[Noisebridge-discuss] Fundraiser Proposal

[Glen Jarvis]

Two observations that seems to be generally true for Noisebridge:

* We usually either need money or could use more money, and
* We always get junk donated

Sometimes the stuff that gets donated is "weeee" -- let's hack that. Other
times it's, "that's cool, but we already have 30 of them..."

Instead of discouraging donations, what if we had an auction? It would clean
out the space once-in-a-while, benefit the community who wants cool things,
and earn us some money. For example, I personally have been very interested
in some of the racks that were donated to noisebridge... I don't need one
now, but I remember that we had so many around we didn't know what to do
with them and I wanted to get one....

I know Goodwill, for example, gets stuff donated to them just for the
purpose of reselling. We're talking about a one-time auction (or maybe twice
a year, once a quarter) instead of retail.

What sticky non-profit issues are there for us? Is this a horrible idea?
 Can we make it a mini-maker-faire type of event where people also can set
up tables showing off kits they made, sell arduinos, etc.?

Ideas are easy.. implementation is hard..

G
-- 
Whatever you can do or imagine, begin it;
boldness has beauty, magic, and power in it.

-- Goethe
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