Holy shit, they got almost $700k in pledges and they're still asking for volunteer help & they charge access time on top of that? Way to capitalize!<div><br></div><div>-grey<br><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:19 AM, Ever Falling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:everfalling@gmail.com">everfalling@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div class="h5">On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Mitch Altman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:maltman23@hotmail.com" target="_blank">maltman23@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> I don't think we'll get a really high quality 3D printer anytime soon<br>> but it's certainly not an impossible goal to acquire one.<br><br></div>
And we can get lots more equipment as time goes on, too. Our current space is only big enough for so much. Maybe as time goes by we'll have a bigger space, or another space in addition -- who knows? And who knows what we'll be capable of acquiring and supporting in a few years. But I do know that we are capable of making amazing things happen when we collectively want them to happen!<br>
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In any case, Noisebridge and TechShop are two very different (though overlapping in audience and ideas) organizations -- both of which are way cool for what they do. Personally, I'm into supporting both.<br>
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Mitch.<br>
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<b>TechShop San Francisco Pledge Update</b><br>
Since I sent the email out on Tuesday to everyone on our SF Bay Area
mailing list, I am thrilled to tell you that 127 people have responded
with their pledges to be lenders, lifetime members, monthly members,
donors, or volunteers! THANK YOU to everyone who made a pledge!!! I
will be responding personally to each of you in the next few days.<br><br>
I'm also very happy to tell you that we have received a total of
$692,438 in pledges for $25,000 loans, $5,000 lifetime memberships, and
cash donations ranging from $25 up to $1,000 just since Tuesday! I'm
confident that we will reach our goal of $1 million, which is what we
need in order to build and operate TechShop SF for our members.<br><br>
We have also received 49 pledges from people who will become monthly
members, and 70 pledges from people who will volunteer to help with
demolition and build-out. THANK YOU!!!<br><br>
So far, we have received 27 pledges from people to be $25,000 lenders!
We just need 13 more people to pledge to be $25,000 lenders in order to
reach our goal. If you have not pledged yet and you would like to be a
$25,000 lender (your loan earns 10% interest, profit sharing, plus you
get a Lifetime Membership for you and your immediate family), or a
$5,000 lifetime member, or would like to make a pledge for a donation
of any size, please make your pledge as soon as you can. To make your
pledge, please see the TechShop San Francisco page at <a href="http://www.techshop.ws/tssf.html" target="_blank">http://www.techshop.ws/tssf.html</a>. If you know someone who might consider making a pledge, please give forward this information to them.<br>
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<b>See the New TechShop SF Building This Saturday at 4 PM...</b><br>
I realize this is very last-minute, but I'm going to be at the new
TechShop San Francisco building this Saturday at 4 PM, and I would love
the chance to meet you and the other future TechShop San Francisco
members there. We don't have the keys to the building yet, so we won't
be able to go inside, but I thought that it might be fun to have a
quick meet-up there...sort of a "flash mob"...epecially since it looks
very likely that we will be opening TechShop San Francisco. Come on by
for a few minutes if you can. The address is 926 Howard St, San
Francisco, CA which is near 5th and Howard streets. The closest BART
station is Powell Street.<br><br><br>----------<br><br><br>holy moly things are looking VERY good for this new location. i can't wait.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Trying to fix or change something, only guarantees and perpetuates its existence.<br>
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