[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Lending Library?

[jim]

   My thanks, Will, that you asked. 

   No, it is not a lending library. people who take 
books home tend to keep them, and in those cases the 
books are not available to others: not excellent. 
   for one example, TCP/IP Illustrated is an expensive 
set of three books, the first one of which is the most 
important. We have a set of two that disincludes the 
first and most important volume, thanks to someone 
walking off with it. 

   Note that noisebridge has a 501(c)3 status, and such 
donations are restricted as to repurposing. 
   It's not likely, but if there's some contest as to 
proper use of donations, noisebridge risks losing its 
501(c)3 status and may be subject to penalties. 

   People who donate things to noisebridge do so with 
some sense of mission, and donors are part of the 
noisebridge community whether or not they are members. 
it is not excellent to disregard the intentions of 
donors: at least we should understand the intent of the 
donation before co-opting stuff for personal purposes. 

   My point of view is that if reusing community 
resources for one's own purpose deprives the rest of 
the use, as is the case of missing books, that is 
sufficiently unexcellent that we should not do that. 
   i consider myself sympathic to anarchistic ideals. 



On Sat, 2010-02-06 at 19:44 -0800, miloh wrote:
> hey will --
> 
> worth a personal reply -- 
> 
> people get butthurt if they find out their donations get taken out of
> noisebridge but whatever, once they donate to noisebridge they
> *really* should give up the control, but maintain the guidance....
> given that, since you asked directly, maybe the person will reply
> about the book you want to read.
> 
> 
> fwiw, I have had 'silence on the wire' for a month.  dont tell anyone!
> 
> 
> -rma
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Will Sargent <will.sargent at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         Hi all,
>         
>         
>         While I'm sending out emails... is the Noisebridge library a
>         lending library, where you can take books out and read them
>         (subject to having an account / record of having checked the
>         book out?)  I ask because there's a couple of books I'd dearly
>         like to read, but in the case of the Gene Wolfe one I know I'm
>         going to be spending a couple of days on it...
>         
>         
>         Will.
>         
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