I don't have any metals pieces to donate right now, but I am more than willing to make some jewelry pieces to donate! I'll need to be able to set up my chemical picke to clean the metal before I solder it, but once I'm able to do that I can start working on pieces. (I haven't been to the new space yet, so I don't know how soon I would be able to start working there. I just need an outlet for a small crockpot and the butane torch...ideally the drillpress as well, but if that won't be ready for a while I can work around that.) I realize that it was mentioned to happen a few months down the road, so there isn't an immediate rush. I'm just excited to make things!
As a somewhat related note, I have been considering buying myself more sterling silver to work with, which would increase the potential value of any donated jewelry. I order from Riogande.com, but shipping can be expensive. If anyone else wants to work on small jewelry/metalwork and needs materials, let me know and we can organize a combined order and split shipping! (I can also advise on materials if anyone has questions.) ...should I also send that note as its own topic to try to increase the number of people who see it and to prevent this from going off topic? (Or I can just bring it up at the next meeting. I wasn't able to attend the last one.) -Nicole ---- Becca Salchak <[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]> 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 camohat. ( > > 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]>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]> wrote: > >> > >>> I know that 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]> 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] > >>>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> > > > > > > > -- > Becca Salchak > [email protected] > peace and love _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
