Steve Forney Wrote:
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> Nope, I can't gaurantee that, Tom. And I
> understand and share your concern. We are always
> hearing that the problems will be solved if we
> just send more money. As far as the money for the
> cameras is concerned, you'd best contact Tim
> Tennant at the Friends for more information. I
> don't know the details of this specific situation,
> perhaps he can give you more particulars. I hope
> that money donated for the cameras will be spent
> on the cameras, but without an audit, I guess
> there's a bit of faith involved. I probably
> answered in a more flippant manner than I should
> have and for that I apologize to anyone offended.
> Many people have contributed to the cameras, and
> they are awaiting their return to service, as I am
> myself. But we have to face the reality that this
> is a volunteer effort and make allowances. When I
> was gainfully employed in the two-way radio
> business this would not have been allowed. But we
> charged lots of money to provide the service
> customers paid for. Now, I'm doing what I can to
> improve the lightning protection etc, Jason is
> awaiting the damaged node so he can get necessary
> info from it so as to program the replacement
> unit, Joe and John will be working on the conduit
> and permanent data links, John and I will be
> addressing grounding in the depot. I'll also
> examine weatherproofing on exterior connectors.
> Etc etc etc. In the commercial world this would
> have been done long ago. Also, please realize that
> only one team member resides in Chama, and only
> part time. The rest of us are at least several
> hours away, and have other lives. Updates are not
> warranted on a regular basis when we are not
> working on it full time, and so users get
> frustrated. Believe me, the team addressing this
> is not happy at the delays either.
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