2004 ResNet installation schedule
ResNet installation schedule 2004/07/26
As of July 2004, R533 403 has been spent on ResNet installations,
R24 935 on "bursaries", and R88 768 on the purchase of switches.
There has been income of R508 121, and R160 000 was borrowed from
the SEALS surplus account in February. R20 000 has been transferred
into the ResNet accounts by the Dean of Students in order to complete
connections for wardens.
This leaves a ResNet surplus of about R41 000, out of which Truro,
Prince Alfred, and Skidds 1-4 have to get wired up, the not yet
connected wardens need to be connected, and the balance of "bursaries"
needs to be paid.
It should be glaringly obvious that the money for ResNet has run
out before achieving it's centenary goal.
The only viable solution would be to "borrow" money yet again, but
the problem is that the SEALS account from which past borrowings
have been made is still deep in the red. So, overall, the enthusiasm
to play financial games and borrow from overdrawn accounts is about
zero, other than to cover commitments to "bursaries".
Looks like the end of the line for ResNet for this year, despite
naive promises made earlier. And, of course, this messes up the
start to next year because the next available injection of money
from income will be sometime in March 2005.
The only connections that will be made from now on are those that
do not involve the IT Division in additional expenses, i.e. that
do not involve the installation of infrastructure other than the
commitment to connect up any missing wardens except those in Truro,
PA and Skidd. Truro and Prince Alfred will, at worst, only get
connections in the 2nd half of 2005 - i.e. they may be delayed by
exactly a year.
This state of affairs is a well known problem:
"'My other piece of advice, Copperfield,' said Mr. Micawber, 'you
know. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen
nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual
expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery. The blossom
is blighted, the leaf is withered, the God of day goes down upon
the dreary scene, and-and in short you are forever floored. As I
am!'"
Charles Dickens, "David Copperfield", 1851
But the next seldom seen paragraph seems quite appropriate given the
overall context in which ResNet has been put together:
"To make his example the more impressive, Mr. Micawber drank a glass
of punch with an air of great enjoyment and satisfaction, and
whistled the College Hornpipe."
i.e. the IT Division hasn't done that badly, given the constraints it
has had to work under. Tough luck to those who've lost out, and
while we've tried, we're tired.
Indicators:
* = additional cabling installed and terminated, points live
> = contractor installation team active
+ = IT Division termination team active
Residence New Tot Estimated Estimated Termination
Con Con Start Date Completion Completed
=============== == === ========== ========== ===========
* 1. Matthews 8 13 2004/02/16 2004/02/18 2004/02/19
* 2. Botha 20 27 2004/02/18 2004/02/23 2004/02/24
* 3. Guy Butler 11 35 2004/02/19 2004/02/19 2004/02/23
* 4. Winchester 10 24 2004/02/20 2004/02/23 2004/02/25
* 5. Canterbury 24 12 2004/02/23 2004/02/24 2004/02/25
* 6. Walker 20 20 2004/02/24 2004/02/27 2004/03/01
* 7. Thomas Pringle 22 22 2004/02/25 2004/02/27 2004/02/27
* 8. Adamson 5 25 2004/04/02 2004/04/02 2004/04/05
* 9. Oriel 10 16 2004/03/01 2004/03/02 2004/03/05
*10. Jameson 16 26 2004/03/01 2004/03/02 2004/03/11
*11. Cory 6 14 2004/03/03 2004/03/04 2004/03/12
*12. Cullen Bowles 15 31 2004/03/03 2004/03/05 2004/03/17
*13. Hobson 21 19 2004/03/08 2004/03/12 2004/03/16
*14. De Beers 26 51 2004/03/08 2004/03/12 2004/03/19
*15. Goldfields 10 44 2004/03/15 2004/03/15 2004/03/24
*16. Livingstone 5 17 2004/03/15 2004/03/15 2004/03/24
*17. Jan Smuts 27 66 2004/03/16 2004/03/19 2004/03/26
*18. John Kotze 13 22 2004/03/16 2004/03/17 2004/03/30
*19. Phelps 21 24 2004/03/17 2004/03/18 2004/03/24
*20. Victoria Mxenge 14 24 2004/03/18 2004/03/23 2004/03/26
*21. Milner 26 25 2004/03/23 2004/03/29 2004/03/31
*22. New House 28 27 2004/03/23 2004/03/26 2004/04/16
*23. Piet Retief 15 29 2004/03/29 2004/03/30 2004/04/06
*24. Helen Joseph A 7 2004/04/23 2004/04/26 2004/04/30
*25. College 3 23 2004/04/02 2004/04/02 2004/04/05
*26. Helen Joseph B 9? 34 2004/05/03 2004/05/04 2004/05/06
*27. Beit 26 27 2004/04/13 2004/04/23 2004/04/23
*28. Atherstone 17 39 2004/03/30 2004/04/02 2004/04/08
*29. Olive Schreiner 40 33 2004/04/05 2004/05/06 2004/05/11
*30. Dingemans 28 4 2004/04/22 2004/05/21 2004/05/27
*31. Lillian Britten 14 10 2004/05/10 2004/05/21 2004/05/26
32. Prince Alfred
33. Truro
34. Stanley Kidd
No scheduling required (because of saturation wiring) for:
35. Allan Gray 44
36. Centenary 28
37. Graham 30
38. GRPGV 27
39. Oakdene
40. Ruth First 37
41. Salisbury
Total registered as of 2004/06/07 = 949
Total registered as of 2004/08/27 = 1055
accesses since 2004/08/27