[Noisebridge-discuss] noisebridge's birthday!

[Jonathan Lassoff]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Moxie Marlinspike
<moxie at thoughtcrime.org> wrote:
>
> I was planning on throwing an event elsewhere in early October that
> might work well as a noisebridge anniversary if people were interested
> in having it at noisebridge.
>
> The idea is inspired by a project I saw from folks in the UK.  The rough
> concept would be this:
>
> People show up to the event at a specific time and pay $10 to get in.
> The entire event is then deciding what to do with the money.  So if 100
> people show, you've got $1000 to spend.  You could blow it all on booze
> right then, buy a bouncycastle, invest in a fleet of kayaks, or
> literally whatever people decide.

Moxie, this sounds like a blast!

A couple complications spring to mind:

 - Noisebridge charging money to get in. I would think that some
people would object to having to pay to get in. Perhaps if there was a
separate, cordoned-off area, people could enjoy the space while paid
attendees can still be differentiated.
 - Would the purchase(s) be made immediately? I would think that it
could be difficult to rent a bouncyhouse, band, clowns, etc. on short
notice.

Otherwise, I think it's an interesting idea.

Cheers,
jof