On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 09:27:44PM +0100, Calum Chisholm wrote: > I think the rule that items must be taken home again if they don't sell > should already serve to limit the size/quantity of the donations, but sure > - if you want to define a limit, then backpack-size sounds sensible for a > Tuesday. > > As for the sales vs. auctions (and everything in-between), it was my > intention to keep the format pretty simple first time around. Once we have > a better idea of the level of interest we can certainly look at tweaking it > for next time. We're all adults though, and if anyone wants to add their > own restrictions (minimum reserve price, donating a proportion of the sale > price etc.), then they're certainly free to do so.
That sounds good Calum, I am on board. I had to convince Rob today that his discarded FPGA's are interesting to other people, so don't under estimate what others could be interested in. > Cheers, > Calum > On 27 Sep 2014 16:04, "Edward Watson" <m...@edwardwatson.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 27 September 2014 12:01, Tom Jones <jo...@sdf.org> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:54:50PM +0100, Calum Chisholm wrote: > >> > In an effort to raise some ever-needed funds for the space, I thought I > >> > would propose something a little bit different for this week's Open > >> Tuesday > >> > - a tech auction. > >> > > >> > The idea is simply that everyone brings along at least one broadly > >> > tech-related item which they're willing to put up for auction. > > > > > > This sounds like a good idea. > > > > > >> Raising funds for the space is a noble cause, but I think it could limit > >> it to > >> stuff people don't want or don't see any value in > > > > > > I also agree that it should be down to the discretion of the seller > > re donation. > > > > Tuesdays are usually tight on space already, so I suggest people limit > > what they bring in to what will fit in a backpack, otherwise we can shift > > it to a Theme Thursday and use a table spread. > > > > Cheers, > > Ed > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 57north-discuss mailing list > > 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co > > http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 57north-discuss mailing list > 57north-discuss@lists.57north.co > http://lists.57north.co/listinfo/57north-discuss -- Tom @adventureloop adventurist.me #pragma summon cthulhu :wq
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