[Scale-planning] Whiteboard Rentals

[Lori Barfield]

in 2017 4x6 boards were $75 each from bulletin boards and more. pick up and
drop off was $150.

iirc we got a $75 discount that year.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023, 10:24 Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan at socallinuxexpo.org>
wrote:

> I dont have time at the moment to source one locally or deal with setup.
> If someone wants to volunteer to do that Im fine with buying them and then
> either tossing them or seeing if they can fit in storage.
>
> Online purchases of a 8"x6" whiteboard came out to about $400 each after
> tax and shipping.   The challenge is we can only receive shipments at the
> venue for a very short window on 3/8, so someone would need to receive the
> delivery. We'd also have to assemble it when it arrives.
>
> Renting whiteboards used to be about $100-150 per week per board from the
> vendors we had in the past.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 1:16 PM Swantje <swantje at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Instead of that, it would be much more cost effective to buy a couple and
>> give them away afterwards.
>>
>> Has any ofyou asked in your local Buy Nothing group or other local group
>> whether you could borrow one for the event?
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 9:59 AM Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan at socallinuxexpo.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately, it looks like they charge $1500 per whiteboard.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 11:16 AM Orv Beach <orv.beach at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I found these possibilities:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.cort.com/office-furniture-rental/Workplace-Physical-Distancing-Solutions/P7155060
>>>>
>>>> https://socalposterboard.com/
>>>>
>>>> Orv
>>>> On 2/23/23 05:00, Ilan Rabinovitch wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Any takers?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 2:25 PM Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan at linuxfests.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> We usually rent (2) large whiteboards for use for BoF planning and a
>>>>> job board.
>>>>>
>>>>> The vendors we used in the past have either gone out of business or no
>>>>> longer rent out whiteboards.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone want to volunteer to help us find a new vendor?  16 days to
>>>>> SCALE!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Ilan
>>>>>
>>>>
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