guide the over all course of Free IT Athens and make sure it is holding to its charter.
Mission Statement
Free IT Athens is a non-profit community advocate for free software and open technology in Athens, Georgia and the surrounding areas. Our goal is to provide access to information technology resources to Athens-Clarke County residents and organizations.
Vision Statement
Free IT Athens aims to increase the availability of free and open information technology and provide individuals with the experience and knowledge necessary to become both comfortable with IT and proficient in its usage.
Values Statement
We believe that:
- Everyone should have a friend that knows about technology.
- Information technology should be free and/or open.
As for me, I am on the "Primary Staff." So I am responsible for running things at Free IT along with several others. I run open hours and over see projects that we work on at open hours. Basically everything that needs to get done is done by primary staff. Free IT Athens is led by a "Board of Directors" that meets every few months to guide the over all course of Free IT Athens and make sure it is holding to its charter.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Meeting Report, Wednesday, June 20th
Attendance:
John Von Hollen: 5-7:15 PM
Matthew Williams: 5-7:15 PM
Work Done:
Continued to upgrade Dre to Fiesty [John, Matthew]
Received checks from Community Connection (Mario's Wife dropped them off). They are in the Free IT Secure Box. Filled out a copy of the invoice form as a receipt for her. She did not want to take the last PC today. [John]
Helped get Tom Garrett his computer "Freankin-computer" working, he wanted to make sure all the power connections were correct before turning it on [John, Matthew].
Helped a lady in the computer lab get some info off some Zip discs [Matthew].
To do list:
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window--
everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
John Von Hollen: 5-7:15 PM
Matthew Williams: 5-7:15 PM
Work Done:
Continued to upgrade Dre to Fiesty [John, Matthew]
Received checks from Community Connection (Mario's Wife dropped them off). They are in the Free IT Secure Box. Filled out a copy of the invoice form as a receipt for her. She did not want to take the last PC today. [John]
Helped get Tom Garrett his computer "Freankin-computer" working, he wanted to make sure all the power connections were correct before turning it on [John, Matthew].
Helped a lady in the computer lab get some info off some Zip discs [Matthew].
To do list:
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window--
everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
Monday, June 18, 2007
Meeting Report: Monday, June 18th
Attendance:
John Von Hollen: 5-7PM
Work Done:
Responded to email [John]
Talked with Andrew about the computer in the office and library. He said they are planning to just run Cat5 cable under the house soon, so we dont need to worry about setting up wireless. Printing from the office is working. [John]
Worked on "upgrading" dre to 7.04 (you have to upgrade to 6.10 first), it was left still upgrading to 6.10 with the screen locked. It will be interesting to see how stable upgrading is compared to a fresh install but It is probably better to do a fresh install to Fiesty ( 7.04) when possible. [John]
Worked on setting up the testing motherboard. I think we may be having trouble because of improper grounding and other problems that occur from just having the motherboard sitting out on the table. I have instead set up a testing "case" that is a striped PC case that will be easy to connect stuff to test out. However I dont know if we have any PC2100 RAM anywhere, so we may need another case as this only has 128mb in it. [John]
To do list:
Get the last complete computer to Community Connection, and organize
payment.
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window--
everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
John Von Hollen: 5-7PM
Work Done:
Responded to email [John]
Talked with Andrew about the computer in the office and library. He said they are planning to just run Cat5 cable under the house soon, so we dont need to worry about setting up wireless. Printing from the office is working. [John]
Worked on "upgrading" dre to 7.04 (you have to upgrade to 6.10 first), it was left still upgrading to 6.10 with the screen locked. It will be interesting to see how stable upgrading is compared to a fresh install but It is probably better to do a fresh install to Fiesty ( 7.04) when possible. [John]
Worked on setting up the testing motherboard. I think we may be having trouble because of improper grounding and other problems that occur from just having the motherboard sitting out on the table. I have instead set up a testing "case" that is a striped PC case that will be easy to connect stuff to test out. However I dont know if we have any PC2100 RAM anywhere, so we may need another case as this only has 128mb in it. [John]
To do list:
Get the last complete computer to Community Connection, and organize
payment.
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window--
everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Meeting Report: Sunday, June 17th
Attendance:
Mike Vigilant: 1:30-5PM
John Von Hollen: 1:30-5PM
Matthew Williams 1:30-5PM
Work Done:
Checked and responded to several e-mails. [Mike]
E-mailed Community Connection re: picking up their last computer and
arranging payment. [Mike]
Called Creative Recycling--paperwork Semmy sent was returned
undelivered with an address error though it was addressed according to
CR's original letter. Left a message for them to call or e-mail us
with what they want us to do. [Mike]
Created a new invoice file. It's in the group's files page. Much
easier to use. Yellow cells fill themselves in. [Mike]
Researched the continuation of Bike Athens' database drama. No luck,
so I posted the newest message from them. [Mike]
Set up Google Calendar for FreeITAthens. It's been shared with
primary staff. To use: sign in as yourself, see the new appointments
in your calendar. Coming to Open Hours? Click on an appointment and
add you name in the details under "Attendance." When you save, make
sure you chose "only this appointment" rather than "all future
appointments." [Mike]
Attempted to get the office computer back on the wireless network--
still no love after trying several different cards. [John]
Deleted winmodems from database so they can go to the shed. [John]
Set up a new testing motherboard--sort of. [John and Matthew]
Worked on parts database. [Matthew]
Checked in a donated computer and worked on installing Ubuntu.
