<div dir="ltr">Fair enough - though to clarify I wasn't suggesting being an art gallery as much as having a party, showing off stuff, and selling something at the party (could be stuff, could be posters/blueprints/kits) - was thinking of it as a one night/day thing not a gallery.<br>
<br>Shannon<br><br>(have read the wiki and current emails, will go back and skim the mailing list archives as well)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 1:59 AM, Jacob Appelbaum <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacob@appelbaum.net">jacob@appelbaum.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">Shannon Clark wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
><br>
> I mentioned this in one part of an earlier email and again briefly at<br>
> tonight's meeting here is a bit more detail about what I would suggest -<br>
> please add suggestions and I'll try to also put up a page on the wiki to<br>
> further organize details.<br>
><br>
> The basic idea is to on a regular basis, starting fairly soon, have an art<br>
> show & fundraiser at the Noisebridge space.<br>
<br>
</div>Hi Shannon,<br>
<br>
With all possible respect - No thanks.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
><br>
> The goal is to raise money - and do so via creating and selling cool,<br>
> beautiful stuff. And if we are wildly successful it just gives us resources<br>
> to do more cool stuff. Personally I think that the first goal should be to<br>
> have at least 3-4 month's costs set aside and to be starting to think about<br>
> what tools (and also what ongoing supplies) might help people create and do<br>
> particularly interesting things (and would best fit into the constraints of<br>
> the space).<br>
<br>
</div>We're not an art gallery that's open to the public. Especially not the<br>
public that is going to wander in off of Wiese Street. We've<br>
specifically talked about being non commercial for our entire existence.<br>
The space is for hacking/creating/making/dreaming/etc but explicitly,<br>
it's not for selling things. Even if the money goes to a good cause.<br>
<br>
In theory, it's a nice idea but it might be a good idea to read the<br>
archives of the mailing list, the wiki and so on to get a good feel for<br>
our group.<br>
<br>
We've been discussing financial things in depth for the last few months<br>
and we're shooting to have 6 months in the bank. In less than a weekend,<br>
we're up to $11,000USD. It appears that we need to raise about $20,000 more.<br>
<br>
It's important to remember _why_ we're raising money. It's not to create<br>
an art gallery for raising money. It's to have a space for making art,<br>
hacking on stuff, relaxing, etc -<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Jake<br>
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