[Noisebridge-discuss] New donations

Kelly hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com
Tue Feb 22 23:57:49 UTC 2011


http://www.sunsetscavenger.com/universalWaste.htm

I haven't seen any official documentation of this CRT donation issue.
That's one of the waste disposal issues I'm hoping we can pin down to
better streamline getting junk out of NB.

-Kelly

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 17:52, Andy Isaacson <adi at hexapodia.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 05:38:18PM -0800, Simon C. Ion wrote:
>> On 02/20/2011 04:04 PM, Andy Isaacson wrote:
>> > If they want a receipt, the following process works:
>> >  - they bring in the stuff
>> >  - a NB volunteer writes down what they donated, and the name+address of
>> >    the donor, and emails it to treasurer@
>> >  - our awesome treasurer emails them a PDF receipt
>>
>> Sweet. This is now documented at noisebridge.net/wiki/Donation
>
> Thanks!  We should also document a few other things:
>
> 1. we can't accept donations of CRTs unless they're very
>   special-purpose, because e-waste disposal of CRTs is very expensive
>   in California.  The exception is for unique devices, for example the
>   slow-scan CRT in the SEM or the vector CRT in an old arcade stand-up
>   console.  IMHO a special-purpose but uninteresting CRT, like from a
>   commercial security system, would not qualify.
>
> 2. we can't provide valuation information, the receipt will simply list
>   the items donated and it's up to the donor to provide a value if they
>   wish to claim a charitable donation for tax purposes.
>
> I'll put those on the wiki unless somebody else beats me to it...
>
> -andy
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