[Noisebridge-discuss] Money @ NB

[Tom Longson (nym)]

"Be Excellent" is a great way to look at it. I fully support Mitch's kits,
but that's probably because he's not making money hand over fist, and
providing a very cool class as well. The following are a few examples that
may have already come up in some way or another:

* Buying kits from Mitch
* Hosting a paid event at NB
* Selling food (think hot dog stand)
* Selling DVDs
* Selling digital goods at NB (think amazon gift cards)
* Selling Muni Cards
* Steve mann's pay to sit chair
* Product donations as a form of marketing (think Red Bull)

Ultimately, I think that it is not excellent to use the noisebridge space
to the detriment of others- a hot dog stand might keep people happily fed,
but it uses real estate, and not everyone might want a guy hanging out
hawking dogs.

OTOH, I would fully support a vending machine that sells Mitch's kits, and
other hacked items.

Cheers,
Tom Longson
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On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 12:39 PM, John Withers <jwithers at reddagger.org>wrote:

> Burning man (up until now, maybe depending on if the handover to their
> nifty new non-profit entity really works out) isn't a non-profit. They
> just don't let anyone but burning man exchange money at the event.
>
> And being a non-profit doesn't mean you can't have commerce happen. It
> just means you are a non-profit. The nb community might be choosing to
> make it a commerce free environment, I dunno. But in my limited
> experience if they have done that it isn't all that strictly enforced,
> since I and others have openly bought and sold various hackish goods on
> small scales in there, group orders on things like entropy generating
> sticks come to mind.
>
> j
>
> On Tue, 2012-10-02 at 11:25 -0700, Mark Ellis wrote:
> > Yes Noisebridge is a non-profit organization.
> >
> > Sent from SPACE!
> >
> > On Oct 2, 2012, at 11:21 AM, "Tom Longson (nym)" <tomlong at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Is Noisebridge a "non-commercial" zone like burning man?
> > >
> > > Curious,
> > > nym
> > > _
>
>
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