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Wayne Carson
Messages: 86
Registered: June 2007
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ting PARIS component we can get our hands on so PARIS<BR>>=20
>> can<BR>>>>be thoroughly tested in larger configurations. No =
>>more of=20
>> this "sorry,<BR>> we<BR>>>>didn't have a full system to =
>>test"=20
>> thing. But as a start we'll settle for<BR>>>>whatever we can =
>>lay our=20
>> hands on.<BR>>>><BR>>>>In addition we'd need a PARIS =
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>> community member who lives in the 48<BR>>>>contiguous states =
>>(to keep=20
>> shipping costs and delays low) to volunteer<BR>>=20
>> to<BR>>>be<BR>>>>the occasional "depot/shipping =
>>person". They'd=20
>> be the person that <BR>>>>received<BR>>>>the donated =
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>> components, tested them, assembled them into a rig, and=20
>> sent<BR>>>it<BR>>>>to where it needed to go, and if =
>>needed=20
>> (although if it finds a long-term<BR>>>>home fast, that's =
>>good news=20
>> for us) receive it back and ship it=20
>> <BR>>>>elsewhere.<BR>>>><BR>>>>BTW, I'd do =
>>it=20
>> myself in a heartbeat, but I'm in Canada - don't even =
>>ask<BR>>>>what=20
>> international shipping would add to the hassle and the cost and=20
>> the<BR>>>>delays. I've already had the first potential =
>>volunteer=20
>> interest, and he's<BR>>>a<BR>>>>name you've all known a =
>>long=20
>> time, but we're clear that there are some<BR>>>>commitments I =
>>need to=20
>> obtain from others before we can ask him for=20
>> his.<BR>>>><BR>>>>Incidentally, obviously I'm not =
>>proposing=20
>> we stick that volunteer, <BR>>>>whoever<BR>>>>it =
>>winds up=20
>> being, with picking up shipping/packing charges. I'd=20
>> propose<BR>>>>setting up something like a PayPal account for =
>>them in=20
>> order to let the<BR>>>>community chip in a few bucks apiece =
>>to cover=20
>> any reasonable<BR>>>>packing/shipping costs. I'd nag, too - =
>>these are=20
>> trivial "beer money" <BR>>>>costs<BR>>>>for a =
>>community to=20
>> absorb, rather than a lump for an=20
>> =
>>individual.<BR>>>><BR>>>>>>>><BR>>>&g=
>>t;<BR>>>>As=20
>> mentioned, this is not an actual call for components yet - it's=20
>> just<BR>>>an<BR>>>>"assessment" call to determine if =
>>folks=20
>> would give concrete support to<BR>> this<BR>>>>idea. I'd =
>>put=20
>> everyone fully in the picture on *where* I was proposing<BR>>=20
>> it<BR>>>to<BR>>>>go (and of course *why*) when I made =
>>the=20
>> actual call for components.<BR>>>><BR>>>>PARIS =
>>hardware=20
>> prices have plummeted so far that the gear's hardly=20
>> worth<BR>>>>selling now - ($25 for a C16? Feh, the faders in =
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