[Noisebridge-discuss] Electron Microscope

[joel jaeggli]

Museum's routinely loan items on very long terms to other entites. the nature of owning a lot of crap is that it turns out you can't make use of all of it. Something as exotic and hard to maintain as a sem is either useful to someone or it's museum piece or it's recycleable. if it has a purpose for which it can be employeed it should be allocated to that purpose.

Ian Atha <thatha at thatha.org> wrote:

>I've had several discussions with Kan where he was worried that
>putting the SEM in Noisebridge was a bad idea, given the low level of
>interest in it. He's wondered if it was better off at someone's
>private collection. Kan has specifically suggested giving it to a
>specific individual.
>
>I don't recall "early discussions with Michael Kan on the subject",
>but from what he told me three weeks ago he seems to believe he may
>move the SEM elsewhere.
>
>Andy has an insightful post under a different subject.
>
>On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 16:34, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hm.  Perhaps I should have included the caveat that I am not a lawyer, and
>> this is merely knowledge I picked up when I was dealing with the dissolution
>> of a non-profit.
>> Mincing words aside, I seriously hope you're not advocating people not share
>> knowledge, regardless of the level of accuracy, as I have tried to do here,
>> since it's my understanding that this is what Noisebridge is all about.
>> As to the donation, I believe it's policy, if not actually in our bylaws
>> that things brought into the space without specifically stating otherwise
>> are donations.  Furthermore, in the early discussions with Michael Kan on
>> the subject, he made it very clear that this was meant to be a donation.
>>  It's encouraging to know he believes in Noisebridge, what we can do, and
>> what we stand for.
>> Christie
>> _______
>> ""Battle not with monsters lest ye become a monster;
>> and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes into you." - Friedrich
>> Nietzsche
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Ian Atha <thatha at thatha.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> >> Lastly, unless Noisebridge has offered Michael Kan a receipt for the
>>> >> SEM, I don't think it's fair to claim it's donated. I certainly hope
>>> >> that various gizmos I've left around at the Noisebridge are not
>>> >> considered "donations" implicitly, and I may opt to take them away
>>> >> from Noisebridge at any point of time.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > I think the ethic of common sense falls into place here. I've donated a
>>> > fuckton of things to NB, and never got receipts for any of it, nor do I
>>> > care. If we start trying to create rules and regulations for things like
>>> > "a
>>> > list of what I've donated to Noisebridge" we begin to create bureaucracy
>>> > and
>>> > our entire goal is lost.
>>>
>>> I agree. If that's the case then, the correct statement of that
>>> argument is "it's immoral to give this SEM to Dojo", not "it's
>>> illegal".
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