<div>While progress on getting the SEM at Noisebridge in solid working order is slow, it is happening. �There are a number of people who are actively working on it, and a number of others who are interested in seeing it remain in the space. �If it were just sitting collecting dust, this request might seem more reasonable, but as things stand, it is not.</div>
<div><br></div>Even if we wanted to give this up, it would be illegal for Noisebridge to transfer donations to Hacker Dojo. �Since we are a 501(c)(3) organization all donations to us are tax deductible. �The IRS Cares a Lot as to what happens to the money and materials donated to us, so we don't wind up as just a tax screen. �As Hacker Dojo is a 501(c)(6) organization, you are not eligible to receive this donation, as donations to you are not also tax deductible.<div>
<br></div><div>I hope this answers your questions.</div><div><br></div><div>Christie<br clear="all">_______<br>""Battle not with monsters lest ye become a monster;<br>and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Ian Atha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thatha@thatha.org">thatha@thatha.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Looks like a question for Mike Kan.<br>
<br>
Mike, please _REPLY ALL_, I won't forward messages around.<br>
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On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 15:00, Larry Maloney<br>
<<a href="mailto:larry.maloney@hackerdojo.com">larry.maloney@hackerdojo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear NoiseBridge,<br>
><br>
> My name is Larry Maloney and I'm a member at HackerDojo.<br>
><br>
> I'm writing your discussion list to ask� your community about the Electron<br>
> Microscope @ NoiseBridge.<br>
><br>
> Speaking with one of your Members, it seems the Microscope is in need of<br>
> some love (repairs) and a bench.<br>
><br>
> I would like to ask you if NoiseBridge would consider donating, or<br>
> transferring the Microscope to the HackerDojo.<br>
><br>
> I've always dreampt of operating one, and using an SEM.<br>
><br>
> We at the Dojo, have a spacious electronics lab, that would be a perfect<br>
> home for your SEM, AND we have several<br>
> electronic experts here that could work on it.� What we don't know, we can<br>
> research and figure out for ourselves (hopefully)<br>
><br>
> If we can repair it, we would digitize the output, and stream it live on the<br>
> net for anyone to see.<br>
><br>
> So please discuss it, and consider donating the SEM to me, or the Dojo, and<br>
> I would be happy to come and pick it up.<br>
><br>
> Thank you,<br>
><br>
> Larry Maloney<br>
><br>
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><br>
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><br>
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