[HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Extra batteries for Baldi

[Nigel Vander Houwen]

The board met on a call this evening and approved the spend for additional batteries for Baldi with the funds donated for this purpose.

Board members present were Cory, Bart, and myself. The vote was 3-0 in the affirmative.

Thanks!
Nigel

> On Jan 8, 2017, at 20:00, Dan Ransom, PE via PSDR <psdr at hamwan.org> wrote:
> 
> There are some 5-year-life-left AGM batteries in Tacoma on Craigslist:  http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/pts/5916352084.html <http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/pts/5916352084.html>
>  
> 73 from Dan at K7MM
> 
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> 
> From: Bart Kus <me at bartk.us>
> To: Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr at hamwan.org> 
> Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 6:00 PM
> Subject: [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: Extra batteries for Baldi
> 
> Hello,
> 
> We had another power outage @ Baldi today.  This site is very important 
> to the network since it routes up to 140Mbit of internet to the rest of 
> the network.  Some of you may recall we also replaced the UPS there this 
> summer to help us deal with the bad power. However it looks like the 
> built-in batteries aren't large enough to sustain us through the longer 
> outages.  I'd like to expand the site's runtime by a factor of 17 by 
> adding an external battery bank.  I'd also like to use AGM batteries so 
> that they last longer and don't require any maintenance.  The cost of 
> this will be $500 for the batteries, and then some small amount for 
> wires + connectors (< $100), which can be purchased under the 
> discretionary spending bylaw.
> 
> So, this spending request is for the $500 battery cost only.
> 
> I'd like to have this funded from project-specific donations and not 
> drain our existing funds.  If you'd like to donate to this specific 
> project, please let me know in a direct email reply (no need to spam the 
> list).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Bart
> 
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