[Noisebridge-discuss] Money @ NB

[Tom Longson (nym)]

My question came out of a project idea I'd like to do (bills to bitcoins),
which involves hacking a bill validator and receipt printer with an arduino
to allow anyone to exchange small amounts of cash for bitcoins. This idea
could be reused for a donations machine at NB, which would print receipts
for tax accounting.

Prior to mailing to the list, I decided it wouldn't be a great idea (one
member profiting off other members). In other words, a bill to bitcoin
machine* would not* be an "excellent" use of the space. Building one on the
other hand? I'm pretty sure Abraham Lincoln deem it MOST EXCELLENT.

Cheers,
Tom Longson
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Party on, dudes!

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Mitch Altman <maltman23 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> As others have suggested, it depends on what the commerce is.  Selling
> extra-sensory purple and silver gazingus pins might be way wonderful if
> people at Noisebridge find benefit from them.  If you have an idea, and
> you're wondering how it will be received at Noisebridge, care to share it?
>
> Mitch.
>
> ________________________________
> > From: tomlong at gmail.com
> > Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 11:45:50 -0700
> > To: jwithers at reddagger.org
> > CC: noisebridge-discuss at lists.noisebridge.net
> > Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] Money @ NB
> >
> > My question is more about what the community finds acceptable re:
> > commerce in the space that is not Noisebridge 501c3 related, but done
> > by members / guests in the space.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Tom Longson
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > CUPCAKES!! http://www.cupsandcakesbakery.com/
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:12 AM, John Withers
> > <jwithers at reddagger.org<mailto:jwithers at reddagger.org>> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-10-03 at 00:34 -0700, Ever Falling wrote:
> > > My answer was based off of this
> > > page: https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge_Vision which states
> > >
> > > >Noisebridge is an educational non-profit corporation, 501(c)3 public
> > > charity status.
> > >
> > > Is this not still relevant? Has it changed since last i checked and
> > > the wiki hasn't been updated?
> >
> > While someone followed up to this going a different way, this still
> > doesn't mean no commerce. We could sell things at NB. Like, well, we do,
> > with tshirts and membership dues and such. If we wanted we could sell
> > girl scout cookies, crack, whatever. 501c3 isn't about making money, it
> > is about what you do with it when you do. Goodwill, Out of the Closet
> > and Salvation Army run friggin stores.
> >
> > j
> >
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