[Noisebridge-discuss] $500 donation - what would noisebridge do with it?
Albert Sweigart
asweigart at gmail.com
Tue Jan 4 22:17:30 UTC 2011
I don't think a sealed off phone booth is a high priority. Most people
have cell phones and can take their calls in the downstairs lobby. I
don't see a phone booth as something that would be used often.
-Al
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Patrick Keys <citizenkeys at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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