25 May
2001
25 May
'01
12:19 a.m.
At 12:42 AM 5/25/01 +0100, Pete wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2001, you wrote:
The policy in the US is the same except there's no **requirement** to
offer the stuff to the staff. Although mandy places do.
Alan Pearson skrev:
laying off
> Besides, the UK doesn't seem all that
well off according
> to what I've read.
Can't comment on the electrical aspects of
this, but
you're bang-on if you mean we're not very well off
when it comes to finding classic computers :-)
Oh, go to hell, you don't fool me. I've read all about your schools their Acorns.
The prblem with school equipment is the disposals policy. As they are bought
with public money the requirements for disposal are very strict. In my area
the policy is:
1) Offer to other departments
2) Offer to other schools
3) Offer to other local authority departments
4) Offer to charitable institutions
5) Offer to staff Trying to raise money at, and documenting, each stage.
as a result they
susally
go straight to:
6) chuck them in the skip.
This avoids all of the administrative costs involved in the procedure. It is
generally considered more than anyone's job is worth to by pass the procedure
and let someone else have them :(
Same here unfortunately.
Joe
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Regards
Pete