- talk to the landlord, talk about options for protecting the elevator:
        - does he have the ceiling hooks for the elevator pads?     http://www.palmerpads.com/hooks.htm
        - does he have the elevator pads themselves?
        - does he have any floor mats?
        - do we need to go to really extreme lengths to protect stuff?
                see "mat-a-door" and "dent prevent" here:   http://lobbysolutions.com/elevator.html
        - are there any other considerations we need to be aware of?  (we'll keep under the weight limit of course, but anything else?)



- brainstorm ideas for moving the pallets from the ground-floor into a truck

        - WHERE would we park the truck?  Even the ALLEY next to us is EXTREMELY
          busy, even in the middle of the night.  If we had to emplace any
          structures (eg. jury-rigged ramp, or other lifting contrivance), we
          would technically have to get a permit from the city to construct the
          crazy structure right there on the sidewalk.  (I'm sure it wouldn't be
          lost on the permit-granters that the sidewalk is right next to one of
          the busier intersections around)

            - The fuckin' alley is literally THE ONLY EXIT for the parking lot
              where there's a 24/7 store.  How the fuck do we get around THAT?
              Many other problems go away if we're willing to work at 3am, but
              this one problem remains.

        - VISIT and record precisely:   1) where the speed bumps are located in
          the alley, 2) any/all gradients/curbs that we'd have to surmount: 2a)
          at the edge of the sidwalk towards the alley, 2b) at the alley
          entrance.

                - brainstorm ideas for getting past these obstacles...  I assume
                  we'd have to emplace some extremely sturdy ramps?

        - HOW would we lift each pallet up into the truck?
            - Is there any way in hell of pulling it up a ramp?
                        (winch?  :)
            - Or do we need to rent something crazy like this?
                        http://www.google.com/products?q=high+lift+pallet+jack


- create a powerpoint presentation of all of this, and present it at
  the Sunday (Oct 11) community council meeting.

    - TAKE MY TV IN to present it on -- there will be enough people there that
      we won't be able to crowd around a normal-sized monitor.  Also, it'll add
      to the gravitas.  And nigger likes gravitas -- you knows it.

    - BEFORE the presentation, briefly ask Taylor and/or Eads about whether the
      landlord is likely to have any qualms about using pallets in his elevator
      (honestly, the answer is probably "it's fine" since the landlord himself
      has a lot of pallet equipment laying about, but if the landlord won't
      allow it at all, then ALL bets are off)



        - slide #1:     Why palletization makes sense for others.
                            It saves A LOT of time

        - briefest of introductions:
                - photo of pallet by itself                 (add label "pallet")
                - photo of pallet with gaylord on top       (add label "gaylord")
                - photo of pallet+gaylord, and jack being inserted      (add label "pallet jack")
                        - jack slides in, jacks up, jacks down, slides out

        - slide #2:     Why it makes sense for us.

                            If we could get it working for the move, it would
                            make the move MUCH easier.

                            We're going to need it sooner or later.  As we get
                            bigger, we won't be able to let things sit on
                            shelves for very long.  We'll eventually mandate
                            that NOTHING can sit on a shelf for more than a
                            month.  This means we'll move things around a
                            LOT more than we have in the past.
                                
        - slide #3:     Why it makes sense for us RIGHT NOW.

                                (show graph of the move)
                                (show that the graph can extend back until now)

        - slide #4:     Challenge #1:  basement to ground-level

        - slide #5:     Equipment available already

        - briefest of introductions, this time with $ figures
                            - pallet: $5 used, $10 new
                            - gaylord: $15 new
                            - jack: $200 new, $150 craigslist, $?? rent

        - slide #6:     Equipment we need   (i.e. budget proposal)

        - slide #7:     Challenge #2:  ground-level to moving truck

        - slide #8:     Additional educational / introductory material to palletization
                            - LOTS of educational/close-up pictures of pallets
                            - LOTS of educational/close-up pictures of pallet jacks,
                                high-lift pallet jacks, forklifts, and other
                                things in between


- shortly before the presentation, add some relevant information to the wiki:

    - I've bought some pallets at Commercial Pallet (2029 W Hubbard St, 312-226-6699).
        They seemed far more focused on "wholesale" operations than individual
        sales, however, they were still friendly and basically gave me the
        wholesale/bulk rate for the pallets they sold me.

    - Pallets don't fit through car doors very well.  They're very wide.  A
      hatchback makes things much easier.  David Newcum's sister has a hatchback
      that has been used for transporting pallets to FreeGeek.