[Scale-planning] Whiteboard Rentals

[Ilan Rabinovitch]

Ya, a few months ago he said they no longer service LA. Something about an
employee stealing all the whiteboards during the pandemic.
He only does San Diego and SF.   I dont know what his rates in 2023 would
be but in 2019 they were $344.13 including markers and delivery.

On Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 1:51 PM Lori Barfield <itdirector at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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