[Noisebridge-discuss] policy on electronics gear dropoff?

John Ellis neurofog at gmail.com
Fri Sep 28 04:49:31 UTC 2012


Hi Jake,

I don't think Rubin was out of line on this. We really don't want CRT
monitors or bulky items with minimal hackability. Fax machines are a grey
area. I realize obsolete/broken laser printers might be too bulky to fit
around NB. Both laser printers and fax machines have stepper motors that
are useful once extracted.

Asking for details of items to be donated, is probably a good first step.

Regards,
John


On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> Rubin wrote:
>
>> Thanks for posting. We ask that you poke our discussion list with items
>> that you'd like to donate and if there's anyone who'd be able to accept
>> them for their own projects (be it personal or for the space). Otherwise we
>> just get full of everyone's ewaste then it becomes our problem to go
>> through and get the stuff hauled out when no one wants to hack on 10 broken
>> fax machines.
>>
>
> Rubin,
>
> just because you're not personally interested in having donated hardware
> for hacking purposes does NOT mean you should try to convince people not to
> donate stuff to noisebridge.
>
> often times people donating stuff don't even know what they have, it's
> just a box of things that, as non-hackers, they think might all be useless.
>  Our most valuable donations come from people like that.
>
> If you think there is a problem with too much raw material in the space,
> you should ask the people doing hardware hacking feel that way.  I think
> you'll find that hardware hackers like having a good selection of raw
> materials.
>
> If you think there is too much e-waste building up in the space, i agree
> with you but the solution is to improve our outflow of e-waste and
> processing of donations, which i have volunteered to do, rather than choke
> off our supply, and in a way, throw away one of our most valuable resources
> for raw materials.
>
> Also, the way you posted your message makes it sound as if you're speaking
> for the collective rather than just for yourself and those who agree with
> you.
>
> Thank you for your consideration,
> -jake
>
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