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Alright, the board voted in favor and also did some internal
fundraising to support this purchase. We haven't done any
fundraising in a while, but we have been spending our cash balance.
And you're right in that if we take on extra projects this summer
like Buck Mtn then we'll need to drive for some extra funds to cover
those expenses.<br>
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In the meantime, we raised $1200 today to cover this purchase and
have the left-over cash cover our debt. We spent about $4.5k
recently on Capitol Peak, finishing up Gold Mtn, and getting
break-fix hardware for Gold+ETiger. We've incurred $1k of debt from
that. We should now be only $500 in debt and 1 camera ahead. This
is good, BTW. The point of this non-profit is to always be out of
money while investing everything we have into growing. Even carry a
few k of debt when opportunities present themselves.<br>
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I'd also just like to remind folks that if you feel like making a
one-time donation, please contact me directly.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
--Bart<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/5/2016 4:54 PM, Rob Salsgiver
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like the idea of the camera but have concerns on the funding
aspect. While entertaining and definitely of value on a
troubleshooting standpoint, I am wary of “fundraising
fatigue” that may leave us short when wanting to do more
sites because XXX resources have gone for less
mission-critical infrastructure. It’s been mentioned we may
have more site expenses coming up and I would hate for those
to fall short.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">That
said, I’m freakin’ amazed at the resolution of some of the
newer cameras and it definitely would be a cool thing to
have.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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PSDR [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org">mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bart
Kus<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 05, 2016 3:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Puget Sound Data Ring <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:psdr@hamwan.org"><psdr@hamwan.org></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: High quality PTZ
camera<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hello,<br>
<br>
Several of us have been talking about putting high quality PTZ
cameras at our tower sites for people to enjoy. Survey the
surrounding country side, get tactical awareness in
emergencies, look for antenna damage remotely, etc. I'd
personally love to have 1 good PTZ per tower. I think it
would also be a very popular past time, and one of the killer
apps that HamWAN can deliver. Good quality cams are expensive
however. Here are the requirements as I see them:<br>
<br>
1) Outdoor rated<br>
2) No exposed moving joints that can freeze (domed design)<br>
3) Heater to melt ice<br>
4) IP encoding, not analog<br>
5) 1080p or better<br>
6) 30x optical zoom or better<br>
7) Power over Ethernet so we can have only 1 cable run<br>
8) Support OSX + Windows (Linux optional)<br>
9) RTSP streamable so we can re-broadcast the stream to many
people at once<br>
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I found what I think is a decent cam that fits these
requirements. It's the Q-See <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.q-see.com/1080p-ip-ptz-camera-qcn8035z-1">QCN8035Z</a>.
It costs about $670.<br>
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Any opinions on this? I'm inclined to support such a vote.<br>
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--Bart<o:p></o:p></p>
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