[Noisebridge-discuss] Block over email for noise pollution

[Shannon Lee]

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.'

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.

Which might include a piano, who knows.

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.

In short, I think that a piano would be awesome, provided that people are
excellent in their approach to its use.

--S

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 06:14:12PM -0700, Christie Dudley wrote:
> > Oh, donations most especially can be earmarked!
>
> People often group together to pool money towards a particular project,
> but that's not a "donation" per se -- the money never goes to the
> organization / corporation, lightening the load on our volunteer
> officers.
>
> So, no, *donations* (which are tax deductible as being for the benefit
> of a 501(c)3) are not "earmarked".  People buying things with their own
> money is not a donation in the 501(c)3 sense.
>
> (That's sorta the same thing you say in your next paragraph, but not
> precisely, so I wanted to clarify.)
>
> -andy
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