[Matthew]
Note: A guy from Food Not Bombs may stop by on Monday to have us look
at his motherboard. [John]
To do list:
Get the last complete computer to Community Connection, and organize
payment.
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window--
everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Get the office computer on the wireless network.
Get the office computer on the printing network...when they upgraded,
they lost their abliity to print to the laser printer. Low priority
since they have another printer in the office.
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
Mike Vigilant: 1:30-5PM
John Von Hollen: 1:30-5PM
Matthew Williams 1:30-5PM
Work Done:
Checked and responded to several e-mails. [Mike]
E-mailed Community Connection re: picking up their last computer and
arranging payment. [Mike]
Called Creative Recycling--paperwork Semmy sent was returned
undelivered with an address error though it was addressed according to
CR's original letter. Left a message for them to call or e-mail us
with what they want us to do. [Mike]
Created a new invoice file. It's in the group's files page. Much
easier to use. Yellow cells fill themselves in. [Mike]
Researched the continuation of Bike Athens' database drama. No luck,
so I posted the newest message from them. [Mike]
Set up Google Calendar for FreeITAthens. It's been shared with
primary staff. To use: sign in as yourself, see the new appointments
in your calendar. Coming to Open Hours? Click on an appointment and
add you name in the details under "Attendance." When you save, make
sure you chose "only this appointment" rather than "all future
appointments." [Mike]
Attempted to get the office computer back on the wireless network--
still no love after trying several different cards. [John]
Deleted winmodems from database so they can go to the shed. [John]
Set up a new testing motherboard--sort of. [John and Matthew]
Worked on parts database. [Matthew]
Checked in a donated computer and worked on installing Ubuntu.
[Matthew]
Note: A guy from Food Not Bombs may stop by on Monday to have us look
at his motherboard. [John]
To do list:
Get the last complete computer to Community Connection, and organize
payment.
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window--
everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Get the office computer on the wireless network.
Get the office computer on the printing network...when they upgraded,
they lost their abliity to print to the laser printer. Low priority
since they have another printer in the office.
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
Thursday, June 14, 2007
China Blog
Check out what I was up to in China. See our joint class blog at http://mist5780.blogspot.com/ .
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Free IT Athens Meeting Report - Wednesday, June 13th
I am posting meeting reports for Free IT Athens here as part of my summer internship.
Attendance:
Mike Vigilant: 5PM-7PM
John Von Hollen: 5PM-7PM
Work Done:
Finished the last complete computer for Community Connection (Mike)
Get "Ren" on the printing network (John)
Talked with some random guy about what FreeITAthens is, etc. He works for the state in regards to helping small businesses and, by extension, groups like us. He might e-mail us; his name is Ryan. (Mike)
Cleaned and organized the lab and conference room (John + Mike)
Put lots of parts in the shed. Started enforcing strickter standards on the parts we even take the time to test, we already have lots of extra parts. (John)
To do list:
Get the last complete computer to Community Connection, and organize payment.
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window-- everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Fix the invoice form--it's got issues.
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Get the office computer on the wireless network.
Get the office computer on the printing network...when they upgraded,
they lost their abliity to print to the laser printer. Low priority since they have another printer in the office.
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
Attendance:
Mike Vigilant: 5PM-7PM
John Von Hollen: 5PM-7PM
Work Done:
Finished the last complete computer for Community Connection (Mike)
Get "Ren" on the printing network (John)
Talked with some random guy about what FreeITAthens is, etc. He works for the state in regards to helping small businesses and, by extension, groups like us. He might e-mail us; his name is Ryan. (Mike)
Cleaned and organized the lab and conference room (John + Mike)
Put lots of parts in the shed. Started enforcing strickter standards on the parts we even take the time to test, we already have lots of extra parts. (John)
To do list:
Get the last complete computer to Community Connection, and organize payment.
Check the status of the hardware in the conference room window-- everything there is there because it's "questionable"
Fix the invoice form--it's got issues.
Upgrade the lab to Fiesty!
Fix the testing motherboard, or replace it
Basket of parts needs to be labeled and tested
Get the office computer on the wireless network.
Get the office computer on the printing network...when they upgraded,
they lost their abliity to print to the laser printer. Low priority since they have another printer in the office.
Recycle the laptops we don't need or can't use.
Create open hours calendar
Organize shelves and cables on the floor
Replace Eazy-E
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