[Noisebridge-discuss] $500 donation - what would noisebridge do with it?
Patrick Keys
citizenkeys at gmail.com
Tue Jan 4 20:56:30 UTC 2011
I'm all for a phone booth with a closing door to take private phone
calls in peace. Google has one in their lobby in Mountain View (we saw
it on our fieldtrip there the other day), complete with a "Google Voice"
label on it. Theirs is red, though, so technically it can't be a tardis
(which, by definition, must be blue). It looks exactly like this:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/25/google-voice-phone-booth/
If we got the booth itself, we already have payphones, and could wire it
with video chat and free voice-over-ip.
Hmm...
Patrick
On 1/4/2011 10:55 AM, Sean Cusack wrote:
> Ummm...the case could be used to start building a TARDIS to be entered
> into this competition. If we win we get a private Dr. Who screening and
> all the Doctor Who DVDs ever made (which is a metric shitload):
> http://www.wheresthetardis.com/
> We could put it next to one of those public toilets in union square or
> someplace for awhile to distract the tourists (and then we would have a
> little private room too after we're done making it!)
> And even if we don't win, we could use it to go back in time by a week
> and enter again.
> Sean
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:36 AM, aestetix aestetix <aestetix at gmail.com
> <mailto:aestetix at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Velvet pillows in the tea room? ;)
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com
> <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>
> I'd like to spend the money on at least several different
> things, for
> example $100 on the electrical materials, $200 on computer
> equipment,
> and $200 on something else.
>
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
> On 1/4/2011 10:23 AM, jim wrote:
> >
> > $500.00 is significant money for which patrick may
> > want 501(c)3 tax credit, in which case he should give
> > the money to the treasurer.
> > i am sympathetic to respecting donors' wishes to
> > donate things and/or money for specific purposes. i'm
> > also sympathetic to rejecting such dedicated
> > donations if they're more hassle than valuable. but
> > i'm not aware of any way-inappropriate or high-hassle
> > factor donations so far.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2011-01-04 at 01:52 -0800, Albert Sweigart wrote:
> >> Honestly, I think rent would be the best way that money can
> be used
> >> even if it is not the most visible. We currently don't accept
> >> donations for specific projects because it creates an
> overhead for the
> >> treasurer& co. If you know of some people working on things
> at NB,
> >> it'd probably be easier to give them the money directly.
> >>
> >> -Al
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 1:44 AM, Patrick
> Keys<citizenkeys at gmail.com <mailto:citizenkeys at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>> Long story short, I get paid next week. I had planned and
> budgeted a
> >>> month ago to donate $500 to Noisebridge, with the condition
> that the
> >>> money be spent on some sort of improvements, projects, or
> combination of
> >>> things that we generally agree (members and non-members
> alike) would
> >>> improve the space (not rent).
> >>>
> >>> So use this thread to discuss and reach a consensus.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Patrick
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