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. 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. I'd also just like to remind folks that if you feel like making a one-time donation, please contact me directly. Thanks, --Bart On 5/5/2016 4:54 PM, Rob Salsgiver wrote:
I 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.
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.
Rob
*From:*PSDR [mailto:psdr-bounces@hamwan.org] *On Behalf Of *Bart Kus *Sent:* Thursday, May 05, 2016 3:15 PM *To:* Puget Sound Data Ring <psdr@hamwan.org> *Subject:* [HamWAN PSDR] VOTE: High quality PTZ camera
Hello,
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:
1) Outdoor rated 2) No exposed moving joints that can freeze (domed design) 3) Heater to melt ice 4) IP encoding, not analog 5) 1080p or better 6) 30x optical zoom or better 7) Power over Ethernet so we can have only 1 cable run 8) Support OSX + Windows (Linux optional) 9) RTSP streamable so we can re-broadcast the stream to many people at once
I found what I think is a decent cam that fits these requirements. It's the Q-See QCN8035Z <http://www.q-see.com/1080p-ip-ptz-camera-qcn8035z-1>. It costs about $670.
Any opinions on this? I'm inclined to support such a vote.
--Bart
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