Is there a freedom soon???

[dragon xr]

so what going on with freedom!!!!

these been 2 dgas and not a freedom to be set up. is evry one realy busy with uni work or have we forgoten about freedom lans ??

any ways is there gona be one in the next month or is there just no time for it to be set up?

[neotheo]

hasnt been 2 dgas. not yet anyways. but yes, a freedom would be good

[Korny]

Who does knight have to **** around here so korny can go to a freedom lan.

[El Presidente]

We're looking into the next one. The student union hates the ULC right now so using the student lounge is not really possible at the moment. We're looking at another venue, we'll keep you posted.

[Lothar]

so a little birdy told me there was to be one soon... was he right?

[El Presidente]

Lothar so a little birdy told me there was to be one soon... was he right?

It'd be tough. The ULC has been wound up, its assets passed into trust and the switches sold to DGA.

Now when we closed shop we made sure to structure things so that Freedom LANs could continue to run independently and pay back into the trust. If anyone felt they had the time, energy and know-how it might be possible to convince the powers that be (ie yours truly) to crack open the cheque book to splurge on some new switches.

Otherwise, it's not likely.

[Lothar]

i am sure there will be enuff switches.... I got a 24 port base 100 i think in my borhters room that is not been used.

[Unseen]

El Presidente It'd be tough. The ULC has been wound up, its assets passed into trust and the switches sold to DGA. Now when we closed shop we made sure to structure things so that Freedom LANs could continue to run independently and pay back into the trust. If anyone felt they had the time, energy and know-how it might be possible to convince the powers that be (ie yours truly) to crack open the cheque book to splurge on some new switches. Otherwise, it's not likely.

Drop me a pm if you require any assistance from DGA. Ie switches / cables etc etc

[El Presidente]

It'd be great to use DGA stuff, for which some sort of fee might be arranged (if only to cover wear and tear). However it still remains that someone needs to do the difficult, time consuming work of organising the thing.

By way of demonstration, see this list I prepared for our LAN Lords in the final year of operation:

4 weeks previous: * Select date * Book space with student union 2 weeks previous: * Clear registration page * Announce LAN to GU and email list * Book tables with BASD 4 days previous: * Treasurer withdraws cash from account by cheque * Treasurer updates records to reflect withdrawl 3 days previous: * LAN Lord receives cash and cashbox from Treasurer First day, 2pm-3pm: * Get drinks and misc items (LAN Lord should hold these) * Stocktake of drinks and items * Cash count * Fill out header of accounts sheet First day, 3pm-4pm: * Arrive to call security to open space * Set up tables and chairs * Set up power * Set up network, including server (TISO has network and power gear) * Stock fridge with drinks From 4pm: * Seat attendees (charge correct rate for guest, signup, member or member's free visit) * Drinks sales 6 pm: * Head to shops, purchase food including sausages, bread and onions. One large pkg sausages, 2 loaves bread, 6 onions, per 15 attending. * Resupply drinks, sauce, oil if necessary (should be clear from stocktake if this is necessary) From 7pm: * Fetch BBQ from storage * Cook sausages and onions - downstairs * When food cooked, announce dinner * Serve food and beer upstairs * Once dinner served, clean up BBQ * Put BBQ back in storage 8pm through 1am: * Continue to supervise * Continue to serve drinks 1am through 8am: * Quiet time, supervision optional * Ideally have second supervise shop and take payment 8am through 4pm: * Continue to supervise * Continue to serve drinks 4pm through 6pm: * Pack up network * Pack up power * Pack up tables and place outside * Make sure room is clean and tidy, as it was found * Call security to lock room * Leftover drinks and misc go with LAN Lord * Network and power gear go with TISO 1 day after: * Stocktake remaining drinks and misc items * Waste report (how much bread, food etc was leftover) * Finalise LAN financial sheet, including attached receipts for spending within 2 days after: * Cashbox, money and financial sheet given to Treasurer within 4 days after: * Treasurer deposits money in account * Treasurer updates accounts based on financials and receipts within 7 days after: * LAN Lord issues after-LAN report, covering issues, things that went well, plus future suggestions. Standard checklist plus supplementary checklists should be attached. * Treasurer issues financial statement for the LAN, including profit/loss, any comments, plus attached financial sheets and receipts.

Now obviously not all of it was done, but a lot of it was. It's a lot of work and most of it needs to be done by one person to ensure they know what's happening.

If anyone is really that keen and can prove they can do it, I will consider starting up the LANs again. It would be nice. But I'm just too busy and burnt out to consider doing it myself.