My question came out of a project idea I'd like to do (bills to bitcoins), which involves hacking a bill validator and receipt printer with an arduino to allow anyone to exchange small amounts of cash for bitcoins. This idea could be reused for a donations machine at NB, which would print receipts for tax accounting. <div>
<br></div><div>Prior to mailing to the list, I decided it wouldn't be a great idea (one member profiting off other members). In other words, a bill to bitcoin machine<b> would not</b> be an "excellent" use of the space. Building one on the other hand? I'm pretty sure Abraham Lincoln deem it MOST EXCELLENT.</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,<br>Tom Longson</div><div>-----------------------</div><div>Party on, dudes!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:48 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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As others have suggested, it depends on what the commerce is. Selling extra-sensory purple and silver gazingus pins might be way wonderful if people at Noisebridge find benefit from them. If you have an idea, and you're wondering how it will be received at Noisebridge, care to share it?<br>
<br>
Mitch.<br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:tomlong@gmail.com">tomlong@gmail.com</a><br>
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 11:45:50 -0700<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:jwithers@reddagger.org">jwithers@reddagger.org</a><br>
> CC: <a href="mailto:noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net">noisebridge-discuss@lists.noisebridge.net</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Money @ NB<br>
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> My question is more about what the community finds acceptable re:<br>
> commerce in the space that is not Noisebridge 501c3 related, but done<br>
> by members / guests in the space.<br>
><br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Tom Longson<br>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
> CUPCAKES!! <a href="http://www.cupsandcakesbakery.com/" target="_blank">http://www.cupsandcakesbakery.com/</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:12 AM, John Withers<br>
</div><div class="im">> <<a href="mailto:jwithers@reddagger.org">jwithers@reddagger.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:jwithers@reddagger.org">jwithers@reddagger.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
> On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 00:34 -0700, Ever Falling wrote:<br>
> > My answer was based off of this<br>
> > page: <a href="https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Vision" target="_blank">https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Vision</a> which states<br>
> ><br>
> > >Noisebridge is an educational non-profit corporation, 501(c)3 public<br>
> > charity status.<br>
> ><br>
> > Is this not still relevant? Has it changed since last i checked and<br>
> > the wiki hasn't been updated?<br>
><br>
> While someone followed up to this going a different way, this still<br>
> doesn't mean no commerce. We could sell things at NB. Like, well, we do,<br>
> with tshirts and membership dues and such. If we wanted we could sell<br>
> girl scout cookies, crack, whatever. 501c3 isn't about making money, it<br>
> is about what you do with it when you do. Goodwill, Out of the Closet<br>
> and Salvation Army run friggin stores.<br>
><br>
> j<br>
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