I'm not exactly why there is drama surrounding the grant. The award letter was very clear:
""The Knight Foundation Donor Advised Fund of Akron Community Foundation awarded your organization a $15,000.00 grant to support the downtown Akron tech and non-tech hacker space." "This grant must be used for charitable purposes, and neither Akron Community Foundation nor the fundholder may receive any goods or services in connection with this grant." The letter: http://i.imgur.com/l5Xnoq7.jpg It's to support Synhak, a charitable organization. the money is to be used for charitable purposes. Providing reliable computers for use by the public for *FREE *to do research or coding, is that not charitable? Granting $150 to a hacker's project, is that not charitable? And crashing a student's science fair with $500 and saying "here, see what you can do with this?" is a wonderful idea! How about improving/repairing the 3D printer that is insanely cool and brings people in to Synhak and could come with us when we set up a booth? There are so many possibilities that fall under charity that there shouldn't be any drama about what to do. There is plenty of money and I'm sure there is more on the way. This Tuesday would be a great opportunity to break out a white board and brainstorm. :-) happy hacking! On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Craig Bergdorf <[email protected]> wrote: > Hopefully when this drama about what to do with people trying to help > synhak the best they can that are wired differently than others finally > ends, I think the knight foundation needs more discussion the the mailing > list. > > > > My idea: > > What about a $500 challenge for a few selected from some type of > application process or crashing a local science fair to pitch "the science > fair project i wanted to make but didn't have the money to do it" (yes this > has some baggage on my end, why I would be more than willing to organize > it). It ends in a 15 person event where each person makes what they wanted > to AT SynHak and a mini-mini-makerfaire is held (also at SynHak), > showcasing "look what I can do with $500". It is not only a publicity > event for us and the Knight foundation, but a chance for younger inventors > to be seen, heard, and express what they wanted to. This also helps give > some direct experience to those involved for the formation of the lil* > later this year. > > > > What's wrong with this? > > What's better? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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