<div>I think that if a person or group of people were to get together $600 and buy (for example) a piano and then donate it to Noisebridge, that *would* be the donation of one (1) piano, for which that person or group of persons would receive a�receipt�from our treasurer. �Note that this is different from *donating* $600 to Noisebridge, with the caveat that it be spent on a piano, which is how I would define an 'earmark.' �</div>
<div><br></div><div>I think we've always maintained a policy of not accepting conditional donations of any sort -- generally this means that if someone donates (for example) a piano to the space, we reserve the right to turn it into (for example) a giant robot or abstract wire-art piece; in the same vein, if someone were to donate $600, we would want to reserve the right to spend it on (for example) beer. �Or giant robot parts.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Which might include a piano, who knows.<br><br></div><div>I think that piano-people should feel free to buy and install a piano, sure in the knowledge that if the piano gets to be too annoying or remains an annoyingly unused space-occupier, it will likely be recycled as a giant robot or piece of abstract wire-art.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In short, I think that a piano would be awesome, provided that people are excellent in their approach to its use.</div><div><br></div><div>--S</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Andy Isaacson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adi@hexapodia.org">adi@hexapodia.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 06:14:12PM -0700, Christie Dudley wrote:<br>
> Oh, donations most especially can be earmarked!<br>
<br>
</div>People often group together to pool money towards a particular project,<br>
but that's not a "donation" per se -- the money never goes to the<br>
organization / corporation, lightening the load on our volunteer<br>
officers.<br>
<br>
So, no, *donations* (which are tax deductible as being for the benefit<br>
of a 501(c)3) are not "earmarked". �People buying things with their own<br>
money is not a donation in the 501(c)3 sense.<br>
<br>
(That's sorta the same thing you say in your next paragraph, but not<br>
precisely, so I wanted to clarify.)<br>
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