FYI, here's a high-res version of the logo, more suitable for print: http://static.synhak.org/documents/impress/logo/logo-1024.png
Chris On 1/22/2014 10:39 AM, Becca Salchak wrote: > i forgot to attach the letter > > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Becca Salchak <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Also i am drafting a list of local business that may want to > donate items like the Akron Rubber Ducks, The University of Akron, > Regina's pizza, Rubber city clothing, Angel Falls, Rockne's, The > Market Path, Rubber city Harley Davidson, Revival, Lake cinema's, > highland theatre, Miller South school and Firestone High School > (possibly season tickets to their theatrical performances), > EJ Thomas, Bricco or pub Bricco, Legend Vapor, Acme, Giant Eagle, > Donn Drumm, Hopkin Gardens, White house chicken, Akron Art Museum, > Crave. My list goes on. I have also drafted a letter to send to > the local businesses. The sample is addressed to the owner of > Regina's Pizza but can be changed to send to anyone again this is > just a 15 min draft written while also trying to control a crazy > toddler so if there are run ons or misspellings forgive me. It is > not a final draft. > > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Becca Salchak > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > What can we sell at a silent auction ? we are a fracking maker > space!! there are tons of possiabilities for what we could > sell. I started writing out plans for a silent auction last > night after talking with Andy. This isn't an instant solution > but it is defiantly one we can do a couple months down the > road. examples of what could be sold are (these are all > hypothetical these rant actual required donations) : > - I could donate a skirt that i made ... Probably a star wars > one because people seem to love it (valued at $40) > -Beth could donate a necklace and ear ring set > -Nicole could donate one of her metal pieces > -Matt Smallwood and Steve IV could donate a free consultation > plus a coupon for $100 of a service from Brewbeck IT services > -using the magical interwebs i could print out a few cookie > cutters on the 3d printer and make a baking gift basket that > probably would in the end cost me no more then $10. > -Torrie if she so desired could donate a tiny robot or something > - G could offer a picnic and boat ride out on the lakes which > would just cost him the picnic supplies gas and a few hours > out on his own boat ( my grandmother has a pontoon and > auctions the same thing off at the African Sky silent auction > every year) > -Omar could put together a laptop that has been donated that > would be good enough to play video games on it load a copy of > portal on to it and put portal related items into a basket and > auction off that. > - Matt Smallwood could auction of a curry dinner for 6 at the > winners house where he goes to their house one night and > prepares and serves dinner. ( my father use to auction off a > pasta dinner for the knights of Columbus every year) > - Devin could put together a paintball basket with a $5 gift > card to a paint ball range,a small thing of amunition, a few > monster and a camo hat. ( all this stuff we could probably get > as a donation from location) > -we could contact local art students from U of A, Firestone > and Miller South or professional artists like PR Miller and > Don Drumm and ask them to donate works of art . > again these are just ideas not one person has to donate > exactly what i said just brainstorming ideas to get those cogs > turning. > > This is not an instant fundraiser it would take at least 2 > months to plan and launch. the most expensive part we face is > location, food, and drink > we could have it at the space if we can hold off on loud > hacking for a night and make the space presentable. > food we can either have members make food or we can buy a > frack ton of stuff from GFS like meatballs , egg rolls, little > smokies > we also need to serve booze we don't need a full bar but we > need an open bar and two nicely dressed hackers to hand out > the beer and wine. I was thinking we could go totally local > and get maybe donations or discounts from the hopping frog, > the thirsty dog ,the Ohio brewing company, and wineries like > the red horse which is in Barberton and the winery at wolf > creek also in Barberton. The booze is key because we need > attendees loose with there money. So that if we can't get > donations may be our biggest expense > So that is my idea in a nut shell there you go > Have at it > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 5:22 AM, Andrew Buczko > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Hmm, we have Devin's "GREAT STUFF" art sculpture. > > Omar's link gave me an idea, instead of a Walk-a-Thon we > can have a Build-A-Thon > > Participants get to keep their creations, winner gets some > sort of prize, And we get rid of the junk pile :) > > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:40 AM, Omar Rassi > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I know that techsoup.org <http://techsoup.org> has > grantstation software that assists with applying for > and writing grants. But its currently one hundred > bucks :( > > http://www.techsoup.org/grantstation?cg=sp > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:36 AM, Torrie Fischer > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 03:02:32 Andrew > Buczko wrote: > > Would it be possible to do a fundraiser to help > with SynHak's renovation > > expenses? > > > > I asked like two members about the idea and > they seemed to like it. One > > suggested a Silent Auction. > > > > If you have a suggestion for a fundraiser please > post it in a reply to this > > email (for now) and then we can go over the > suggestions at the next meeting. > > > > Plus this would be another opportunity to bring > new faces to the space. > > > > Andy > > * Our building is rather old > * We're a non-profit > * Many of us are focused on rebuilding a city > recovering from poor economic > times > * We're an educational center > > Some organizations who are some of the above are > often elliglble for grant > money. We've proven that such an idea can actually > thrive in the city, and I > can't imagine we would need to work too hard to > prove that we've done good > things. I don't have the time to figure out the > grant process though :( > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > -- > Becca Salchak > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > peace and love > > > > > -- > Becca Salchak > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > peace and love > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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