[Noisebridge-discuss] Simple request for folks to Craigslist/Freecycle before dumping stuff onto the steret

[Rubin Abdi]

These are suggestions, recommendations, opinions and ideas for the  
group to think about and not the law of the land.

At last nights meeting there was a lot of talk about how if we have  
something that we don't want anymore, it's pretty simple to put it out  
on the street, someone will eventually take it.

Running a quick ad on the free listings in Craigs or making a post to  
Freecycle helps to build up a reuse community. Also helps to not fund  
those in the area who's much rather use the money gained from selling  
such found items for drugs (which could be gathered from much of the  
stolen goods sidewalk sales that happen on 16th st late at night).

I recommend/suggest that if someone wants to get rid of something from  
the space, first put an ad up on Craigslist, wait a day or two, and if  
you get no responses then dump it onto 16th st.

I should also point out that putting things that look expensive (even  
though that desktop machine is toasted, it still looks like a $1000  
machine in the eyes of someone who needs money) out in front of our  
door might be a poor idea considering the fact that we want to keep  
the space as low a profile to thieves as possible. Walking stuff 20  
feet towards 16th st might be a better option.

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Rubin Abdi
Rubin at Starset.net