[mit-habitat-exec] order placed

[Elyse J Pieper]

Whoops...when I said "get habitat to cut it"...i really meant to say "get
Home Depot to cut it".  I do NOT want to be responsible for cutting all that
wood...

:-)


-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Chin [mailto:annechin at MIT.EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:06 AM
To: Elyse J Pieper
Subject: RE: [mit-habitat-exec] order placed 

Hey,

Last year the wood wasn't donated and it was pre-cut by Home Depot.  I'm 
not sure if we got them to do the cutting for free, but it's worth it to 
try asking them.

Anne

At 01:24 AM 4/21/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>We'll just get habitat to cut it.  No need to extract more manpower than
>needed this week.  :-)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mit-habitat-exec-bounces at MIT.EDU
>[mailto:mit-habitat-exec-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Radhika Jagannathan
>Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:19 AM
>To: Matthew R. Zedler
>Cc: mit-habitat-exec at mit.edu
>Subject: Re: [mit-habitat-exec] order placed
>
>I think we thought about it last year, but there were two issues. One was
>that
>MIT did not like the idea of MIT students using sharp objects at a Spring
>Weekend event. And the second was that we weren't sure if we had the tools
>to
>do it, or the time and man-power.
>
>We spent a lot of last year teaching people and fixing people's screw-ups
>(yes,
>they could screw up hammering two pieces of wood together). And we had most
>of
>exec there all day last year, which we may not have this time.
>
>Not sure - if you guys think you can pull it off, cutting the wood
>yourselves
>might not be a bad idea. You'd have to clear it with Spring Weekend and
>probably promise that only exec would touch a saw. Do people know how to
use
>a
>power saw?
>
>-Radhika
>
>
>
>Quoting "Matthew R. Zedler" <mzedler at MIT.EDU>:
>
> > Why do we need it pre cut? Can we have one or two exec cutting the wood?
> >
> > MZ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At 10:21 PM 4/20/2005 -0400, Anne S Yu wrote:
> >
> >
> > >Hi Sid.  Elyse and I just spent an hour on the phone with the people at
> > Home
> > >Depot, ordering wood, nails, hammers, tarp for Campus Build.  The total
> > came
> > >out to $1306.75.  It will be delivered to McCormick Saturday morning,
>exact
> > >time to be specified later.
> > >
> > >We were wondering if lumber was donated last year?  This price seems
very
> > >expensive, but that takes into account the $.50 per cut, and we have
LOTS
> > of
> > >cuts.  Can we pay this price?  Otherwise, we don't really know what to
>do.
> > >Also, would you be able to pay for this order?  Elyse can, if she must,
>but
> > >would rather not...
> > >
> > >The order number is 357-211 and Home Depot's number is 617-623-0001.
You
> > can
> > >charge it over the phone.  If you can do this, when you call to pay,
>maybe
> > you
> > >can try and cut a deal?  Like...no tax, free cuts?  Just mention
Habitat
> > and
> > >see what you can get :)  Whatever you think would be best.  Please let
us
> > know
> > >what you want to do with this.
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >Anne and Elyse
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >==================
> > >Anne S. Yu
> > >MIT Class of 2007
> > >Biology
> > >978.430.6232
> > >asy306 at mit.edu
> > >==================
> > >
> > >
> > >
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